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A History of the County of Pictou, Nova Scotia - CD

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BOOK on CD EDITION 

A History of the County of Pictou, Nova Scotia
By Rev George Patterson, D. D.

Originally published by The Pictou Advocate, Pictou, 1877

This book is a wonderful old history of Pictou County that includes lists of early settlers, sorted in a variety of ways. By ship; by area that they came from; by area where they settled; by military regiment; by land grant acreage; etc... See the following list of chapter topics. Pay particular attention to the list of resources included in the Appendix items.


Chapters include:

  • Introduction
  • Pictou in the Prehistoric Period
  • The French in Pictou
  • First English Settlement of Pictou - 1769-1773
  • Arrival of the Hector and Settlement of her Passengers 1773-1776
  • Pictou During the American Revolutionary War
  • From the Close of the War to the Arrival of Dr. McGregor 1783-1786
  • Dr. McGregor's Early Labours 1786-1789
  • From Commencement of the Town till the French War 1789-1793
  • From the Commencement of the War till the Wallace Election 1793-1799
  • County and Court Business
  • Immigration at the Beginning of the Cenury (1800)
  • From the Beginning of the Century till the Peace 1800-1815
  • Immigration and New Settlements at the Close of the War
  • From the Peace till the Financial Crisis of 1825-6. 1815 - 1826
  • Dr McCulloch and the Pictou Academy
  • From Financial Crisis 1825-6 to Division of County 1826-36
  • Mines and Mining Industries of the County
  • From the Division of the COunty to the Present Time 1836-1876
  • Appendix
    • List of Grantees, by Grant 26th, August 1783, With the number of Acres Received and Notices of the Situation of Their Lots
    • List of the Number of Families in the District of Pictou
    • List of Passengers in the Ship Hector with Notices of their History and Settlement, so far as known.
    • List of Dumfries Settlers, with Places of Settlement
    • A Roll (list) of Inhabitants of Pictou or Tinmouth Capable to Bear Arms
    • List of (land) Grantees of the 82nd Regiment
    • List of (land) Grantees of the 84th Regiment on East Branch
    • List of (land) Grantees at West Branch and Other Places on the East River, 18th Dec 1797
    • List of Highland (Scotland) Emigrants by Halifax in 1784
    • List of Ministers from Pictou County 
    • List of Members of the Legislature from Pictou County
Note: The Index is not comprehesive, including only subjects and prominent persons. The original Index does not include all persons who appear in lists or otherwise.

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Publisher:
Global Heritage Press
Release Date:
2010 (Originally published 1877)
Pages:
302
BOOK on CD:
Searchable PDF format, PC, Mac
Language:
English

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