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Baird, William T. (William Thomas), 1819-1897
New Brunswick--Biography
New Brunswick--History
New Brunswick--History--19th century
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Fredericton, N.B.: St. Annes Point Press, 1890
Seventy years of New Brunswick life : autobiographical sketches
Baird, William Thomas
Table of Contents
Front Cover
Preface
Contents
The Baird Family -- Ancestors in Ireland -- My Parents
Two Years in the Wilderness -- Moose Hunt--Woman and Bear
Return to Fredericton -- Great Fire of 1825-- Field Sports -- Training
Choice of a Business -- Latin School -- Smith Executed -- Frigid Warfare
Early Navigation of the River St. John -- Benjamin Tibbetts
Become a Soldier -- Affairs of Honor -- L.A. Wilmot -- Salamanca
Some Odd Characters --Electrical Society -- Waterloo Row -- Hotels
Disputed Territory -- Aroostook War -- Fredericton Volunteers -- Madawaska
Commence Business in Woodstock -- Marriage -- Institute -- Indian Dance
Early History of New Brunswick Indians -- First Settlers of Woodstock
Carleton County Militia -- Town of Houlton -- Bangor -- Halifax -- Deer Hunt
Smuggling -- Orange Riot, 1847 -- Prohibitory Liquor Law -- R.S. March
Children and Amusements -- Schools -- Concrete House -- Trapping a Horse Thief
Old Indian Trail -- Financial Disaster, 1854 -- Cholera in Woodstock -- Otter Hunt
Great Fire in Woodstock, 1860 -- Renfrew House -- Cold Friday -- Trent Affair
Prince of Wales at Fredericton -- Duke of Edinburgh at Woodstock -- Governor Gordon
military Commission -- Camp of Instruction
Fenians -- Correspondence with Downing St. -- Prince Arthur at Woodstock -- Fire
Confederation -- Letters from Gen. Doyle and Hon. Arthur Gordon -- George
Lord Dufferin at Woodstock -- Woodstock Fire -- Visit to Ottawa and Quebec
Remove to St. John -- "Sparks from a Camp Fire" -- North-West Rebellion -- Dominion Army
Work in St. John -- Retirement -- 50 Years Service (Telegraph) -- Official Correspondence
Squa-took Lakes -- The Sea! The Sea! -- Fort La Tour
Return to Woodstock -- Presentation -- Wookdstock in 1890
Errata
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