Jesse Ketchum and His Times: Being a Chronicle of the Social Life and Public Affairs of the Capital of the Province of Upper Canada During Its First Half Century

Excerpt from Jesse Ketchum and His Times: Being a Chronicle of the Social Life and Public Affairs of the Capital of the Province of Upper Canada During Its First Half CenturyThis volume, however, aims to be something more than the story of one man's life. It is an attempt to portray the period during which he lived, to recount the struggle to foundva province and establish a system of government; and then, when it is found that the system thus set up is unsound, to tell Of that still more important struggle, even to the length Of resort to arms, for reconstruction on lines more in harmony with the principles of the British system.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.… (more)