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John Graves Simcoe, 1752-1806 : a biography / Mary Beacock Fryer and Christopher Dracott.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: desLibris. Books collection.Publication details: Toronto ; Tonawanda, NY : Dundurn Press, ©1998.Description: 1 online resource (289 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781554882021
  • 1554882028
  • 9781770700888
  • 1770700889
Other title:
  • John Graves Simcoe [Spine title]
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: John Graves Simcoe, 1752-1806.DDC classification:
  • 971.3/02/092 B 22
LOC classification:
  • F1058.S6 F79 1998eb
Other classification:
  • 15.85
  • 15.70
Online resources: Action note:
  • digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Summary: One of the legendary figures of Ontario history, John Graves Simcoe was the commander of the Queen's Rangers during the American Revolution. In 1791 he was appointed the first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada, and upon his arrival in 1792 he founded the town of York (present-day Toronto). John Graves Simcoe completes a trilogy of Simcoe books published by Dundurn Press. Mary Beacock Fryer's Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe was first published in 1989, while Our Young Soldier: Lieutenant Francis Simcoe, 6 June 1791-6 April 1812 was released in 1996. For this third volume, Fryer has teamed with Christopher Dracott, whose vantage point from Devonshire, England helps to provide this book with a complete view of Simcoe's life.Summary: A biography of the legendary figure who was appointed the first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada in 1791 and founded the town of York in 1792.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-275) and index.

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One of the legendary figures of Ontario history, John Graves Simcoe was the commander of the Queen's Rangers during the American Revolution. In 1791 he was appointed the first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada, and upon his arrival in 1792 he founded the town of York (present-day Toronto). John Graves Simcoe completes a trilogy of Simcoe books published by Dundurn Press. Mary Beacock Fryer's Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe was first published in 1989, while Our Young Soldier: Lieutenant Francis Simcoe, 6 June 1791-6 April 1812 was released in 1996. For this third volume, Fryer has teamed with Christopher Dracott, whose vantage point from Devonshire, England helps to provide this book with a complete view of Simcoe's life.

A biography of the legendary figure who was appointed the first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada in 1791 and founded the town of York in 1792.

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