Excerpt from Sketches of Some Early Shefford Pioneers My Dear Foster: - When you asked me a few months ago to write short biographical sketches to accompany ten portraits of men who had, in one way or another, been intimately connected with the early history of Waterloo in its growing days, and which portraits you intended to present to the Waterloo Public Library to ornament the walls of its Library Building, I decided off hand that I could not, and would not do it. Briefly, my reasons were lack of time, scarcity of material within reach, and inexperience in that kind of writing. On reflection, it occurred to me that, as an old, almost life long resident of Waterloo, I ought to be willing to show, however perfunctorily it might be, my appreciation of the generous donation of one whose interest could not have been influenced by local associations with the place or personal association with the men you have selected for the distinction mentioned. The reason you gave for your gift were such, as it seemed to me, left me no option but to meet your generosity as best I could in the sense you suggested. You gave me however, properly enough, a limit as to extent of the sketches, - which I confess to have exceeded in a couple instances, - and also their general direction. This may have hampered my pen, but I feel it was quite right you should do this, for you understood better than any one else the object intended. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

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Excerpt from The History of Shefford: Civil, Ecclesiastical, Biographical and Statistical As in all new countries, the first permanent settlements in Canada were made along the large rivers which communicate with the ocean, and afforded the only means of penetrating the wild wastes of the newly discovered land. Quebec had sprung up, grown old, and its name been familiar for more than a century at the Courts of the French and English Monarchs - it had been beleaguered by hostile armies and had won a proud place in historic annals; Ville Marie had expanded into a city, and had figured in wars with the Iroquois, the English and the French; Three Rivers, Sillery, St. Joseph and St. Mary, had also become famous in Canadian history, while the country east of the Eichclieu, now forming a part of the Eastern Townships, was in "the lap of savage desolation." A broad tract of country possessed of great fertility of soil, rich in mineral deposits, blessed with perennial streams, dotted with beautiful lakes, unsurpassed in the grandeur of its scenery - a territory yet to be acknowledged the "Garden of Canada," was unknown to the civilized world till more than a quarter of a century after the triple cross banner of England had supplanted the fleur de lis of France. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.

Excerpt from A Sketch of the Life of Captain John Savage, J. P., First Settler in Shefford County, 1792: Also the Early History of St. John's Church, West Shefford, Que., 1821-1921 There is true enjoyment in striving to discover facts relating to the lives of the early pioneers, and to make known the bonds of relationship which unite the present families to their ancestors, and to each other. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.