Petworth Emigration : Assisting Emigration to Upper Canada: The Petworth Project, 1832-1837 : English Immigrant Voices: Labourers' Letters from Upper Canada in the 1830's

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cameron, Wendy.

Contributor:

Haines, Sheila.

Maude, Mary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

British--Ontario--Correspondence.

British--Ontario--History--19th century.

England--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

Immigrants--Ontario--Correspondence.

Immigrants--Ontario--Registers.

Ontario--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

Petworth Emigration Committee.

Working class--Ontario--History--19th century.

British--History--19th century--Ontario--Correspondence.

British.

Immigrants.

Working class--Ontario.

Working class.

Local Subjects:

British--Ontario--Correspondence.

British--Ontario--History--19th century.

England--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

Immigrants--Ontario--Correspondence.

Immigrants--Ontario--Registers.

Ontario--Emigration and immigration--History--19th century.

Petworth Emigration Committee.

Working class--Ontario--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (899 p.)

Place of Publication:

Montreal : MQUP, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This set is comprised of the following 2 volumes: Assisting Emigration to Upper Canada: The Petworth Project, 1832-1837 English Immigrant Voices: Labourers' Letters from Upper Canada in the 1830s

Contents:

""English Immigrant Voices: Labourers' Letters from Upper Canada in the 1830's""; ""Contents""; ""Maps and Illustrations""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Editorial Note""; ""LETTERS""; ""1832 [1-49]""; ""1833 [50-93]""; ""1834 [94-98]""; ""1835 [99-103]""; ""1836 [104-125]""; ""1837 [126-131]""; ""1838 AND LATER [132-144]""; ""ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE AND MEMOIRS""; ""Wilson Correspondence [145-164]""; ""Chantler Correspondence [165-173]""; ""Frederick Hasted Letters [174-175]""; ""Wells' Letter [176]""

""Knight Correspondence [177-179]""""Charles Adsett Autobiography [180]""; ""APPENDICES""; ""A: Transcribed original manuscript letters""; ""B: Identification of People, Places, and Terms""; ""Notes to Preface and Introduction""; ""Sources""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Letter-writers by Letter Number""; ""Letters by Place of Origin""; ""Index""; ""Assisting Emigration to Upper Canada: The Petworth Project 1832-1837""

""Contents""""Illustrations""; ""Tables, Figures, Maps""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""PART ONE: THE PETWORTH EMIGRATIONS FROM SUSSEX TO UPPER CANADA, 1832-1837""; ""Introduction""; ""1 ""Emigration ... the best if not the only remedy"": From ""Swing"" to Parish-Assisted Emigration""; ""2 ""Decent accommodation"": Setting a Standard for the Petworth Emigrations""; ""3 ""Pauperism [is] almost universal"": Who Were the Petworth Emigrants?""; ""4 ""Trouble in travelling"": Travelling and Finding a First Home in the Canadas""

""5 ""Domiciles of their own"": Assisted Settlement in Upper Canada""""6 ""Nothing will be done by the government"": Failed Plans for Assisted Settlement and the Ending of the Petworth Scheme""; ""7 Conclusion: The Petworth Emigrations and Assisted Emigration""; ""PART TWO: A LIST OF PETWORTH EMIGRANTS, 1832-1837""; ""Editors' Introduction""; ""Emigrants on Petworth Ships, 1832-1837""; ""Appendix A: Sockett and Wyndham Debate Poverty and Assisted Emigration""; ""Appendix B: Emigration from the British Isles, 1821-1851""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""

""Acknowledgments""""Index"";

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-282-85929-3

9786612859298

0-7735-6917-0