PROPERTY OF U. P. E. I.

TABLE OF CONTENTS THE SEARCH FOR THE HOLLAND CLOCK (By Olga Leard) PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LOT 44 1 EARLY FOOTPRINTS The Name Souris Micmac French and Acadian 2 EARLY SETTLEMENT - Souris West The Perkins Family Scottish Settlers Irish Settlers Acadian Settlers 3 TRADE AND COMMERCE Shipbuilding Agriculture Transportation LOT 45 4 THE LAND

EPILOGUE

Early Settlement - Souris East Red Cliffs - The Original 10 Farms Landlord - Tenant Problems

THE SEA (By George A. Leard) The Inshore Fishery Sealing Gloucester Fleets Coopers Sounds, Cod Oil and Fish Flakes Captain Soloman Jacobs

COMMERCIAL John Knight and Donald Beaton Breakwater and Railway Later Merchants and Other Occupations Hotels Packets and Ferries . Post Office and Telephone

COMMUNITY Doctors and Epidemics Religion (By Olga Leard) Education and Newspapers Military Politicians (By Waldron Leard) Sports Ten Farms Become a Village A Village Becomes a Town

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