PROPERTY OF O.P.E.I. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS THE SEARCH FOR THE HOLLAND CLOCK iv (By Olga Leard ) PREFACE vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS vii LOT 44 1 EARLY FOOTPRINTS 1 The Name Micmac French and Acadian 2 EARLY SETTLEMENT Souris West 9 The Perkins Family Settlers Irish Settlers Acadian Settlers 3 TRADE AND COMMERCE 19 Shipbuilding Agriculture Transportation LOT 45 4 THE LAND 31 Early Settlement - Souris Cliffs - The Original 10 Farms Landlord - Tenant Problems 5 THE SEA (By George A. Leard ) 41 The Inshore Fishery Sealing Gloucester Fleets Coopers Sounds, Cod Oil and Fish Flakes Captain Soloman Jacobs 6 COMMERCIAL 53 John Knight and Donald Beaton Breakwater and Railway Later Merchants and Other Occupations Hotels Packets and Ferries • Post Office and Telephone 7 COMMUNITY 93 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 EPILOGUE 145 APPENDICES 149 REFERENCES 153