l.->8 References before Prowse Bros , but they failed in business. 42 Land Register Liber 34 folio 828, Liber 36 folio 618, and Liber 40 folio 566. 43 Unpublished manuscript of Randy Chev- erie, "Matthew & McLean Limited". " Leard Papers, Reel 15 Stores. And M.F. Hagan , " Owen Connolly , Esq. 1820-1887", pub'd by trustees estate of Owen Con ¬ nolly, 1977. p. 23. 45 Leard Papers, Reel 5 Heartz. 46 Act of General Assembly , 1899. 62 Vic¬ toria Cap. XXVIII, Assented to May 19, 1899. 47 Leard Papers, Reel 15 Stores. 48 George A. Leard , " Sixty Years Ago", published in Guardian, August 19, 1958. 49 Information from J. Russell Leard who grew up near the corner of Hebrew and Main in Souris . 50 Leard Papers, Reel 14 Paquet. 51 Leard Papers, Reel 14 Magdalens. J.F. Sterns interview. 52 Leard Papers, Reel 14 Magdalens. Daily Examiner, November 27, 1884. 53 Leard Papers, Reel 7 Magdalens. 54 Leard Papers, Reel 7 Packets. 55 Daily Examiner, May 2,1898. 56 Leard Papers, Reel 14 McLauchlan. Also interview J. Frank Stems , June 8, 1955. Trades and Craftsmen: 57 Leard, " Sixty Years Ago". August 18, 1958. 58 Ibid. See also Reel 13 Craftsmen and Reel 15 Stores. 59 MacKinnon and Warburton, p. 604. See also Reel 3 Creamer. 60 Leard Papers, Reel 15 Wright. See also Wesleyan, April 28, 1882. 61 , January 17,1979. Inter¬ view with Jack Cantwell . 62 Leard, Claws, Tales & Tomally, pp. 6, 7, 15. 63 , April 4, 1979. Interview with Glynn Stewart . 64 Leard Papers, Reel 4 Fur Farming. See also Eastern Graphic, June 13, 1979. Interview with C. Roy White . 65 McAlpine's Directory of 1900. 66 Advocate article in issue Janu¬ ary 1966, pp. 53-54. 67 Leard Papers, Reel 13 Cars. 68 Leard Papers, Reel 13 Banks. Pioneer , May 20, 1884. 69 MacKinnon and Warburton, p. 441. (There was a Bank of Nova Scotia in Souris for a time located in the Connolly Building. Managers included Lutz, Fraser and James Gray. It closed c. 1924.) 711 Leard Papers, Reel 13 Hotels. Interview with Frank Heartz , August 13, 1954. 71 Leard Papers, Reel 13 Hotels. Bannerman C. Cox was the son of J.B. Cox who came from Newfoundland c. 1845. He had a store in Charlottetown and later moved to Morell where he died. (Prince Edward Island Magazine, March 1901, p. 21.) 72 Leard Papers, Reel 13 Hotels. 73 Ibid.74. Leard Papers, Reel 14 MacDonald. 75 Leard Papers, Reel 14 Post Office. 76 Warburton, p. 372. 77 Ibid. p. 370. 78 Royal Gazette , July 15,1851. 79 Family Herald and Weekly Star, April 11, 1888. See also P.E. I. Directory 1889, pp. 222 and 240, and Leard Papers, Reel 15 Telephone: Interview with Col. Dan MacKinnon , January 1952. 80 MacKinnon and Warburton, p. 104. 81 Frank Schwartz , "An Economic History of Prince Edward Island ", History, ed. Harry Baglole , Rag¬ weed Press Belfast, P.E.I. , 1977. pp 102-103. 82 Leard Papers, Reel 5 Harvest Excursion: McLean's, September 1, 1954. 83 Ibid., Lewin Leard interview, September 1966. 84 C. Roy White interview. 85 Lome C. Callbeck , "Economic and Social Developments Since Confederation". Canada 's , ed. Francis W.P. Bolger , printed in Canada by John Deyell Company, 1973. p. 339. Chapter VII - Community 1 In 1950, when Hon. Melvin McQuaid addressed the newly formed Board of Trade, he noted that the population of Souris at that time (1,183 in 1951) was about the same as it had been in 1900 when an earlier Board of Trade was formed. (1,140 in 1901 census). In 1981 the population of Souris was 1,452. 2 Leard Papers, Reel 15 Streets: Roads, Bridges, Wells. 3 Leard Papers, Reel 15 town. Annual report of Town Council, 1912 (Street Committee Report). 4 Leard Papers, Reel 15 Streets. 5 Leard Papers, Reel 15 Town. Annual Report of Town Council, 1912 (Report of Street Lighting Committee). 6 Malachias Callaghan was a tailor in Souris in 1910. 7 Leard Papers, Reel 13 Health. Doctors & Epidemics: 8 Letter of Chief Justice Peter Stewart to Lord Sydney , June 2,1784. See also Frank¬ lin L. Pigot 's History of Mount Stewart , Prince Edward Island , published by the author in 1975. 9 Leard Papers, Reel 8 Pioneer Customs. 10 Census of 1841. See also Reel 13 Doctors. " Guardian, June 18,1932. See also Reel 13, Doctors. 12 Bolger, Canada 's , p. 239.