STRICKLAND, Major [Samuel] [1804-1867]. Twenty-Seven Years In Canada West; Or, The Experience Of An Early Settler. Edited By Agnes Strickland. 2 Volumes in 1. 12mo. pp. 1 p.l., [ix]-xix, [1], 311, [1]; viii, 344. 1 music illus. in the text. original blind & gilt-stamped cloth (cloth stained & spine ends bit frayed, inner front hinge of Vol. I cracked). London: Richard Bentley, 1853. $750
First Edition. The candid reminiscences of almost three decades of pioneer experience in early nineteenth century Ontario. Strickland, the brother of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill, emigrated to Upper Canada in 1825. After a brief apprenticeship in Darlington Township, he acquired 200 acres of uncleared lands in Otonabee Township near the new settlement of Peterborough. As an officer of the Canada Company from 1828 to 1831, he was intimately involved in the early settlements of Guelph and Goderich. Returning to Otonabee Township, he soon became one of the leading citizens of the growing community of Lakefield, serving as a justice of the peace and as an officer in the militia (a brief account is given of his service in the Rebellion of 1837), &c. The second volume includes some interesting observations on the conditions and customs of the Indians of the region.
TPL 3213. Gagnon I 3412. Morgan p. 362. Sabin 92810. Lande 2235. DCB IX pp. 767-69. Story p. 781-82.