Author: CHANNELL, L. S; MACKINTOSH, C.H.
Title: History of Compton County and Sketches of the Eastern Townships, District of St. Francis, and Sherbrooke County
Description: Belleville, Ontario: Mika Publishing Company, 1975. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover. ISBN: 0919303021. Facsimile reprint of this Quebec local history first published in 1896. "Supplemented with the records of four hundred families. Two hundred illustrations of buildings and leading citizens in the county. Includes a biography of the late Hon. John Henry Pope." - title page. This book was "undertaken not merely as a register of family history or local events, but also in the hope that it may also have a possible future usefulness as a contribution to the sources from which the history of the Dominion must be drawn, whenever in the twentieth century an exhaustive history of Canada comes to be written by some future Parkman." - Introduction. [7]-289, [7 index] pages. Printed upon glossy stock. Text in English. Generously illustrated with black and white reproductions of marvelous archival photos. Minimal light pencil markings to contents. Light pencil notes on first blank back page. Moderate wear to forest green leatherette boards lettered in gilt. Binding sound. A quality copy of this informative local history and invaluable genealogical reference.; Canadiana Reprint Series No. 70; Folio. Very Good .

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