| The Prince Edward Island Land Commission of 1860 |
| Ian Ross Robertson |
In the summer of 1860, a Land Commissioners' Court
was held to inquire into the differences relative to the
rights of landowners and tenants.
Ian Ross Robertson of the University of Toronto, a
leading authority on Island history, has prepared an
edited version of the testimony and a scholarly
introduction to the history of the land question.
In the course of these meetings, the commissioners took
evidence from a wide range of Islanders from all walks
of life. These testimonies present an interesting cross
view of Island life at and prior to 1860.
was held to inquire into the differences relative to the
rights of landowners and tenants.
Ian Ross Robertson of the University of Toronto, a
leading authority on Island history, has prepared an
edited version of the testimony and a scholarly
introduction to the history of the land question.
In the course of these meetings, the commissioners took
evidence from a wide range of Islanders from all walks
of life. These testimonies present an interesting cross
view of Island life at and prior to 1860.
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" . . . There is something endearing to the man in the estate upon which he has spent his strength, he must naturally take an interest in it, and become attached to the improvements which from time to time he has put upon it. If this hon. Commission does not settle this vexed question, I expect that we old men, becoming more and more disheartened, will be dropping into the grave with nobody to care for us. My sons have left me, because they had no inducement to remain here. When we go to Canada and elsewhere, we see men enjoying the liberty of freemen - that liberty which we have long been denied here . . . I conceive that our long standing as tenants should entitle us to some indulgence." - Mr. James Howatt |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS |
Prefatory Note Map Introduction by Ian Ross Robertson Abstract of the Proceedings Report of the Commissioners Glossary of Names |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PARTICIPANTS IN THE INQUIRY |
Alexander Anderson, John Bourke, John Cambridge, George Coles, Nicholas Conroy, William Cooper, Bentinck Harry Cumberland, Edward Cunard, Samuel Cunard, Henry Cunard, Neil Darrach, Benjamin Davies, George Wastie DeBlois, William Douse, Edmund Fanning, James Douglas Gordon, John Gordon, Robert Gordon, John Gray, Robert Grant Haliburton, Thomas Haviland, Robert Poore, Haythorne, Joseph Hensley, John Hill, Augustus Holland, Cornelius Howatt, James Howatt, Joseph Howe, Rev. Dr. Louis Jenkins, David Laird, John Longworth, Rev. John McDonald, John McDonald, John McDonell, Donald Montgomery, Graham Montgomery, Charles Palmer, Edward Palmer, Henry Palmer, Stanislaus Perry (or Poirier), James Peters, William Pope, John Ritchie, David Stewart, John Stewart, Robert Stewart, Laurence Sullivan, William Swabey, Samuel Robert Thomson, Edward Thornton, James Townshend, James Warburton, Edward Whelan, Joseph Wightman, Charles Worrell, Charles Wright, and James Yeo. |
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