{"product_id":"history-of-the-county-of-w-a-calnek-9780788413216","title":"History of The County of Annapolis: Including Old Port Royal and Acadia With Memoirs of Its Representatives In The Provincial Parliament, and Biograph","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis work contains a wealth of information on the early settlers of Canada gleaned from the Nova Scotia archives and early French writers. \"One year before Jamestown in Virginia, the oldest English settlement in [North] America, was founded, and two years before any other building than the wigwam of the savage stood on the site of old Quebec, the inhabitants of the village and fort lying five miles west of us, had successfully cultivated the soil on which Annapolis Royal now stands...\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapters detailing the early history of the county are grouped chronologically from 1604 through 1756, beginning with the voyage and explorations of Demonts and ending with the seizure and dispersion of French inhabitants. Individual chapters are devoted to the townships of Annapolis, Granville, Wilmot, Clement and later settlements, religion and churches, later history (1786-1887, including the War of 1812), and listings of public officers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second portion of the book is devoted to biographical memoirs of the members of Provincial Parliament (1759-1867), plus biographical and genealogical sketches of the county's early English settlers and grantees. A map of Fort Anne, a map of \"General Nicholson's Plan of the Fort in 1710,\" and numerous illustrations (including portraits) enhance this work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. A. Calnek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 078841321X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780788413216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Heritage Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.44d","brand":"W. A. Calnek","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48114073436415,"sku":"9780788413216","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ba490739-83b4-4094-8f90-0f243829367e.jpg?v=1769618941","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/history-of-the-county-of-w-a-calnek-9780788413216","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}