APPENDIX I
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On June 1,
1822, the Upper Canada Gazette and
Weekly Register published the following letter from Adam Hood
Burwell, Secretary of the Talbot Anniversary celebration committee. The
Anniversary was first established at Port Talbot by John Rolph on May
21, 1817. Originally instituted to honour the founding of the Talbot
Settlement, it later became an annual social event of some prominence.
In the late 'twenties the festivities were moved to London. By the 1830s
the Anniversary no longer attracted the great numbers for which it had
once been known.
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For the Weekly Register |
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MR. EDITOR, SIR, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Please give the following an insertion in the Register. |
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TALBOT ANNIVERSARY |
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This celebration took place at Ross's Tavern, on Talbot Road, on Tuesday the 21st instant. It was numerously attended by the most respectable class of gentlemen and ladies from different parts of the district. JOHN BACKHOUSE, Esq., Chairman of the Quarter Sessions, was appointed President, and JOHN ROLPH, Esq., Vice President. At four o'clock the party sat down to dinner under a booth of green branches erected for the occasion, after which the following toasts were drank, accompanied with music: |
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The company then proceeded to the apartments, which were richly ornamented with green branches and wild flowers from the forest; and at 8 o'clock dancing commenced by the President and Mrs. Nevill's leading off the first figure, and continued till late in the evening, when the company retired without an instance of disorderly conduct. |
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By command of the President, |
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A.H. BURWELL, Secretary. |
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Talbot Road, May 23, 1822. |