APPENDIX F CII 
VIII. — Report of The Elgin Historical and Scientific Institute for the 
year 1911-1912. 
Presented by Dr. J. H. Coyne, F.R.S.C., Delegate. 
Regular monthly meetings, eight in number, have been held during 
the year. 
Papers or addresses have been given as follows: 
“Lieutenant Governor Simcoe and The Simcoe Journals” by the 
President. 
“The failure of the campaign against Montreal in 1813” by W. W. 
Olmsted. 
“Edward Ermatinger’s Diary of a Journey from Montreal to St. 
Thomas and return, in 1830,” by Judge C. O. Ermatinger. 
“The Baldoon Mystery ” by J. W. Stewart. 
“Reminiscences of early settlers in the townships of Southwold 
and Westminster” by J. E. Orr, read in part by Mrs. W. A. Burns and 
in part by W. H. Murch. 
“Battles of the War of 1812” by Major Walter J. Brown. 
The Institute was represented at meetings of important Societies 
held during the year as follows: 
Royal Society of Canada, at Ottawa, by the President. 
Ontario Historical Society, at Brantford and Ohsweken, by Mrs. 
J. H. Wilson. 
American Historical Association, at Buffalo, and Cornell University, 
Ithaca, by the President. 
The Institute has received a number of volumes and pamphlets 
through its exchange list. Gifts have also been received for the library 
from the late John A. Kains, and for the museum from A. A. Luton and 
Mr. Berry. 
The fourth publication of the Institute has recently been issued. 
It is an interesting contribution to the early history of the County of 
Elgin and of the Talbot Settlement. Under the general title of “ Rem- 
iniscences of Early Settlers and other Records”, it contains, together 
with portraits of Geo. Munro, Geo. Kerr, A. W. Graham and Wm. 
Coyne and a full index of names, the following series of articles: 
“Elgin’s First Settler, James Fleming. ’ 
“The Rapelje Family.” 
“Statement of Jeroninus Rapelje.” 
“The Judge and the General, an Episode of the War of 1812.” 
“The Williams Family.” 
Proc. 1912. 8. 
