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Prefatory 15 



Tntroductiion 21 



I. The Talbots of Malahide 21 



II. Thomas Talbot and Arthur Wellesley 22 



III. Westward Hoi 23 



IV. Sintcoe's Aide-de-camp 24 



V. Active Service in Europe — The Hermit of Lake Erie 25 



VI. Talbot's Motives 26 



VII. The Chosen Region 27 



VIII. Skittiewaaba on Lake Erie 28 



IX. Royal Lobbyists in London 29 



X. Talbot's Scheme of Settlement 31 



XL The Talbot Settlement 32 



XII. Port Talbot 33 



XIII. The Terms of Contract 34 



XIV. Grievances of the Reserved Townships 35 



XV. Original Terms varied in Talbot's Favour 36 



XVI. Extension of Talbot's Settlement 37 



XVII. The Talbot Road . 38 



XVIII. The Beginning of Settlement 38 



XIX. The War and Simon Zelotes Watson 40 



XX. Effects of the War 42 



XXI. Immigration 42 



XXII. St. Thomas and the Talbot Anniversary 42 



XXIII. The Castle of Malahide on Lake Erie 44 



XXIV. Distinguished Visitors to Port Talbot 44 



XXV. Personal Peculiarities 45 



XXVI. Religious Observances 46 



XXVII. The Sliding WindoW-pane 47 



XXVIII. The Temperance Movement 48 



XXIX. PubUc Duties 50 



XXX. Talbot's Political Meeting at St. Thomas, 1832 51 



XXXI. Talbot's Speech at St. Thomas 52 



XXXII. Talbot's System of Land Transfer 54 



XXXIII. Talbot and the Aireys 54 



XXXIV. The Colonel's Death 56 



XXXV. Colonel Talbot's Appea'-ance 56 



XXXVI. Conclusion 58 



THE TALBOT PAPERS. 



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1. 1475. March 8. Grant by King Edward IV to Thomas Talbot of 



Malahide 59 



2. 1801. May 16. Skittiewaabaa, U. C, Colonel Talbot to H. R. H. the 



Duke of Cumberland (Archives) 75 



3. 1801. Oct. 11. H. R. H. the Duke of Kent to Lord Hobart (Archives) 77 



4. 1804. Entries in Talbot's note-book 79-95 



James Whitton's Account 79-89 



Joseph Smith's Account 84 



Isabella Findlay's Account 84 



Fanny Reed's (Myres') Account 85 



Ehzaheth Meridith's Account 89 



Ann Lawler's Account 90 



James Newland's Account 93 



Colonel James Archibald Stuart-Wortley to Talbot. . 96 



Thomas Clark to Talbot 98 



Talbot's Memorial to Lieutenant Governor in Council 100 



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