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Woodstock New Brunswick - Page 2

Connell (as Postmaster General) put his own picture on a stamp of the day

This became very unpopular and he withdrew the stamp soon after its introduction

The story is he bought must of them......

One weird collection are these lead soldiers called Britains

A local Edward Raban Vince purchased these over many years as a gift to his son

The final number ended up at well over 1000 pieces 

Francis Peabody Sharp

Known as the father of fruit growing in North America  

 

His Daughter, Minnie, would be well know to those living in Victoria BC 

Minnie Bell Sharp Adney

Edwin Tappan Adney

Another well known Canadian writer and artist of the day

He was also responsible for keeping the traditional first nations art of birch bark canoe building alive

Examples of his accurate model canoes are on display here......