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TORONTO AT THE TIME OF THE REBELLION OF 1837
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"William Bengough.
MRS. LOUNT PETITIONING SIR GEORGE ARTHUR, 1838
When her appeal failed, Samuel Lount went to the gallows.
THE EXECUTION OF LOUNT AND MATTHEWS, APRIL 12, 1838
Walls over a yard thick, the front elevation of the original building, two of the old cells
adjoining the guard room in the basement, and the gallows' yard in which Lount and
Matthews were hanged—these relics of a century ago are still to be seen in modern
Toronto, for the city's second jail is incorporated in the York Chambers, Toronto Street.
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"Canadian Illustrated News.
FLOGGING A PRISONER AT TORONTO JAIL, JANUARY 6, 1871
In part the punishment was apparently for the edification of the other prisoners.
COLONEL MOODIE SHOT AT MONTGOMERY'S TAVERN, 1837
The Tavern stood on the west side of Yonge Street, a short distance north of Eglinton
Avenue, and was the rendezvous of the rebels of 1837. The Colonel was shot as he tried
to break through to warn Toronto of the danger.
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"John Ross Robertson Collection. Mrs. John Graves Simcoe.
CASTLE FRANK, THE FIRST GOVERNMENT HOUSE, IN 1796
This is one of Mrs. Simcoe's best sketches, and depicts a building dear to her heart,
for the Simcoes used it as a summer cottage.
John Ross Robertson Collection.
KING'S COLLEGE, 1842
Toronto's first institution of higher learning stood on the site of the present Ontario
Parliament Buildings.
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