Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe, wife of John Graves Simcoe, Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario b. 1766. Writing, painting, observing
York, Ontario
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The tale of our pets, including Jack Sharp #SimcoeDay #history #Ontario xitter.gq/TODreamsProject/status…
Simcoe Day Weekend seems like a good time to learn about the Simcoes' dog, Jack Sharp — and how they almost ate him: torontodreamsproject.blogspo…
An Indian named Wable Casigo supplies us with salmon, which the rivers and creeks on this shore abound with #SimcoeDay #indigenous #history
I went to my favourite sands [...] The Governor thinks they are capable of being fortified & therefore calls it Gibraltar Point #SimcoeDay
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Happy Simcoe Day! ...our shorelines have changed quite a bit since @ElizabethSimcoe painted this watercolour. 🙀🇨🇦❤️ @TOhistoricsites #C150TO
Queen's Rangers are encamped at the Landing. Near this fort are tumuli (earth mounds) where
bones have been dug up— an Indian burying place
Mrs. Smith has two tame racoons. They resemble a fox, are exceedingly fat, with bushy tails. Remarkable that they have a joint in the nose.
Happy Simcoe Day! Here's info about Mrs Simcoe's fascinating diaries. xitter.gq/ElizabethSimcoe/status…
The weather is so exceedingly hot that I am quite oppressed by it, and unable to employ myself.
I am sorry I have not a thermometer
The Indians live in the woods where[whortleberries] grow at this season of the year, and boil quan-
tities of them into cakes. #aboriginal
The whortle berries of this country are larger than in England, quite black & if dried in the sun make as good puddings as Levant currants
The thermometer 96 ... The heat and mosquitos do not affect me in the violent manner they used to do. @nfmuseums @HeritageOntario #weather
The Governor went early this morning to the Tuscarora village, which is about two miles above Lewiston, N.Y.
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@ElizabethSimcoe Dearest Madam Simcoe,
Saw hydrangea drooping, thick with moisture after a heavy rain, and thought of you. Happy Simcoe day!
Weather insufferably hot at Niagara. Walked to Mr. Smith's and supped there which was v. pleasant as the rooms are so much larger than ours
Yesterday: dined and walked to Schram's farm where women were making straw hats. I gathered crow's foot. buff.ly/2aLMRGF #SimcoeDay