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Thomas A Stewart School
has a plaque commemorating
THOMAS AND FRANCES STEWART
In 1822 the Stewart family emigrated from County Antrim, Ireland,
to Upper Canada and the following year they began to farm this
land on the Otonabee River. Thomas A. Stewart (1786-1847) served
as justice of the peace and member of the Legislative Council and
through his public service he played a significant role there in
Peterborough's early development. His wife Frances (1794-1872)
wrote a series of detailed and highly descriptive letters
concerning the life and early growth of the Peterborough region.
These were published in 1889 under the title "Our Forest
Home". Invaluable as an historical record, they provide a
vivid account of a pioneer community in the early 1800's.
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