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The Surplus People
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Landowners in County Wicklow, ca. 1838, showing the size of the Fitzwilliam holding in relation to other holdings and the size of the county, from Surplus People: The Fitzwilliam Clearances 1847-1856 by Jim Rees, The Collins Press, Cork, Ireland, 2000, pp. 14
Provincial Archives of New Brunswick David Janigan collection: MC2946/MS1/D1
“St. Andrews Harbour and Bay, New Brunswick”, col. lithograph by R.P. Leitch, from The Illustrated London News, 1 February 1862, pp. 106. 27.5 x 39.5 cm.
Passamaquoddy Bay, St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Courtesy of Tom Moffatt.
Hospital Island, St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Once the site of a quarantine station and cholera hospital the island served as a stopping place for immigrants landing in St. Andrews. Courtesy of Tom Moffatt.
Surplus People: The Fitzwilliam Clearances 1847-1856 by Jim Rees, The Collins Press, Cork, Ireland, 2000.