The Life of Brian on Nostr: Yesterday was Simcoe Day in Ontario. John Graves Simcoe was the first lieutenant ...
Yesterday was Simcoe Day in Ontario. John Graves Simcoe was the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada. So, QOD: What do Simcoe, the American Revolution, Raynham Hall, Sally Townsend, Benedict Arnold, the Culper Spy Ring, Major André and two ghosts have in common? Read on. This is a true and fascinating story that should be a movie. (Simcoe's wife named my part of Toronto 'Scarborough' because our cliffs look like the other one.)
#history #ontario #1776 #ghosts
https://seeksghosts.blogspot.com/2011/06/the-ghost-of-sally-townsend.html 
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