THE DIARY OF SIMEON PERKINS, 1804-1812. PUBLICATIONS OF THE CHAMPLAIN SOCIETY L. by Fergusson, Charles Bruce, editor. (Simeon Perkins.) - 1978

Toronto: Champlain Society, 1978. liii, 520 pp, large 8vo (9 3/4" H) - bright red cloth with gold lettering, emblem on spine. Top edge gilt. Limited edition of 1400 copies, this copy unnumbered. "This is the fifth volume of the diary of Simeon Perkins. It begins on January 1, 1804, and ends on April 13, 1812. Unfortunately, however, the diary for March 5, 1806 to November 30, 1809, has been lost." "Simeon Perkins the diarist, was the patriarch of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, during this period of his life. Although he reduced his responsibilities in some measure with advancing years, he was still active in business and prominent in public affairs until a short time before his death. Throughout the whole period he was Justice of the Peace, Proprietors' Clerk, and Town Clerk of Liverpool. For part of it he was also County Treasurer, Custos Rotulorum, First Justice of the Inferior Court of Common Pleas of Queens County, Judge of Probate, and Colonel Commandant of the Militia of Queens County. In those offices, as an appointee of the township or the county or the provincial government at Halifax, Perkins rendered meritorious service, often to the detriment of his own private interests." Majority of pages are unopened at fore-edge, light wrinkling at top/bottom of spine, line scuff across bottom of textblock, light soiling line across fore-edge of textblock.. Limited Edition.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.