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--- Lett's Bytown: Recollections of Old Bytown

Lett's father was one of the first settlers in the Ottawa Valley. Lett was editor of the Ottawa Advocate and City Clerk for 36 years. His poems and descriptions of early Ottawa are essential reading for local historians. Written by W.P. Lett with introduction by be Edwin Welch.

Bytown Series #3. The title on the cover is "Lett's Bytown"; the title on the spine is "Recollections of Bytown"; the title page has it as "Recollections of Old Bytown". The descriptions of Bytown were published as pamphlet #45 "The Transition of Bytown to Ottawa 1827-1877: A Short Panoramic View of Ottawa's History as Written by William Pittman Lett, City Clerk from 1855-1891. Ottawa 1979.

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Author: William Pittman Lett
Copyright: 1979
Pages: 118 pages
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Historical Language Advisory :  The poetry presented may be in a style and/or with content offensive to some. The Short Panoramic View of Ottawa's History presented in the second half of this pamphlet focuses entirely on the priviledged of the city with no serious mention of anyone non-caucasian male. Introduction, 1st footnote "...Miss Taylor.", Introduction, 2nd page, 3rd para "...Miss E.M.Taylor and Miss F. Elskamp...Mrs. Burns...", pg 98, para 6 "...introduced by immigrants.", pg 99, para 2 "...and the afternoon, by a cetain class, was devoted pugilistically to settling the disputes of the week in the ring..." pg 99, para 3 "...were pitched in real Irish fashion...", pg 99, para 5 "...Asiatic Cholera...", pg 100, para 1 "...Indian Summer... real Indian Summer day...", pg 100, para 2 overly simplified discussion about the Shiners, "...raftsmen...shantymen...schoolmaster..." pg 102, para 7 "...and taken a glance in passing along at men and things as they were in other days...", pg 104, para 1 "...its public schools in which any boy of average ability can obtain an education which will fit him for almost any department of business.", pg 105, para 1 "...lumbermen...", pg 105, para 4 "...sportsman...", pg 105, para 8 "...Chairman...", pg 106, para 1 "...policemen..."