Jesse Ketchum and His Times: Being a Chronicle of the Social Life and Public Affairs of the Capital of the Province of Upper Canada During Its First Half Century

"Jesse Ketchum and His Times" offers a compelling chronicle of the social and political landscape of Upper Canada during its formative first half-century. Through the life of Jesse Ketchum-a prominent businessman, philanthropist, and politician-author E. J. Hathaway paints a vivid portrait of York (modern-day Toronto) as it transformed from a frontier settlement into a bustling provincial capital.

The work delves into the public affairs and daily lives of the citizens who shaped the province...