Snyder family tree » Les sources » Samuel Pedlar manuscript, Samual Pedlar (Transcribed from a microfilm of the original By Sharon Stark & Margaret Egerer July/August 1970)

This small collection consists of material collected and compiled by Samuel
Pedlar (brother of the founder of Pedlar People, a prominent Oshawa industrial
establishment).
It covers the period 1790-1904, and includes: notebooks; a map of Lake Simcoe
watershed;
photocopies of clippings; a typescript copy of an 1878 census of
Oshawa; a copy of the Oshawa Vindicator, 1894, containing industrial history;
and manuscript and typescripts copies of "From Cornwall to Canada,
1841",
being facts collection by Sam Pedlar and rewritten by Charles H. Wethy
(Toronto), regarding the Cornish immigration to Canada.
The material was purchased from Samuel Pedlar (Oshawa) in May, 1904 and
May, 1905, and borrowed from Mrs. Oscar Mills (Oshawa) in April, 1963.
Dec. 10, 1969
R. Nickerson