Recollections
of
The American War
First edition, 250 copies
Second edition, 750 copies
WILLIAM DUNLOP, M.D.
From original painting in the possession of Mrs. Thos. McGaw.
Recollections
of the
War of 1812
By
DR. WM. DUNLOP
With a Biographical Sketch of the Author by
A. H. U. Colquhoun, LL.D.
Deputy Minister of Education, Ontario
SECOND EDITION
TORONTO:
HISTORICAL PUBLISHING CO.
1908.
Entered according to the Act of the Parliament of Canada, inthe year nineteen hundred and eight, by the Historical PublishingCo., at the Department of Agriculture.
TORONTO:
THE BRYANT PRESS, LIMITED
Sketch of
Dr. William Dunlop
This reprint of an entertaining little narrativeof personal experiences in the War of1812-14 may be appropriately prefaced by ashort account of the author. Few of thepioneers of Upper Canada had careers asvaried and interesting as that of Dr. WilliamDunlop, and none possessed a personalityquite so striking and original as his.On the Saltfort road, near Goderich, Canada,there is a cairn marking the burialplace of two notable worthies of the HuronTract, and upon it is the following inscription:
Here lies the body of
ROBERT GRAHAM DUNLOP, ESQ.
Commander Royal Navy, M.P.P.
Who after serving his King and country in
every quarter of the globe, dies at Gairbraid,
on the 28th Feby., 1841, in
the 51 year of his age.
Also to the memory of
DR. WILLIAM DUNLOP,
a man of surpassing talent, knowledge,
and benevolence, born in Scotland
in 1792.
He served in the army in Canada and in India
and thereafter distinguished himself
as an author and man of
letters.
He settled in Canada permanently in 1825 and
for more than 20 years was actively
engaged in public and p