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Lieutenant-General John Graves Simcoe (25 February 1752 – 26 October 1806) was a British army officer, politician and colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant governor of Upper Canada from 1791 until 1796. He founded York, which is now known as Toronto, and was instrumental in introducing institutions such as courts of law, trial by jury, English common law, freehold land tenure, and also in the abolition of slavery in Upper Canada. (From Wikipedia) More about John Graves Simcoe:
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Books by John Graves Simcoe Books about John Graves Simcoe: Filed under: Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806![[Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/info.gif) Surveyor-General Holland (1896), by Henry Scadding, contrib. by Samuel Holland- Diary of Gov. Simcoe's Journey from Humber Bay to Matchetache Bay, 1793 (extracted from Transactions of the Canadian Institute, 1890), by Alexander Macdonell
16 additional books about John Graves Simcoe in the extended shelves:![[X-Info]](https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/infouc.gif) The life and times of Gen. John Graves Simcoe, commander of the "Queen's rangers" during the revolutionary war, and first governor of Upper Canada, together with some account of Major André and Capt. Brant (G. Virtue, 1890), by D. B. Read (page images at HathiTrust)- The correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe : with allied documents relating to his administration of the government of Upper Canada (Published by the Society, 1923), by Ontario. Lieutenant-Governor (1791-1796 : Simcoe), John Graves Simcoe, E. A. Cruikshank, and Ontario Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
- John Graves Simcoe (Morang & Co., 1906), by Duncan Campbell Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
- John Graves Simcoe (Morang, 1910), by Duncan Campbell Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
- Diary of Governor Simcoe's journey, 1793. (s.n., 1818), by Alexander Macdonell (page images at HathiTrust)
- Journal of an exploratory tour partly in sleighs but chiefly on foot, from Navy Hall, Niagara, to Detroit, made in the months of February and March, A. D. 1792 (Copp, Clark, 1889), by Edward Baker Littlehales (page images at HathiTrust)
- The administration of Lieut.-Governor Simcoe viewed in his official correspondence (s.n., 1891), by E. A. Cruikshank and Canadian Institute (page images at HathiTrust)
- Journal written by Edward Baker Littlehales (major of brigade, etc.) of an exploratory tour partly in sleighs but chiefly on foot, from Navy Hall, Niagara, to Detroit made in the months of February and March, A.D. 1793, by His Excellency Lieut.-Gov. Simcoe (Copp, Clark, 1889), by Edward Baker Littlehales and Henry Scadding (page images at HathiTrust)
- The life and times of Gen. John Graves Simcoe commander of the "Queen's Rangers" during the revolutionary war, and first governor of Upper Canada ; together with some account of Major André and Capt. Brant (G. Virtue, 1890), by D. B. Read (page images at HathiTrust)
- Surveyor-General Holland ([s.n.], 1896), by Henry Scadding (page images at HathiTrust)
- John Graves Simcoe (Morang & co., limited, 1905), by Duncan Campbell Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
- John Graves Simcoe (Oxford University Press, 1926), by Duncan Campbell Scott (page images at HathiTrust)
- Journal, written by Edward Baker Littlehales, of an exploratory tour partly in sleighs but chiefly on foot, from Navy Hall, Niagara, to Detroit, made in the months of Ferbuary [sic] and March, A.D. 1793, by His Excellency Lieut.-Gov. Simcoe. (Canadiana House, 1968), by Edward Baker Littlehales and Henry Scadding (page images at HathiTrust)
- The diary of Mrs. John Graves Simcoe, wife of the first lieutenant-governor of the province of Upper Canada, 1792-6 (Ontario Pub. Co., 1934), by Elizabeth Simcoe and J. Ross Robertson (page images at HathiTrust)
- Copies of letters, etc., read in the Legislative council in the debate upon the Clergy reserve bill, January 17, 1840 (Printed by R. Stanton, 164, King-Street, 1840), by P. B. de Blaquière and John Graves Simcoe (page images at HathiTrust)
- Simcoe's journal (Printer for the author, 1787), by John Graves Simcoe and William L. Clements (page images at HathiTrust)
Books by John Graves Simcoe: - Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806: Letter to Sir Joseph Banks (President of the Royal Society of Great Britain) Written by Lieut.-Governor Simcoe, in 1791, Prior to His Departure From England for the Purpose of Organizing the New Province of Upper Canada (Toronto: Copp, Clark and Co., 1890), contrib. by Henry Scadding
- Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806: A Proclamation, To Such as Are Desirous to Settle on the Lands of the Crown in the Province of Upper Canada (1792) (HTML at Gutenberg Canada)
Additional books by John Graves Simcoe in the extended shelves:- Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806: Copies of letters &c. read in the Legislative Council in the debate upon the Clergy Reserve Bill January 17, 1840 (s.n.], 1840) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806: Copies of letters, &c., read in the Legislative Council in the debate upon the Clergy Reserve Bill January 17, 1840 (s.n.], 1840) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806: Copies of letters, etc., read in the Legislative council in the debate upon the Clergy reserve bill, January 17, 1840 (Printed by R. Stanton, 164, King-Street, 1840), also by P. B. de Blaquière (page images at HathiTrust)
- Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806: The correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe : with allied documents relating to his administration of the government of Upper Canada (Published by the Society, 1923), also by Ontario. Lieutenant-Governor (1791-1796 : Simcoe), E. A. Cruikshank, and Ontario Historical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
- Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806: Diary of Gov. Simcoe's journey from Humber Bay to Matchetache Bay, 1793 (s.n., 1890), also by Alexander Macdonell (page images at HathiTrust)
- Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806: History of the operations of a partisan corps, called the Queen' s Rangers, commanded by Lieut. Col. J.G. Simcoe, during the war of the American revolution (Bartlett & Welford, 1844) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806: A journal of the operations of the Queen's Rangers from the end of the year 1777, to the conclusion of the late American war (Printed for the author, 1789) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806: Letter to Sir Joseph Banks (president of the Royal Society of Great Britain) written by Lieut.-Governor Simcoe in 1791 prior to his departure from England for the purpose of organizing the new province of Upper Canada, to which is added five official speeches delivered by him at the opening or closing of parliament in the same province (s.n.], 1890), also by Henry Scadding (page images at HathiTrust)
- Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806: Letter to Sir Joseph Banks (president of the Royal Society of Great Britain) written by Lieut.-Governor Simcoe, in 1791, prior to his departure from England for the purpose of organizing the new province of Upper Canada : to which is added five official speeches delivered by him at the opening or closing of Parliament in the same province (s.n.], 1890), also by Henry Scadding and Joseph Banks (page images at HathiTrust)
- Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806: Proclamation pour telles personnes qui désirent s'établir sur les terres de la couronne dans la province du Haut-Canada, par Son Excellence John Graves Simcoe .. (s.n., 1792), also by Haut-Canada. Lieutenant-gouverneur (1791-1796 : Simcoe) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806: A Proclamation to such as are desirous to settle in the lands of the crown in the province of Upper Canada (s.n., 1792), also by Upper Canada. Lieutenant-Governor (1791-1796 : Simcoe) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806: Remarks on the Marquis de Chastellux's travels. ([London?, 1797) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806: Remarks on the travels of the Marquis de Chastellux in North America (Printed for G. and T. Wilkie ..., 1787) (page images at HathiTrust)
- Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806: Simcoe's journal (Printer for the author, 1787), also by William L. Clements (page images at HathiTrust)
- Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806: Simcoe's military journal : a history of the operations of a partisan corps, called the Queen's Rangers, commanded by Lieut. Col. J.G. Simcoe, during the war of the American Revolution ; now first published, with a memoir of the author and other additions. (Bartlett & Welford, 1844) (page images at HathiTrust)
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