Peter Hicks and Elwyn Herlihy T2 [Tape Two]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Herlihy, Elwyn
Interviewee: Hicks, Peter
Researcher: Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: Gray, Tristan John
Date Recorded
Unknown year
Date Digitized
2010-08-09
Abstract
This is an interview with Peter Hicks and Elwyn Herlihy. In this interview they talk about their ancestors, Colonel Herlihy, immigrants to Atlantic Canada, and Antigonish.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Antigonish, NS
Subject (Temporal)
1783
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
00:18:40
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:00 -- 00:12:05
Mr. Elwyn Herlihy talks about his ancestor who was a colonel, how his ancestor Tim Herlihy guarded against American raiders and help set up a military force in PEI, the colonel acquiring land for his troops, and land costing a penny a foot; ancestors, land prices, land, militia, Tim Herlihy, Colonel Herlihy.

SIDE A 00:12:05 -- 00:18:40
Colonel Herlihy tracking some deserters in 1783 on the coast of Nova Scotia, deciding to move to Antigonish and founding the town, and land being handed down through the generations; land, Antigonish, 1783, Colonel Herlihy.

Tape ends at 00:18:40.