INVENTORY #150134
Reflections on Death
DODD, William
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The first "Spadina" house was built in 1818 by Dr. William Warren Baldwin. He named his 200-acre estate "Spadina," which derived from an Ojibwe word. Baldwin himself designed a two-storey wood-frame house that burned down in 1835. A smaller house was built later. Eventually this property was sold to the Austin family who built the house known as the Spadina Museum today. William a medical doctor, businessman, lawyer, judge, architect and reform politician. He and his better-known son, Robert, introduced the concept of "responsible government" to the colony.
Publication Info
- Publisher: J. Mawman et al
- Edition: Eleventh edition
- Date Published: 1815
- Place Published: London
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Very good
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
200, v, 201-205, [3] p. 17 cm. Full leather. A little scuffing. Corners bumped. Pages 3 to 22 jutting out a bit. Bookplate for "Baldwin of Spadina in the County of York, Upper Canada" on front pastedown. Baldwin' signature at top of title page.