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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/36630 2023-12-31T10:05:24+01:00 independent 1969/01/12 image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/36630 eng eng I N.C.Crewe-Memo no. 2-Sept 18,1967 Elliston, B.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13669 I_13669_independent http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/36630 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript 1969 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:29Z independent Independent, in the term "an independent man - _means_ one who is not in debt, well-off - an indicator term in Nfld.'s social history, said of a fisherman who had been so lucky and frugal as to attain thereto. See Slade's List of Dealers at Catalina & vicinity, 1825, now held by Nfld. Archives in one of its shelf cartons (bought from me about 1958) wherein Thomas Cole (1768-1840), my great-great-grandfather, at Bird Island Cove, a planter-fisherman, is described as being "in independent circumstances." Cole left about �600 in consols, etc. in his 1835 will, on record in Supreme Court Registry. I have often heard the term "an independent man" used of fishermen of my father's day, down to say 1939 when inflation made it less in common necessity of usage. JH/1-12-69 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Sarah Budgell on Tue 31 Mar 2015 Manuscript Bird Island Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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independent Independent, in the term "an independent man - _means_ one who is not in debt, well-off - an indicator term in Nfld.'s social history, said of a fisherman who had been so lucky and frugal as to attain thereto. See Slade's List of Dealers at Catalina & vicinity, 1825, now held by Nfld. Archives in one of its shelf cartons (bought from me about 1958) wherein Thomas Cole (1768-1840), my great-great-grandfather, at Bird Island Cove, a planter-fisherman, is described as being "in independent circumstances." Cole left about �600 in consols, etc. in his 1835 will, on record in Supreme Court Registry. I have often heard the term "an independent man" used of fishermen of my father's day, down to say 1939 when inflation made it less in common necessity of usage. JH/1-12-69 Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Sarah Budgell on Tue 31 Mar 2015 |
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I N.C.Crewe-Memo no. 2-Sept 18,1967 Elliston, B.B. References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 13669 I_13669_independent http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/36630 |
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