Text Appearing Before Image: Virginia) in the year 1628. H. A. Hill. Text Appearing After Image: Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. 157 also filled the Municipal Offices of Auditor, Councillor,Alderman, and Mayor of Launceston. From 1874 tohe held the office of Town Clerk, which he resigned in thelatter year. In 1847 he married Anne Sophia, daughterof John and Mary Smith, by whom he had four children,Apsley Petre, Claude Hurst, Otho Bathurst, and AdelineMary. During the whole of his life he took a keen interest inthe material improvements at Launceston as to its roads,and markets, the abolition of the turnpike toll, restoration ofthe Church, building the School House, the Guildhall, theSouthgate Arch and Museum, excavations of the Priory andsimilar public works. At an early age Mr. Peter developed a taste for certainbranches of learning. He acquired some knowledge of theHebrew, Chaldee, Latin and French languages, and tookevery opportunity of examining old Charters and ancientmanuscripts, and became an authority of considerable repu-tation in the West. It is said that a transl
Note About Images
Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
This image was taken from Flickr's The Commons. The uploading organization may have various reasons for determining that no known copyright restrictions exist, such as:
The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired;
The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions;
The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or
The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize others to use the work without restrictions.
Please add additional copyright tags to this image if more specific information about copyright status can be determined. See Commons:Licensing for more information.
No known copyright restrictionsNo restrictionshttps://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/false
Captions
Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents