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ADDBESS AND PEESENTATION, 
 
 JUNE 30th, 1884. 
 
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 [During the proceedings of the first <lay of the Toronto Semi-Centennial 
 Celebration, June SOth, 1884, the following Address P,nd Presentation took 
 place in the open-air amphitheatre of the Exhibition Park. After the arrival 
 of the long procession, which with great " pomp and circumstanco " of bands, 
 banners and elaborate allegorical and historical tableaux composed of I'ving 
 figures, had just perambulated the chief thoroughfares of the city, a n eting 
 was organized in the amphitheatre under the presidency of the Mayor. The 
 proceedings were opened by an appropriate address from His Worship. A 
 speech followed from Mr. McMurrich, Chairman of the Semi-Centennial Com- 
 mittee of the citizens and chief original promoter of the Semi-Centennial Cele- 
 bration. Dr. Daniel Wilson, President of the University of Toronto, then 
 delivered the oration of the day. The Mayor of Philadelphia being present 
 offered his congratulations to the pef)ple of Toronto on the prosperity of their 
 city. At the closr, of these proceedings Mr. Rennie, one of the Vice-Presi- 
 dents of the Socioty of Pioneers, came forward on the stand in front of the 
 amphitheatre, at the request of the Mayor and the Chairman of the Semi- 
 Centennial Committee, and read the following address to the President of that 
 Society, in the course of which the medal referred to in the address w^as handed 
 to the President by Mr. Lea, Chairman of the Standing (committee, and Mr. 
 Doel, Treasurer of the Society. The reply given below was thin made by the 
 President. It should be added that the object for which the Society of Pio- 
 neers exists is the conservation of the early Local History of Toronto and the 
 surrounding County of York as originally defined, and that a conspicuous 
 place had been assigned to this Society in the great commemorative procession 
 which had been so happily conceived and so successfully carried into effect, 
 and brought to such an approprifvte close by the gathering in the amphitheatre. ] 
 
 ADDRESS 
 
 TO THE REV. HENRY SC ADDING, D.D. 
 
 President of the York Pioneer Society : 
 
 We, the members of the York Pioneers' Society, desire to express 
 to you our hearty appi'eciation of your literary services in preserving 
 the memories and acts of the early settlers of York in the volume en- 
 titled " Toronto of Old," and also for the interest you have taken 
 in our Society. The valuable work you have so ably edited, describ- 
 ing minutely the characteristics of the locality and inhabitants of 
 York from its first settlement, is deserving of the high position to 
 
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 which it has attained as an authoiifcy on the earlier history of 
 York and Toronto. 
 
 Wo would also congratulate you upon the success of our Society 
 during the four years you have oucupied the Piosidential Chair, 
 which success is in a great measure duo to your untiring energy and 
 the interest you have exhibited in the affairs of the Society. 
 
 We beg your acceptance of the accompanying Medal, as an expreh- 
 sion, though inadequate, of tbo high t'steeni in which you are hold by 
 the members of the Society, and as an acknowledgment of tlie services 
 you have rendered in permanently rocording, through your valuable 
 work, the history of the early settlement of this city. 
 
 Wishing you, dear sir, many yejirs of happiness, we subscribe our- 
 selves in behalf of the Society, Wm. Lea, Chairman of Committee ; 
 W. A. DoEL, Treasurer ; Robkrt Playteb, Secretary. 
 
 ToiiONTO, 30th June, 1884. 
 
 THE PRESIDENTS REPLY. 
 
 My Dear Friends : — It is a great pleasure to me to receive from 
 you on this occasion such a kind recognition of my services as your 
 President and Historiographer. I am sure had it not been for the 
 atiring labour and close attention of a large number of very active 
 members of our Society, alike in the past years of its existence and at 
 the present time, it would never have held the position which it does 
 to-day ; and had it not ueen for your constant co-operation, help and 
 encouragement, I should never have been able to gather together farts 
 relating to *' Toronto of Old " to the extent 1 have. It would have 
 been a pity had the tine example of energy, courage, honest-hcarted- 
 ness and other sterling virtues set by so many of our predecessors in 
 these parts been lost, and lost it would have been in great measure 
 had a chronicler not soon appeared. It seems to have become my 
 mission in these latter days to undertake this office. Its duties have 
 been with me a labor of love, and if by your aid in the several vol- 
 umes which are associated with my name I have helped to preserve 
 the memory of Canadian worthies, deserving to be remembered, and 
 to render our Association a working " Local History Society " for 
 
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 Toronto and the ancient County of York generally, I deem myself suf- 
 ficiently rewarded, and I am thankful. And in connection with this 
 aspect of our Society, let mo say that the homely cabins erected by 
 ns some time back in these grounds have done and are still doing ^ood 
 servico ; the relics of the old French Fort, which we guard no carefully 
 cloHO by, have done and are still doing good service ; and in no slight 
 degree, too, let nie add, the tableaux which we and the Somi-Centen- 
 nial Committee have displayed in the pageant through the streets 
 this day, have also done and will still do good servico, inasmuch as all 
 these objects go to furnish a zero mark, so to speak, by which any one 
 who cares to do so may gauge our rise in the scale of civiliztition since 
 1794. 
 
 The beautiful silver medal which you have handed to me with this 
 address I shall prize very highly, on account of the inscription which 
 you Lave so thoughtfully had cngiaven upon its edge. As an ama- 
 teur numismatist I shall have a particular gratitication in placing it 
 in my Cabinet, and I shall show it hereafter with pride, not only on 
 personal grounds but also us being in this state a unique medal, add- 
 ing umch to the intrinsic value of a Collection which I hope at a 
 future time to deposit in a public Institution. 
 
 [The atldress was magnificently engrossed in bold Gothic characters on vel- 
 lum, with capitals iu gold and vorinillion, and surrounded by a framework of 
 arabesques in various colors on a gold ground, by Mr. 11. M. Williams, illumi- 
 nator, Toronto. At the head of the address is a drawing in colors of a Cana- 
 dian rioneer'b cottage. The medal which was executed by an excellent artist 
 in England, is two inches in diamtrter, and shows on the obverse the Presi- 
 dent's head in protile to the left. The reverse has the inscription " TORONTO 
 OF OLD, Finished June 4™, 1873," surrounded by a civic wreath of oak 
 leaves. On the edge is engraved, " Fresen^^ jd by the York Pioneers, June 
 30, 1884." By communicating with Mr. Rooert Playter, Secretary of the So- 
 ciety of Pioneers, copies of the medal in tine bronze are procurable. ] 
 
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