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Queen Elizabeth’s Fishing Rod

Queen Elizabeth’s Fishing Rod

by Ryk Brown | Mar 1, 2023 | Browns

How I came into possession of a fly fishing rod intended to be given to Queen Elizabeth (the Queen Mum.)

The Chief and the King – 1. Introduction: Shadows

The Chief and the King – 1. Introduction: Shadows

by Ryk Brown | Oct 10, 2022 | Browns, Tom Brown and Rocco Perri

Part one of The Chief and the King: The story of the intersecting lives of Tom Brown, MBE, Chief of Police, and Rocco Perri, King of the Mob, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1908-1944, by Ryk Brown.

The Chief and the King – 1. Introduction: Shadows

The Chief and the King

by Ryk Brown | Oct 10, 2022 | Browns, Tom Brown and Rocco Perri

The story of the intersecting lives of Tom Brown, Chief of Police, and Rocco Perri, King of the Mob, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1908-1944.

Plumb’s History of Hanover, Pennsylvania

Plumb’s History of Hanover, Pennsylvania

by Ryk Brown | Apr 14, 2022 | Browns

Excerpts from a History of Hanover Township, and Wyoming Valley, in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, by Henry Blackman Plumb, 1885

Letter by John Archibald Ord, 1940

Letter by John Archibald Ord, 1940

by Ryk Brown | Apr 5, 2022 | Browns, Ord, Stewarts, Tait

Transcription and analysis of a letter written by John Archibald Ord, 8 December 1940, addressing a visit to relatives in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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