It was 1779. The American Revolution was at its bloody height and John Graves Simcoe had already seen plenty of action. This was many years before he founded the city of Toronto, when he was still a young officer in the British army, fighting against the American rebels. And there in the middle of that brutal war, he was about to fall in love.
Thank you for a wonderfully interesting piece of history, relayed in such a lovely style.
just finished reading todays news letter, wanted to say thank you for sharing insight in to history.