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Danforth Avenue, a major east-end thoroughfare in Toronto, in turn lends its name to the main east-west
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A Glenora Road which closely follows Danforth's 1802 path to Trenton was designated part of the
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History of the settlement of upper Canada (Ontario): with special reference to the bay QuintΓ©
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He left Upper Canada in 1802, was in hiding in New York City and died in or after 1821.
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From Queenston to Kingston: The Hidden Heritage of Lake Ontario's Shoreline
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James P. P. Horn; Jan Lewis; Peter S. Onuf (17 December 2002).
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in 1788. Danforth incurred heavy debts speculating in land in
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The revolution of 1800: democracy, race, and the new republic
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of marker locating the c. 1788 house occupied by Danforth
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Index

Brookfield, Massachusetts
Asa Danforth Sr.
Onondaga County, New York
Asa Danforth
New York State
Upper Canada
highway engineer
Toronto
Ontario
Danforth Road
Danforth Village
Danforth Avenue
Trenton
Bay of Quinte
Glenora
Adolphustown
Loyalist
Bath Road
Bath
Kingston
York Road
Bay of Quinte
Belleville
Napanee
TTC
Bloor-Danforth
Loyalist Parkway
Asa Danforth
Loyalists
The Danforth

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