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Fenian Raids -- Attempted Canadian Invasion North of Here -- 1866 and 1870

Fenian Raids -- Attempted Canadian Invasion North of Here -- 1866 and 1870 is a Vermont historical marker in Sheldon, Franklin County.

Route 105, just west of Main St., Sheldon

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Attempted Canadian Invasion North of Here, 1866 and 1870 After Civil War, two attempts of Irish patriots to invade Canada and set up a free Irish republic were repulsed between Franklin and Cook's Corners. Fenians gathered in St. Albans, marched via Sheldon to the border but were stopped by Canadian arms and U.S. authorities.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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1872 · British North America. Sheet II, West. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Railroad and post office map of Vermont (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · New Hampshire and Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1876 · Map Of Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Railroad and post office map of Vermont, 1874, covering the location of Fenian Raids -- Attempted Canadian Invasion North of Here -- 1866 and 1870, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Railroad and post office map of Vermont, 1874, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Fenian Raids -- Attempted Canadian Invasion North of Here -- 1866 and 1870

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