Excerpt from The Historical and Scientific Society of Manitoba: Transactions 40-56<br><br>Fifteen years of service in the remote and isolated settlement of Red River had enabled the recorder to accumulate a handsome compe tence. His friend mccallum was dead, and the troubles between the company and the people made it disagreeable for the well abused judge to remain in his _new world sphere. He accordingly resigned, and re turning by way of York Factory sailed 'from that port iii the company's ship The Prince of Wales on September 20, 1854,with his wife and two sons. Oh the vessel there was the Arctic explorer Dr. Rae, who had just found the first traces ofsir J ohn Franklin and also Rev. J ohn Ryerson, who has left a written account of the voyage, which proved to be tedious and dangerous, taking nearly six weeks to London. In the second year after his return J udge Thom received the de gree of LL.D. From his own university at Aberdeen in recognition of his attainments. He appears to have lived at Edinburgh and Torquay in what might seem to be his declin 111g years, but removed to London in 1870 and took up his abode in his well known residence, 49 Torrington Square, a score of years longer. The family of his departed friend were a con stant care to him. For them he always show ed a passionate regard. A troublesome law suit with a leading ha aking house in London for misuse of his funds, worried him for years and ended in his losing the case.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.