The 'Patriotes' of '37: A Chronicle of the Lower Canada RebellionDeCelles, Alfred D. (Alfred Duclos)
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The 'Patriotes' of '37: A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion
DeCelles, Alfred D. (Alfred Duclos)
Canada -- History -- Rebellion, 1837-1838
Of special studies of the rebellion there are a number worthy of
mention. L. O. David, _Les Patriotes de 1837-38_, is valuable for its
complete biographies of the leaders in the movement. L. N. Carrier,
_Les Evenements de 1837-38_ (1877), is a sketch of the rebellion
written by the son of one of the _Patriotes_. Globensky, _La Rebellion
de 1837 a Saint-Eustache_ (1883), written by the son of an officer in
the loyalist militia, contains some original materials of value. Lord
Charles Beauclerk, _Lithographic Views of Military Operations in Canada
under Sir John Colborne, O.C.B., {135} etc._ (1840), apart from the
value of the illustrations, is interesting on account of the
introduction, in which the author, a British army officer who served in
Canada throughout the rebellion, describes the course of the military
operations. The political aspect of the rebellion, from the Tory point
of view, is dealt with in T. C. Haliburton, _The Bubbles of Canada_
(1839). For a penetrating analysis of the situation which led to the
rebellion see Lord Durham's _Report on the Affairs of British North
America_.
A few biographies may be consulted with advantage. N. E. Dionne,
_Pierre Bedard et ses fils_ (1909), throws light on the earlier period;
as does also Ernest Cruikshank, _The Administration of Sir James Craig_
(_Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada_, 3rd series, vol. ii).
See also A. D. DeCelles, _Papineau_ (1904), in the 'Makers of Canada'
series; and Stuart J. Reid, _Life and Letters of the First Earl of
Durham_ (1906).
The parish histories, in which the province of Quebec abounds, will be
found to yield much information of a local nature with regard to the
rebellion; and the same may be said of the publications of local
historical societies, such as that of Missisquoi county.
An original document of primary importance is the _Report of the state
trials before a general court-martial held at Montreal in 1838-39;
exhibiting a complete history of the late rebellion in Lower Canada_
(1839).
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INDEX
Assembly, the language question in the, 8-12; racial conflict over form
of taxation, 13-14; the struggle with Executive for full control of
revenue leads to deadlock, 22-5, 27, 29-30, 53-4, 57; seeks redress in
Imperial parliament, 28-32; the Ninety-Two Resolutions, 38-42; the
grievance commission, 45-6, 52, 55-6; the Russell Resolutions, 57-61.
See Lower Canada.
Aylmer, Lord, governor of Canada, 29, 33-4, 44, 45.
Beauharnois, Patriotes defeated at, 124-5.
Bedard, Elzear, introduces the Ninety-Two Resolutions, 38, 42;
suspended as a judge, 126.
Bedard, Pierre, and French-Canadian nationalism, 11, 15, 16; his arrest
and release, 17-19, 20.
Bidwell, M. S., speaker of Upper Canada Assembly, 53.
Bouchette, Robert Shore Milnes, 129; wounded at Moore's Corners, 89-90,
91, 102, 108, 131.
Bourdages, Louis, Papineau's chief lieutenant, 36.
Brougham, Lord, criticizes Durham's policy, 110.
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