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Fenian Raids
Date 1868-1871
Dimensions1 cm of textual records
Object NumberC180
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of David Ross McCord
Administrative History

The Fenians were members of a movement founded in 1857 by Irish Americans to secure Irish independence from Britain. In April 1866 they launched a raid against the New Brunswick border, but it collapsed in failure. A second group crossed the Quebec border at Missisquoi Bay on June 7 and remained for 48 hours. After the failure of an Irish uprising in 1867, the movement fragmented. Yet a Fenian apparently assassinated Thomas D'Arcy McGee in 1868, and in 1870 the faction led by John O'Neil launched two small raids over the Quebec border.


Scope and Content

This collection pertains to the Fenian Raids of 1866, 1868 and 1870. The collection consists of an act to indemnify the members of the Executive Government and others, a statement of expenditure and a letter from Joseph [Ivers].


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Online Collections | McCord Museum - Montreal Social History Museum
Welcome address to returning volunteers from the Fenian Raids, Champ de Mars, Montreal, 1866
Welcome address to returning volunteers from the Fenian Raids, Champ de Mars, Montreal, 1866
William Notman Studio
1866
M5935
Welcome address to returning volunteers from the Fenian Raids, Champ de Mars, Montreal, 1866, copied between 1915 and 1920
Welcome address to returning volunteers from the Fenian Raids, Champ de Mars, Montreal, 1866, copied between 1915 and 1920
Wm. Notman & Son
Copied about 1915-1920
I-21691.0
Welcome address to returning volunteers from the Fenian Raids, Champ de Mars, Montreal, 1866, copied between 1915 and 1920
Welcome address to returning volunteers from the Fenian Raids, Champ de Mars, Montreal, 1866, copied between 1915 and 1920
Wm. Notman & Son
Copied about 1915-1920
I-21691.0.1
Fenian Raids
Fenian Raids
John Henry Walker
1870
M930.50.7.508
Yes, More Successful Police Raids!
Yes, More Successful Police Raids!
Aislin
1993
M997.53.171
Israel Raids on Lebanon
Israel Raids on Lebanon
Aislin
1982/06/26
M983.227.68
The QPP Raids Bingo
The QPP Raids Bingo
Aislin
1989/10/01
M989.397.1
Police Raids
Police Raids
Aislin
1977/12/08
M988.176.253
Fenian Raid
Fenian Raid
John Henry Walker
1870
M930.50.8.376
Defenders of Eccles Hill Fenian Raid, near Frelighsburg, QC, 1870
Defenders of Eccles Hill Fenian Raid, near Frelighsburg, QC, 1870
Henry William Sawyer
1870/05
MP-0000.405.5.1
Fenian Raid
Fenian Raid
John Henry Walker
1870
M930.50.8.380
No. 1 Co., 3rd Battalion of the Victoria Rifles, on return from Fenian Raid, Montreal, QC, 1870
No. 1 Co., 3rd Battalion of the Victoria Rifles, on return from Fenian Raid, Montreal, QC, 1870
Inconnu / Unknown
1870
MP-0000.72.1.1

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