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Scrapbook
Album about the Patriots
Date
[1839?]
Dimensions1 textual record ; 27.4 x 22.2 cm
Origin
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, North America
Object NumberS001/C3.3,8.1
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentScrapbook containing personal contributions from prisoners condemned to death for having taken part in the rebellions of 1837-1838 and held in the Montreal prison, obtained from them by Adèle Lafontaine when she visited them during their incarceration. It contains sketches, press cuttings and handwritten excerpts from well-known texts. Some of the cuttings and images relating to the authors evidently post-date the period. NotesSource of title: Based on the nature of the document.
Arrangement: Formerly reference code Stewart HC-1838 (971.038 L13 1838) in the historical books database.
Physical description: 79 pages.
Restoration/Conservation: Fragile.
General notes: Transcription available.
Finding aids: An analytical inventory of the items in the document is available.
Arrangement: Formerly reference code Stewart HC-1838 (971.038 L13 1838) in the historical books database.
Physical description: 79 pages.
Restoration/Conservation: Fragile.
General notes: Transcription available.
Finding aids: An analytical inventory of the items in the document is available.
Status
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To the Patriots of the Western District, Niagara frontier
Brigadier General George McClure
1813
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Jubilee Souvenir group of the Patriots of 1837-1838 and the Liberal National Cabinet of the Province of Quebec (Lower Canada)
Anonymous
1888-1900
M4833
William Buchan Smeaton’s album, 1860-1870
William Buchan Smeaton
1860-1870
M2019.7.2.2.1-286
Memoirs of the British officer James Thompson transcribed by his son James Thompson Jr. Volume 2. Followed by the memoirs of James Thompson Jr.
January 1829 - 1866
S001/C3.8,3.8
The Royal Visit of HRH Princess Elizabeth and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Canada, 1951
Roch Albert Benoît
1950-1956
M2005.40.1.1
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