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Early in 1849, the reformist Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine (1807-1864), prime minister of United Canada, would cite the reports of the 1846 commission and the example of a law passed in Upper Canada to support a law aimed at broadening the compensation offered to inhabitants of Lower Canada who had suffered during the repression. The Tories were bitterly opposed to this project, which they maintained rewarded the rebels. The adoption of the law would lead to the fire that devastated the Parliament of United Canada, located in Montreal’s St. Anne Market, which was started by rioters on April 25, 1849.
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The Appendix to the First Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the Losses occasioned by the Troubles in Canada, during the Years 1837 and 1838
Date
June 6, 1849
Dimensions1 textual record ; 33 x 20.8 cm
Origin
Montréal, Quebec, Canada, North America
Object NumberS001/C4.1,1.1.1
DivisionArchives - Textual Archives
CollectionStewart
Scope and ContentIn 1845 the Parliament of United Canada established a commission to examine the claims of citizens seeking compensation for violence and damage suffered during the repression of the Lower Canada rebellions of 1837 and 1838. One aspect of the task of commissioners Joseph Dionne, P. H. Moore, Jacques Viger (1787-1858), John Simpson (1788-1873) and Joseph-Ubalde Beaudry (1816-1876) was to separate the claims made by rebels from the ones made by those who had remained loyal to the British authorities. This document, printed in June 1849 at the request of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, reproduces the appendix of the commission’s first report, submitted in April 1846, which lists the names of the claimants and the amounts claimed. Of the over 250,000 pounds being claimed, only about 9,000 pounds would be granted. Early in 1849, the reformist Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine (1807-1864), prime minister of United Canada, would cite the reports of the 1846 commission and the example of a law passed in Upper Canada to support a law aimed at broadening the compensation offered to inhabitants of Lower Canada who had suffered during the repression. The Tories were bitterly opposed to this project, which they maintained rewarded the rebels. The adoption of the law would lead to the fire that devastated the Parliament of United Canada, located in Montreal’s St. Anne Market, which was started by rioters on April 25, 1849.
NotesSource of title: based on the title of the document.
Immediate source of acquisition: purchased from W. P. Wolfe on October 8, 1975.
Language of the document: the document is in English.
Immediate source of acquisition: purchased from W. P. Wolfe on October 8, 1975.
Language of the document: the document is in English.
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