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9781551111506

Few Acres of Snow Vol. 1 : Documents in Canadian History, 1577-1867

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  • Copyright: 1997-08-01
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Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS x(1)
INTRODUCTION xi
1 "Make More Haste Homeward": Early European Exploration
1(26)
Account of the Second Voyage of the Frobisher Expedition, 1577
3(9)
GEORGE BESTE
Northern Voyages, 1624
12(15)
JENS MUNCK
2 "An Inconvenient Wind": Missionaries and Natives
27(32)
New Relation of Gaspesia, 1691
30(15)
CHRISTIEN LE CLERQ
Letters
45(14)
MARIE DE L'INCARNATION
3 "Advantages and Inconveniences": The Colonization of Canada
59(28)
To the King and the Lords of His Council, 1618
64(4)
SAMUEL DE CHAMPLAIN
True and Genuine Description of New France Commonly Called Canada, 1664, Paris
68(5)
PIERRE BOUCHER
Memoir on Canada, 1673
73(2)
JEAN TALON
To the Minister, November 10, 1679, Quebec
75(2)
JACQUES DUCHESNEAU
Memoir Respecting Canada Prepared for the Marquis de Seignelay in January, 1690
77(2)
JACQUES-RENE DE BRISAY DE DENONVILLE
Memoir to His Royal Highness the Duc d'Orleans, Regent of France, December 12, 1715, Paris
79(2)
RUETTE D'AUTEUIL
Journal of a Voyage to North America; Letter X, Montreal, April 22, 1721
81(3)
P.F.X. DE CHARLEVOIX
Memoir of the King to Serve as Instructions for Sr. Hocquart, Commissary General of the Marine and Ordonnateur in New France, March 22, 1729
84(2)
Memoir to the Minister Containing a Characterization of the French-Canadian Population, November 8, 1737
86(1)
GILLES HOCQUART
4 "An Afflicted People": The Acadian Dilemma
87(22)
Description Of Nova Scotia, 1720
89(9)
PAUL MASCARENE
Circular Letter to the Governors on the Continent, 11 August 1755
98(1)
GOVERNOR CHARLES LAWRENCE
Journal, 1755
99(5)
LT. COL. JOHN WINSLOW
To the Board of Trade, Halifax, 18th October 1755
104(2)
GOVERNOR CHARLES LAWRENCE
A Relation of the Misfortunes of the French Neutrals, as laid before the Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, 1758
106(3)
JOHN BAPTISTE GALERM, ONE OF THE SAID PEOPLE
5 "The Ruin of Canada": Last Decades of New France
109(28)
Memoir on the French Colonies in North America, 1750
112(7)
BARRIN DE LA GALISSONIERE
To Marshal de Belle Isle, Departement de la Guerre, Paris, from Quebec, 19 May 1758
119(1)
FRANCOIS DAINE
Memoir, 1758
120(1)
M. DE CAPELLIS
To Marshal de Belle Isle, Montreal, 12 April 1759
121(2)
LOUIS-JOSEPH DE MONTCALM
Memoir on the Condition of Canada
123(2)
MICHEL-JEAN-HUGHES PEAN
Memoire sur le Canada, 1759
125(1)
M. DE BEAUCAT
Memoir on Canada
125(6)
UNKNOWN
Narrative of the Doings During the Siege of Quebec, and the Conquest of Canada
131(6)
MARIE DE LA VISITATION, NUN OF THE GENERAL HOSPITAL OF QUEBEC
6 "The Abundant Blessings of British Rule": Quebec's New Administration
137(30)
Report of the State of the Government of Quebec in Canada, June 5th, 1762
140(6)
GENERAL JAMES MURRAY
Mandate to Rebellious Subjects During the American War, 1776
146(3)
JEAN-OLIVIER BRIAND, BISHOP OF QUEBEC
Sermon on Nelson's Victory at Aboukir, 1799
149(3)
JOSEPH-OCTAVE PLESSIS, BISHOP OF QUEBEC
Travels Through Lower Canada, and the United States of North America, in the Years 1806, 1807, and 1808
152(8)
JOHN LAMBERT
To Lord Liverpool, May 1, 1810
160(7)
GOVERNOR JAMES CRAIG
7 "For the Sake of Humanity": Newfoundland and the Beothuk
167(22)
Report of Committee Appointed to Inquire into the State of the Trade to Newfoundland in March, April and June, 1793
169(8)
PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS
To the Editor of the Liverpool Mercury
177(4)
E.S.
Narrative, St. John's Newfoundland, May 27, 1819
181(4)
JOHN PEYTON JR.
Royal Gazette, November 13, 1827
185(4)
W.E. CORMACK, ESQ.
8 "A Place Where Rum is as Cheap as Beer": Maritime Colonies
189(20)
Historical and Descriptive Sketches of the Maritime Colonies of British America, 1828
190(19)
J. MCGREGOR
9 "Our Robinson Crusoe Sort of Life": Three Women in Upper Canada
209(30)
Roughing It in the Bush
211(12)
SUSANNA MOODIE
Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada
223(9)
ANNA BROWNELL JAMESON
The Backwoods of Canada
232(7)
CATHERINE PARR TRAIL
10 "The Long and Heavy Chain of Abuses": Calls for Political Reform
239(26)
The Six Counties Address, Montreal, October 31, 1837
243(6)
THE VINDICATOR
The Declaration of the Reformers of the City of Toronto to their Fellow-Reformers in Upper Canada, Toronto, August 2, 1837
249(6)
THE CONSTITUTION
Letters to Lord John Russell, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1839
255(10)
JOSEPH HOWE
11 "To the Barren Grounds": Samuel Hearne's Odyssey
265(24)
A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean [1770-1771]
267(22)
SAMUEL HEARNE
12 "The Worst and Most Dangerous Men": A Profile of the Hudson's Bay Company
289(22)
Character Book, 1832
290(21)
GEORGE SIMPSON
13 "A Great Humbug": The Gold Rush in British Columbia
311(32)
News from British Columbia, The Daily Globe, January 2, 1860
313(3)
CHARLES MAJOR
To the Editor of the Islander, November 17, 1858
316(2)
C.C. GARDINER
Journal, 1862
318(8)
S.G. HATHAWAY
Vancouver Island and British Columbia, 1865
326(17)
MATTHEW MACFIE
14 "Deaf to Their Cries": Irish Immigration
343(30)
Journal, 1847
345(19)
GERALD KEEGAN
Three Years in Canada, 1829
364(2)
JOHN MACTAGGART
Report of the Roman Catholic Chaplain of the Provincial Penitentiary, January 24, 1853
366(1)
"Protestant Organization", August 27, 1847
367(6)
THE LOYALIST, SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK
15 "Equal in Every Respect": Education for Natives, Blacks, and Women
373(22)
Report on the Affairs of Indians in Canada
377(5)
JOURNAL OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF CANADA (1847), APP. T.
"The Coloured People and the Common Schools"
382(3)
THE LEADER, DECEMBER 12, 1862
"A Reply from the Black Community"
385(4)
GLOBE, JANUARY 3, 1863
Address to Parents on the Education of Girls, Toronto, 1865
389(4)
MRS. HOLIWELL, ELM HOUSE SCHOOL FOR THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG LADIES
Report of the Grammar School Inspector for 1865
393(2)
GEORGE PAXTON YOUNG
16 "The Evils of Combination": Working on the Beauharnois Canal
395(26)
Report into Disturbances upon the Beauharnois Canal, 1843
398(23)
17 "The Bold Scheme": Confederation
421(32)
Confederation Debates
425(19)
HON. GEORGE ETIENNE CARTIER (ATTORNEY GENERAL) [MONTREAL]
HON. SIR ETIENNE-PASCAL TACHE (PREMIER, RECEIVER-GENERAL, MINISTER OF MILITIA)
HON. GEORGE BROWN (PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL) [SOUTH OXFORD]
HON. ANTOINE AIME DORION [HOCHELAGA]
CHRISTOPHER DUNKIN [BROME]
Speeches and Letters, 1866
444(3)
JOSEPH HOWE
Annexation or Union with the United States is the Manifest Destiny of British North America, 1868
447(6)
ALEX MUNRO
SOURCES 453

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