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

by Thorner, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9781551111506
• ISBN10: 1551111500
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Univ of Toronto Pr Higher education

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