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The 'Patriotes' of '37, by Alfred D. Decelles
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Title: The 'Patriotes' of '37 A Chronicle of the Lower Canada Rebellion
Author: Alfred D. Decelles
Release Date: September 13, 2009 [EBook #29973]
Language: English
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[Frontispiece: Advance of the British troops on the village of St. Denis, 1837. From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys.]
THE
'PATRIOTES' OF '37
A Chronicle of the Lower Canadian Rebellion
BY
ALFRED D. DECELLES
TORONTO
GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY
1916
Copyright in all Countries subscribing to the Berne Convention
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PREFATORY NOTE
The manuscript for this little book, written by me in French, was handed over for translation to Mr Stewart Wallace. The result as here presented is therefore a joint product. Mr Wallace, himself a writer of ability and a student of Canadian history, naturally made a very free translation of my work and introduced some ideas of his own. He insists, however, that the work is mine; and, with this acknowledgment of his part in it, I can do no less than acquiesce, at the same time expressing my pleasure at having had as collab