Publisher's Synopsis
Title: A history of the late province of Lower Canada: parliamentary and political, from the commencement to the close of its existence as a separate province: embracing a period of fifty years: that is to say, from the erection of the province in 1791 to the extinguishment therefor in 1841 and its reunion with Upper Canada by act of the Imperial Parliament.
Author: Robert Christie
Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana
Description:
Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.
Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.
Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.
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SourceLibrary: Huntington Library
DocumentID: SABCP04171204
CollectionID: CTRG02-B1053
PublicationDate: 18530101
SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America
Notes: Printer and publisher statement varies: v. 4-5: Quebec, Printed by J. Lowell; v. 6 has title: Interesting public documents and official correspondence illustrative of and supplementary to the History of Lower Canada (Montreal, J. Lowell, 1855). Includes index (to v. 6 only) Includes documents and correspondence in French.
Collation: 6 v.; 19 cm
