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Excerpt from The History of the County of Huntingdon and of the Seigniories of Chateaugay and Beauharnois: From Their First Settlement to the Year 1838 Touching the sources from which I have drawn my ma terial for the chapters relating to the war of 1812 and the rebellion, I would state that I supplemented what oral infor mation I obtained, by a conscientious examination of all the histories and documents I could obtain access to in Ottawa, M...

Excerpt from Gleaner Tales You ready for the routefah, yea, very good, your nomel Morton. I will write you one order. You will escort an ammunition train from Lochine to camp La Fourche and there go under command of Major Stovin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses ...

Excerpt from The Tragedy of Quebec: The Expulsion of Its Protestant Farmers The first edition of this book appeared in 1907. Its purpose was to reveal to the people of the other pro vinces of the Dominion the condition of the English speaking farmers in the Province of Quebec, in the hope that they might be stirred to action to preserve a remnant and to take steps to prevent a like fate overtaking farming communities in the other pro vinces. ...

Excerpt from The U. S: Campaign of 1813 to Capture Montreal On the 18th June, 1812, the United States declared war against Great Britain, and on the 12th July followed up its declaration by invading Canada from Detroit. The invasion had a disgraceful ending. From Niagara a second invasion was attempted on the 13th October, which was also repulsed. The results of the operations of 1812 made it plain to the authorities at Washington that effort...

Excerpt from Hemlock: A Tale of the War 1812You ready for the route? Ah, yes, very good, Morton. I will write you one order. You will escort an ammunition-train to' camp La F ourobe and there go under command of Major Stovin.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-th...

Excerpt from The Tragedy of Quebec: The Expulsion of Its Protestant FarmersWhen I came to Huntingdon forty-four years ago the county, leaving out one of its municipalities, St. Anicet. Was as solidly Protestant as any in Ontario. 1 have witnessed the decline of its Protestant population tu the pointof being in the minority. The same change. Only in a more marked degree, has taken place in all the youn ties east of the Richelieu. Missisquoi, fo...

Excerpt from George Brown: The Globe Confederation Across the Atlantic fifty years is a brief period in the life of a nation, in the New World it is long enough to see the birth of great provinces and the development of popul ous cities. Between 1867 and 1917 Canada has materially made great progress, politically its position is worse, for it still drags the clerical chain to snap which was the motive of the constitutional change 50 years ago...

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The first edition of this book appeared in 1907. An informative and insightful text, 'The tragedy of Quebec' will be of much value to anyone with an interest in the history and development of this region, and it is a book not to be missed by collectors of such literature. The chapters of this text include: 'The Coming of the English-Speaking Farmers', 'Canada Under the Kings of France', 'Canada Under British Rule', 'Re-Appearance of the Anti-B...

Huntingdon County was one of twenty-one counties created in Lower Canada as a result of the Canada Act 1791. In 1829, it was split into Beauharnois, Laprairie and L'Acadie Counties and the name "Huntingdon" disappeared only to reappear in reorganized for