The Project Gutenberg E-text of The Winning of Popular Government
by Archibald MacMechan
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About this eBook
- Author
- MacMechan, Archibald, 1862-1933
- Title
- The Winning of Popular Government A Chronicle of the Union of 1841
- Credits
- Produced by Al Haines
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- F1001: North America local history: Canada
- Subject
- Canada -- History -- 1841-1867
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 30470
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30470
- Release Date
- November 13, 2009
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Burning of the Parliament Buildings, Montreal, 1849. From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys — THE WINNING OF POPULAR GOVERNMENT
- 2.A Chronicle of the Union of 1841 — BY
- 3.ARCHIBALD MACMECHAN — TORONTO GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY 1916 — TO ROBERT ALEXANDER FALCONER PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO STUDENT OF HISTORY AND ENCOURAGER OF HISTORIANS
- 4.CONTENTS
- 5.ILLUSTRATIONS — CHAPTER I — DURHAM THE DICTATOR — The Earl of Durham. After the painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence. — CHAPTER II — POULETT THOMSON, PEACEMAKER — Lord Sydenham. From an engraving by G. Browning in M'Gill University Library. — CHAPTER III — REFORM IN THE SADDLE — Sir Charles Bagot. From an engraving in the Dominion Archives. — Sir Charles Metcalfe. After a painting by Bradish — CHAPTER IV — THE GREAT ADMINISTRATION — Charles, Earl Grey. From the painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence — Sir Louis H. LaFontaine. After a photograph by Notman — CHAPTER V — THE PRINCIPLE ESTABLISHED — The Earl of Elgin. From a daguerreotype — EPILOGUE — BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE — INDEX
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