Bibliography of the 1837–38 insurrections in Lower Canada explained

The following is an incomplete bibliography of the 1837-1838 insurrections in Lower Canada in the English and French languages, by publication date and document type.

In English

Works

Essays, thesis

Official reports, correspondence, etc.

Public writings by Patriotes

Private letters, journals by Patriotes

Foreign coverage of the events

Public writings by British Radicals

Public writings by Constitutionals

Biographies

Trials

Fiction

Bibliographies

Miscellaneous

In French

Works

Essays, thesis

Official reports, correspondence

Private letters and Journals by Patriotes

Foreign coverage of the events

Public writings by Patriotes

Public writings by Constitutionals

Biographies

Commemoration of 1837-1838

Trials

Fiction

Bibliographies

Miscellaneous

Notes

  1. Was first published as a pamphlet in the book "Emancipate your colonies" by Jeremy Bentham, addressed to the French National Convention in 1793.
  2. Web site with information on the various French and English editions of the book: http://www.julesverne.ca/vernebooks/jvbkfamily.html
  3. original edition in 1938 et rearranged in 1975
  4. First complete publication of the seven books in 1998)
  5. Benjamin Sulte, Gustave Lanctot, Aegidius Fauteux, etc., have demonstrated the falsity of the role Poutré gave himself in his autobiography.http://cgi2.cvm.qc.ca/glaporte/1837.pl?out=article&pno=biographie76
  6. Other editions: Papineau, Louis-Joseph. Histoire de l'insurrection du Canada, Montréal: Éditions Leméac, 1968, 104 p.
  7. Excerpts published as part of the "Dossier Louis-Joseph Papineau ", in L'Encyclopédie de l'Agora, Discours en faveur de l'indemnisation des députés (1831) and Discours sur le conseil législatif (1833)
  8. Also attributed to a certain Raimbault. Cf. Gagnon, P. Essai de bibliographie canadienne.

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