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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 278 (search)
t between the British and the rebels, the one at St. Dennis, and the other at St. Charles, which was taken from a force of 3,000 Canadians, of whom 200 were killed, and 30 wounded. In December, Mackenzie, the head rebel, who seems to have been the prototype of Davis, organized a provisional government and assuming the right to dispose of ten millions of acres of land fair and fertile, took possession of Montgomery House, near Toronto, with a band of insurgents, and sent a demand to Sir Francis B. Head to dissolve the provincial parliament and to leave Toronto within fifteen days. Then came Lord Gosford's proclamation at Quebec, declaring martial law, and denouncing the conspiracy and rebellion, and on the 8th of January, 1838, came the first proclamation from President Van Buren. After reciting the efforts made by him and by the Governors of New York and Vermont to prevent any unlawful interference on the part of our citizens in the contest unfortunately commenced in the Britis
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), Chapter 19: (search)
e. There were never so few books printed in one season, within the memory of man, as the last, both at London and Paris. The Subaltern, written by Rev. Mr. Gleig, is a curious book, worth your reading; so is John Bell's fragment about Italy; but Head's Rough Sketches Rough Notes made during Journeys across the Pampas, etc., by Captain [afterwards Sir] Francis B. Head. is really one of the most spirited affairs I have looked into for a great while. . . . . Mr. Livingston sent me the two folFrancis B. Head. is really one of the most spirited affairs I have looked into for a great while. . . . . Mr. Livingston sent me the two folios of his Code, and Chancellor Kent sent me his Commentaries, or I suppose I should not have ventured into them; but being obliged to do enough to make appropriate acknowledgments, I read the whole, and was much interested and edified. I received, the other day, a package of books and manuscripts from Everett, in Spain. Alexander H. Everett, United States Minister to Spain. Among the rest, the work about Columbus, which is very curious, and ought to be translated bodily, as well as melte
George Ticknor, Life, letters and journals of George Ticknor (ed. George Hillard), chapter 26 (search)
ssor, 422. Rocca, M. de, 138. Rochefoucauld, Due de la, 256. Rockingham, Marquess of, 440, 441. Rogers, Samuel, 406, 410 and note, 412 note, 414, 430. Roget, Dr., 416. Roman Catholic Church, dedication of, 18 note. Rome, visits, 169-174; society in, 176-183. Roscoe, William, 50-52, 297, 298. Rose, Mr., English Minister in Berlin, 109, 110, 119. Ross, Sir, John, 419, 422. Rotch, William, 299. Rotterdam, visits, 68. Rousseau, J. J., 156, 158. Rough Notes, etc., by Sir F. B. Head, 380. Rudiger, Professor, 113. Russell, Lord, John, 166, 264, 269, 270, 290, 291, 407. Russell, Lord, William, 267, 269, 499, 501. S Saalfeld, Professor, 102. Saavedra, Don Angel de (Duke de Rivas), 225, 228 and note. Sales, Francis, teacher of French and Spanish, 7, 368. St. Andre, M. de, 381. St. Bernard, Monks of, 159. St. Bernard, Pass of, 158. St. Domingo, revolution in, 13. Ste. Aulaire, Count de, 253. Ste. Aulaire, Countess de, 256. St. Iago, Marq