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E-text prepared by David T. Jones and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Canada (http://www.pgdpcanada.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/toronto)
MAJOR GENERAL JAMES WOLFE
OLD QUEBEC
THE FORTRESS OF NEW FRANCE
GILBERT PARKER
CLAUDE G. BRYAN
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
CONTENTS
LIST OF PLATES
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
MAPS
NOTE
PRELUDE
OLD QUEBEC
CHAPTER I
EARLY VOYAGES
JACQUES CARTIER
MANOIR DE JACQUES CARTIER À LIMOULON
ARRIVAL OF JACQUES CARTIER AT QUEBEC, 1535
FRANCOIS XAVIER DE LAVAL, FIRST BISHOP OF QUEBEC
CAP ROUGE
CHAPTER II
THE ERA OF CHAMPLAIN
CHAMPLAIN
MONTMORENCY FALLS
BONNE STE. ANNE (OLD CHURCH)
CHAPTER III
THE HEROIC AGE OF NEW FRANCE
CARDINAL DE RICHELIEU
MARIE DE L'INCARNATION
URSULINE NUNS OF QUEBEC (SALLE D'ÉTUDE, NOVICIAT
JESUITS COLLEGE AND CHURCH
CHÂTEAU ST. LOUIS, 1694
THE URSULINES' CONVENT
CHAPTER IV
"AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM"
MONUMENT TO THE FIRST CANADIAN MISSIONARY
BRÉBEUF
LALEMENT
CHAPTER V
ROYAL GOVERNMENT
COLBERT
CHAPTER VI
THE NOBLESSE AND THE PEOPLE
OLD BISHOP'S PALACE (AT THE TOP OF MOUNTAIN HILL)
NEW PALACE GATE
INTENDANT'S PALACE
CHAPTER VII
FRONTENAC AND LA SALLE
FRONTENAC
OLD ST. LOUIS GATE
ROBERT CAVELIER DE LA SALLE
CHAPTER VIII
FIRE, MASSACRE, AND SIEGE
SIR WILLIAM PHIPPS
PLAN OF FORT ST. LOUIS, 1683
THE CITADEL TO-DAY (FROM DUFFERIN TERRACE)
NOTRE DAME DE LA VICTOIRE
CHAPTER IX
THE CLOSE OF THE CENTURY
THE CITADEL IN WINTER
CHAPTER X
BORDER WARFARE
THE EARL OF CHATHAM from the collection in the possession of Lord Bridport
CHAPTER XI
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
LIEUT.-GENERAL SIR WILLIAM PEPPERELL, BART.
BIENVILLE (Governor of Louisiana, 1732)
DE BOUGAINVILLE (General under Montcalm, 1759)
RUINS OF CHÂTEAU BIGOT
LE CHIEN D'OR
Plan of the CITY OF QUEBEC 1759
MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ISAAC BARRE (Paymaster of Wolfe's Forces)
SIR HUGH PALLISER, BART. (Raised first English flag over Quebec, 1759)
CHAPTER XII
LIFE UNDER THE ANCIEN RÉGIME
THE CITY OF QUEBEC IN 1759
BARON GRANT (Whose family represents the Barony of Longueil, the only existing French Canadian Barony of the old régime)
BARONESS DE LONGUEIL (Of the sole remaining Barony of the old régime)
UPPER TOWN MARKET TO-DAY
NEW ST. JOHN'S GATE
PETIT CHAMPLAIN STREET TO-DAY
OLD PRESCOTT GATE
A CARRIOLE
VILLAGE OF BEAUPORT
THE BASILICA
JESUITS' BARRACKS
MODERN CALÈCHES
QUEBEC (FROM LÉVI)
CHAPTER XIII
DURING THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR
DE LÉVIS
GOVERNOR OF NEWFOUNDLAND, 1759
CHAPTER XIV
"HERE DIED WOLFE VICTORIOUS"
A PLAN OF THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE
ENTRANCE TO THE CITADEL TO-DAY
GENERAL THE MARQUIS DE MONTCALM
HOPE GATE
ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES SAUNDERS (Under Wolfe before Quebec)
THE MANOR-HOUSE AT BEAUPORT, MONTCALM'S HEADQUARTERS
GENERAL SIR GEOFFREY AMHERST To whom Montreal surrendered 1760.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK (Piloted Wolfe's Army up the Harbour of Quebec)
ADMIRAL EARL ST. VINCENT from a portrait by Hoppner.
CHAPTER XV
MURRAY AND DE LÉVIS
GENERAL GAGE 1st Military Governor of Montreal
NEW KENT GATE
THE HON. ROBERT MONCKTON-MAJOR GENERAL Sometime Governor of New York under Wolfe at Quebec 1759.
CHURCH OF THE RÉCOLLETS AND LA GRANDE PLACE
OLD FRENCH HOUSE, ST. JOHN STREET
GENERAL SIR A. P. IRVING 2nd Governor of Canada 1766.
MANOR HOUSE, SILLERY
CHAPTER XVI
THE FIRST YEARS OF BRITISH RULE
GENERAL TOWNSHEND afterwards 1st Marquess of Townshend
A PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF MONTREAL IN CANADA, 1760
CHAPTER XVII
THE FIFTH SIEGE
GENERAL SIR JAMES HENRY CRAIG, K.C.B. Governor General of Canada 1807-1811.
GENERAL RICHARD MONTGOMERY (Fell at Quebec 1775)
SIR JOHN COPE SHERBROOKE Governor General of Canada 1816-1818.
CAPE DIAMOND (Près-de-Ville, where Montgomery fell)
CHAPTER XVIII
SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PROGRESS
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (One of the four American Commissioners to Canada in 1776)
CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON (One of the four American Commissioners to Canada in 1776)
THE FOURTH DUKE OF RICHMOND. Governor General of Canada 1818-1819.
SAMUEL CHASE (One of the four American Commissioners to Canada in 1776)
BREAKNECK STEPS TO-DAY
ADMIRAL VISCOUNT NELSON
LORD DALHOUSIE Governor General of Canada 1820-1828.
MAP OF CANADA--UPPER AND LOWER
OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE, QUEBEC
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF KENT, K.B.
ST. LAWRENCE RIVER FROM THE CITADEL
PERCÉE ROCK
HON. WILLIAM OSGOODE (First Chief Justice of Upper Canada)
NEW ST. LOUIS GATE
OLD MARKET SQUARE, UPPER TOWN
FRONTENAC TERRACE TO-DAY
CHAPTER XIX
THE STORY OF THE GREAT TRADING COMPANIES
GENERAL LORD AYLMER. Born in 1775. Governor General of Canada. 1830-1831—1831-1835
MR. SAMUEL HEARNE (Explorer of the Hudson's Bay Company and Chief Factor at Prince of Wales Fort, Hudson's Bay)
THE TERRITORY OF THE HUDSON'S BAY COMPANY, 1670 to 1870.
PRINCE OF WALES'S FORT, HUDSON'S BAY, 1777
PRINCE RUPERT
THE EARL OF DURHAM Governor General of Canada May-Oct. 1838.
SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE (Celebrated North-West explorer)
SIR JOHN COLBORNE, (afterwards Lord Seaton) Governor General of Canada 1838-1841.
SIMON M'TAVISH (Founder of the North-West Company in 1783)
EARL OF SELKIRK (Founder of Selkirk Settlement, 1820)]
CHAPTER XX
THE NEW CENTURY
FERRY-BOAT ON THE ST. LAWRENCE
LORD SYDENHAM Governor General of Canada 1839-1841.
SIR GORDON DRUMMOND (Lieut.-Governor of Upper Canada, December 1813 to April 1815)
MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ISAAC BROCK, K. B. (Administrator of Upper Canada, 1812)
SIR CHARLES BAGOT. Governor General of Canada 1842-1843.
DE SALABERRY (1778-1829)
A BEGGAR OF CÔTE BEAUPRÉ
ST. LOUIS STREET, PLACE D'ARMES, AND NEW COURT HOUSE
GENERAL EARL CATHCART Governor General of Canada 1846-1847.
CHAPTER XXI
THE MODERN PERIOD
CITY HALL, QUEBEC
LIEUT.-COLONEL JOHN BY, R. E. (Founder of Bytown, now Ottawa)
SIR PEREGRINE MAITLAND (Lieut.-Governor, Upper Canada, Aug. 1818 to Nov. 1828; also Administrator as Governor for Canada in 1820
TRAPPISTS AT MISTASSINI
THE HON. LOUIS JOSEPH PAPINEAU
THE EARL OF ELGIN, Governor-General of Canada 1847-1854.
ENGLISH CATHEDRAL
LORD LISGAR. Governor General of Canada 1868-1872.
THE MARQUIS OF LORNE (DUKE OF ARGYLL)
SIR GEORGE CARTIER
THE MARQUIS OF DUFFERIN Governor General of Canada 1872-1878.
SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD
SIR WILFRID LAURIER
FOOTNOTES:
APPENDIX I
GOVERNORS OF CANADA
APPENDIX II
LEADERS AND PREMIERS AFTER THE UNION OF 1841
APPENDIX III
LISTE DES GOUVERNEMENTS DE LA PROVINCE DE QUEBEC DEPUIS L'ÉTABLISSEMENT DE LA CONFÉDÉRATION 1867
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