History of the Montreal prison from A.D. 1784 to A.D. 1886 /

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Document Record

Creator
Borthwick, J. Douglas (John Douglas), 1832-1912., author
Title
History of the Montreal prison from A.D. 1784 to A.D. 1886
Published
Montreal : Periard, 1886.
Identifier
oocihm.00186
00186
Subject
Prisons -- Quebec (Province) -- Montréal -- History.
Prisons -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- Histoire.
Document source
Electronic reproduction.
Notes
Subtitle: Containing a complete record of the troubles of 1837-1838; burning of the Parliament buildings, in 1849; the St. Alban's raiders, 1864; the two Fenian raids of 1866 and 1870, and a chronological digest of all the principal events for the past hundred years; valuable statistical tables from the Police and Recorder's Courts; curious proclamations, warrants and other documents never before printed, relating to the Patriots of '37 and the administration of justice from the commencement of the Courts in 1784; with descriptions of branding on the hand, standing on the pillory, the stocks, whipping, andc.
vii, 269 pages.
Collection
Monographs
Language
English
Persistent URL
https://n2t.net/ark:/69429/m0kw57d2tn41