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Eastern Townships (Québec)

Here are entered works on the historic region of Québec that is bounded by the Saint Lawrence River Lowlands and the U.S. border and comprises the area between and including the former Missisquoi County in the west and the former Dorchester County in the east.

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• Québec (Province)

• Eastern Townships (Québec) -- Biography
• Eastern Townships (Québec) -- Description and travel
• Eastern Townships (Québec) -- History
• Frontier and pioneer life -- Québec (Province) -- Eastern Townships
• Pioneers -- Québec (Province) -- Eastern Townships

• Cantons de l'Est (Québec)

• Pioneers of the Eastern Townships (1863), by C. M. Day (multiple formats at archive.org)

• History of the Eastern Townships, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada: Civil and Descriptive (Montreal: J. Lovell, 1869), by C. M. Day (multiple formats at archive.org)

• History of the Eastern Townships, Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada: Civil and Descriptive (Montreal: J. Lovell, 1869), by C. M. Day (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Pioneers of the Eastern Townships (1863), by C. M. Day (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Pioneers of the Eastern Townships (1863), by C. M. Day (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Pioneers of the Eastern Townships (1863), by C. M. Day (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Pioneers of the Eastern Townships (1863), by C. M. Day (multiple formats at archive.org)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Rabbis and Their Community: Studies in the Eastern European Orthodox Rabbinate in Montreal, 1896-1930 (Co-published by the Concordia University Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies; Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2007), by Ira Robinson (PDF files at University of Calgary)

• Awful Disclosures, By Maria Monk, of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal: Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never Before Published (New York: De Witt & Davenport, c1855), by Maria Monk
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • Gutenberg text
• Awful Disclosures, By Maria Monk, of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal : Revised, With an Appendix Containing, Part I. Reception of the First Editions. Part II. Sequel of Her Narrative. Part III. Review of the Case : Also, a Supplement, Giving More Particulars of the Nunnery and Grounds (New York: M. Monk, 1836), by Maria Monk (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk, Or, The Hidden Secrets of a Nun's Life in a Convent Exposed, Illustrated With Upwards of Forty Engravings (Manchester, England: Milner and Company, ca.1836), by Maria Monk (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Rabbis and Their Community: Studies in the Eastern European Orthodox Rabbinate in Montreal, 1896-1930 (Co-published by the Concordia University Institute for Canadian Jewish Studies; Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2007), by Ira Robinson (PDF files at University of Calgary)

• Henry, or, The Juvenile Traveller (London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1836), by Mrs. Henry Bayley (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Sketches of Lower Canada, Historical and Descriptive (New York: Printed for Kirk and Mercein, 1817), by Joseph Sansom (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Travels in Lower Canada, With the Author's Recollections of the Soil, and Aspect, the Morals, Habits, and Religious Institutions of That Country (with Cornelius' "Tour in Virginia, Tennessee, etc." London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1820), by Joseph Sansom, contrib. by Elias Cornelius (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Yankee in Canada, by Henry David Thoreau (PDF files at walden.org)
• French Canadian Life and Character With Historical and Descriptive Sketches of the Scenery and Life in Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, and Surrounding Country (Chicago: A. Belford, 1899), by George Monro Grant (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Canadas in 1841 (London: H. Colburn, 1841-1842), by Richard Henry Bonnycastle
  • volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • volume II: multiple formats at archive.org

• New Relation of Gaspesia, with the Customs and Religion of the Gaspesian Indians (Toronto: Champlain Society, 1910), by Chrestien Le Clercq, ed. by William Francis Ganong (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Montreal After 250 Years (Montreal: F. E. Grafton and Sons, 1892), by W. D. Lighthall (illustrated HTML at Gutenberg Canada)
• French Canadian Life and Character With Historical and Descriptive Sketches of the Scenery and Life in Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, and Surrounding Country (Chicago: A. Belford, 1899), by George Monro Grant (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Ancient Highway: A Novel of High Hearts and Open Woods (New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corp, 1925), by James Oliver Curwood, illust. by Walt Louderback (illustrated HTML at Gutenberg Canada)
• Wooden Spoil (New York: George H. Doran Co., c1919), by V. R. Emanuel (page images at Google; US access only)
• Weeping Bay (New York: Macmillan, 1950), by Joy Davidman (page images at HathiTrust)

• The British Dominions in North America (London: H. Colburn and R. Bentley, 1831), by Joseph Bouchette
  • volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • volume II: multiple formats at archive.org

• Famous Firesides of French Canada (Montreal: J. Lovell and Son, 1899), by Mary Wilson Alloway (illustrated HTML at Gutenberg Canada)
• Journal of a Fourteen Days' Ride Through the Bush From Quebec to Lake St. John (1872), by Mrs. N. Davenport (multiple formats at archive.org)

• My French Canadian Neighbours, and Other Sketches (Quebec: Telegraph Printing Co., 1916), by Queenie Fairchild (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Quebec Hill, or, Canadian Scenery: A Poem in Two Parts (1797), by J. Mackay (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Orangeism and the 12th of July Riots in Montreal (Montreal: Printed for the author, 1877), by J. C. Fleming, contrib. by Francis Hincks (multiple formats at archive.org)

• A Canadian Scrap-Book (London: M. Russell and Co., 1897), by Lady Jephson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• My French Canadian Neighbours, and Other Sketches (Quebec: Telegraph Printing Co., 1916), by Queenie Fairchild (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Historical Sketch of "Boisbriant", by Sophia Margaretta Hensley (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Information Relating to Municipal Legislation of the Liquor Traffic, Also of Municipal Franchise for Women (ca.1899), by Maria G. Craig (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Ancient French Archives: or, Extracts from the Minutes of Council Relating to the Records of Canada While Under the Government of France (in Engliah and French; Quebec: Printed by Samuel Neilson, 1791), by Quebec Legislative Council, contrib. by François Joseph Cugnet (page images at Google)

• The Rising Dairy Breed: The French-Canadian Cattle, Also Known as the "Canadian" Breed, and as the "Quebec Jerseys" (ca. 1909)
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• The Rising Dairy Breed: The French-Canadian Cattle, Also Known as the "Canadian" Breed, and as the "Quebec Jerseys" (ca. 1909)
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only

• A Treatise on the Law Relating to Marriages in Lower Canada (Montreal: Printed by J. Lovell, 1857), by James Sherrard Armstrong (multiple formats at archive.org)

• The Revolt of French Canada, 1800-1835: A Chapter of the History of the British Commonwealth (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1962), by Helen Taft Manning (page images at HathiTrust)

• Thunder in the North: Conflict Over the Riel Risings, 1870-1885 (New York: Pageant Press, 1957), by R. E. Lamb (page images at HathiTrust)

• Ancient French Archives: or, Extracts from the Minutes of Council Relating to the Records of Canada While Under the Government of France (in Engliah and French; Quebec: Printed by Samuel Neilson, 1791), by Quebec Legislative Council, contrib. by François Joseph Cugnet (page images at Google)

• Notes on Nursing: How to Treat Smallpox, Guaranteed to Prevent Disfiguration and Lessen Suffering; Cure for Cholera, Cancer, Sprains, &c., &c. (1890), by Mrs. Daniel MacPherson (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Glimpses of the Monastery, Scenes From the History of the Ursulines of Quebec During Two Hundred Years, 1639-1839 (1897), by Mother Ste-Croix (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Glimpses of the Monastery: A Brief Sketch of the History of the Ursulines of Quebec During the Lifetime of Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation (1872), by Mother Ste-Croix (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Affidavit of Maria Monk's Mother (ca. 1835), by Isabella Mills (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Awful Disclosures, By Maria Monk, of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal : Revised, With an Appendix Containing, Part I. Reception of the First Editions. Part II. Sequel of Her Narrative. Part III. Review of the Case : Also, a Supplement, Giving More Particulars of the Nunnery and Grounds (New York: M. Monk, 1836), by Maria Monk (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Awful Disclosures of Maria Monk, Or, The Hidden Secrets of a Nun's Life in a Convent Exposed, Illustrated With Upwards of Forty Engravings (Manchester, England: Milner and Company, ca.1836), by Maria Monk (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Further Disclosures By Maria Monk, Concerning the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal Also, Her Visit to Nuns' Island, and Disclosures Concerning That Secret Retreat: Preceded By a Reply to the Priests' Book (New York: Pub. for M. Monk, 1837), by Maria Monk and John Jay Slocum (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Awful Disclosures, By Maria Monk, of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal: Containing, Also, Many Incidents Never Before Published (New York: De Witt & Davenport, c1855), by Maria Monk
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • Gutenberg text
• Maria Monk's Daughter: An Autobiography (New York: United States Pub. Co., 1875), by L. St. John Eckel Harper (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The True History of Maria Monk (London: Catholic Truth Society, 1895) (multiple formats at archive.org)

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