A Political and Historical Account of Lower Canada: With Remarks on the Present Situation of the People, as Regards Their Manners, Character, Religion, &c. &c |
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| Title | A Political and Historical Account of Lower Canada: With Remarks on the Present Situation of the People, as Regards Their Manners, Character, Religion, &c. &c Collection canadiana de Louis Melzack Collections spéciales Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Society, Spirituality, and Reform |
| Author | Pierre de Sales Laterrière |
| Publisher | William Marsh and Alfred Miller, 1830 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 4 Jan 2006 |
| Length | 275 pages |
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