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Index to various documents on the Caroline and the Rebellion of 1837

Reinterpreting the Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada - a Transnational Maritime Perspective
Capture and destruction of the Steamer Caroline - Commander Drew's account of the expedition that he led
The Caroline Affair 1837-1838 - H.A Musham's balanced perspective
Some Press reports - American
Some Press reports - Canadian
Andrew Drew, R.N. - biogrphical note, including excerpt from O'Byrne’s Naval Biography 1842

Other aspects of the Rebellion of 1837, the "Patriot" War

William Johnson - burning of the steamer Sir Robert Peel
Prince Edward County - local militia, soldiers and the army
The Caroline’s Crash, 96 years ago tonight - Schooner days, by C.H.J. SNIDER

Selected bibliography

The life and times of Wm. Lyon Mackenzie with an account of the Canadian rebellion of 1837, etc. - by Chales Lindsey, 1862.
The Story Of The Upper Canadian Rebellion - by John Charles Dent (in 2 vols.), 1885
Canadian Historical Review - an index of 55 articles (1922-1995) in the Canadian Historical Review re: Rebellion of 1937
Silas Fletcher, instigator of the Upper Canada Rebellion, - John Barnett, Ontario History, Vol. 041, no. 1, 1949.
The Case of Alexander McLeod, - Alastair Watt, Canadian Historical Review, Vol XII (1931), p145.

Much of the research for these documents was carried out using our John M. Gray fonds.Mr Gray's biography can be found here.

 
 

 



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