1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

A Quebec City jury hears that Lower Canada's growing #population and prosperity and especially the Q.C. port's increased #trade are leading to more #crime

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269264
pg. 2

#QuebecHistory #LowerCanada #QuebecCity

See also: Population of Canada - New France to Confederation: 1608–1867
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/population
International Trade - History
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/international-trade

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

"To make it truly valuable," #commerce must, before exporting grain, relieve those who are short of bread because of the high cost of living

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660857
pg. 301

#QuebecHistory #inflation

See also: Business History
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/business-history

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

"Educated" French Canadians have superior French "if we except the #Anglicisms which have been unavoidably interwoven with the language since the conquest"

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660844
pg. 197 (third column top)

#FrenchCanadian #FrenchLanguage #QuebecHistory

See also: French Language in Canada - The French Spoken in Canada
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/french-language

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

Jailed debtors petition the Lower Canada Assembly to be relieved from inhumane conditions and indefinite terms of imprisonment

https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00938_20/140
pg. 140

#QuebecHistory #LowerCanada #DebtorsPrison

See also: Prison - Historical Developments
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/prison

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

CW: state violence
Of three soldiers convicted of #desertion, two are shot and one gets 450 of the 500 lashes ordered and is kept in hospital until he can receive the remainder

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269296
pg. 2 (4th column)
disponible en français

#MilitaryJustice #QuebecHistory

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

Soldiers are ordered to the south side of the St. Lawrence River to open a road to #Boston, which "must be a subject of exultation to[...]merchant and consumer"

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660850
pg. 247

#QuebecHistory #roads

See also: Roads and Highways
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/roads-and-highways

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

Quebec City inhabitants appeal to the Assembly for relief from the high prices charged by a monopoly dealing in "every kind of produce"

https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00938_19/163
pg. 164

#QuebecHistory #QuebecCity

See also: Quebec City - Development
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/quebec-city

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

"Provisions [in Quebec City and Montreal are] very scarce" and the price of "articles of life" has greatly increased, probably, the writer says, from the increase in trade and thus population

https://ia601305.us.archive.org/12/items/winslowpapersad100raymuoft/winslowpapersad100raymuoft.pdf
pg. 650 (frame 668)

#QuebecHistory #LowerCanada #inflation

See also: Inflation in Canada
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/inflation
Lower Canada - An Economy in Crisis
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/lower-canada

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

The Lower Canada Assembly's address to the Throne includes a statement that L.C. prosperity will allow the House to pay for the province's government expenditure

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=YFjsv_pBGBYC&dat=18100607&printsec=frontpage
pg. 1 (righthand page, bottom of 4th column)

#QuebecHistory #LowerCanada

1810 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

A #Massachusetts legislature committee says, with territory "already too extensive," the U.S. should not take Canada, "this province of Frenchmen"

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269247
pg. 1 (2nd column)

#QuebecHistory #annexation #FrenchCanadian

1809 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

Just imported: men's #beaver, silk and "Beaver water proof" hats, servants' camel-hair hats, and hats for children, ladies, and the stock of "Country merchants"

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269193
pg. 1 (column 1)
disponible en français

#QuebecHistory #LowerCanada

See also: Beaver - National Symbol
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/beaver

1809 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

Details are revealed of "the most daring #robbery we ever heard of in [Lower Canada,] surpassing for hardihood every thing [likely in] persons of this country"

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660775
pgs. 238–9

#QuebecHistory #LowerCanada

1809 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

In the #trial of a dueller in Lower Canada, the judge contrasts #homicide, #manslaughter, and #murder, plus "Point of #Honour" as an extralegal but valid consideration

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660736
pg. 20

#QuebecHistory #LowerCanada #duel

1809 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

CW: state violence
Facing #execution, a convicted thief who hoped for a last-minute pardon was mistaken in believing the Crown issues reprieves when that would compromise the public good

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/4269215
pg. 2 (column 4)
disponible en français

#QuebecHistory

1809 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

Models are being made in Trois-Rivières for the iron machinery for a #steamboat that is to begin service from Montreal

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660742
pg. 71

#QuebecHistory #TroisRivières #MontrealHistory #LowerCanada

1809 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

"The pertinacious obstinacy and deep rooted prejudices of the lower classes" in Lower Canada against #smallpox #vaccination are crimes against their children

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660744
pg. 87 (1st column)

#QuebecHistory #LowerClass #LowerCanada

1809 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

The Lower Canada Assembly resolves "that Ezekiel Hart, Esquire, possessing the #Jewish religion, cannot sit, nor vote in this House"

https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.9_00938_18/241
pgs. 242, 244, 246, 248
disponible en français

#QuebecHistory #LowerCanada #antisemitic

See also: Ezekiel Hart - Hart Affair
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ezekiel-hart

1808 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

A Quebec City #dancing teacher will show children "the present style of dancing, conceiving it of no utility to [teach] steps and figures of the Old School"

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660718
pg. 296

#QuebecHistory #QuebecCity #OldSchool

See also: Recreational Dance
https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/recreational-dance

Plains of Abraham: A Defining Battle for Canada 🍁

Sept 13, 1759: British (Wolfe) vs. French (Montcalm) on the Plains of Abraham. A short, decisive British victory led to the fall of Quebec, altering Canadian history. Both Wolfe & Montcalm died. The British gained control of New France, shaping Canada's future. A pivotal clash! 😮
#QuebecHistory #Canada 🇨🇦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Plains_of_Abraham

1808 in Canada
#CanadianHistory

To be established in Quebec City: "An Academy for the instruction of all Members [elected] to serve in the ensuing House of Assembly" who can't read or write

https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3660702
pg. 166 (3rd column)

#QuebecHistory #LowerCanada #literacy