The Child Letters: Public and Private Life in a Canadian Merchant-Politician’s Family, 1841-1845

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Title
The Child Letters: Public and Private Life in a Canadian Merchant-Politician’s Family, 1841-1845
Abstract
Marcus Child came to Lower Canada from Massachusetts in 1812 and made his fortune as a smuggler during the War of 1812. He later became a merchant and druggist, and was one of the first members elected from the Eastern Townships in 1829 when that region gained representation in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada. He left politics and Canada following the Rebellion of 1838, but returned to Stanstead and won the seat in the first election following the union of the Canadas. The letters are correspondence to his wife, most dating from the autumn of 1843, when Child was attending the session of the legislature in Kingston, the first capital of the united Canadas. The letters provide a detailed history of Eastern Township politics and family life during the early 1840s.
Place
Montreal and Kingston
Publisher
McGill-Queen’s University Press
Date
1995
Language
en
Citation
Little, J. I. The Child Letters: Public and Private Life in a Canadian Merchant-Politician’s Family, 1841-1845. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1995.
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