Stewart Derbishire's Report to Lord Durham on Lower Canada, 1838

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Title
Stewart Derbishire's Report to Lord Durham on Lower Canada, 1838
Abstract
A reprint of a report by British lawyer, journalist and adventurer Stewart Derbishire (1794 or 1795-1863), who was hired by Lord Durham in 1838 to gather information on rebel activities and on the causes of the Lower Canadian uprising. Derbishire outlined in his report the grievances of the Patriotes and the habitants towards the government of Lower Canada and the English-speaking elite of the colony, but concluded that the habitants had "no practical grievances," that it was "the malaria of political agitation" which had produced the rebellion.
Publication
The Canadian Historical Review
Volume
Vol. 18
Issue
no. 1
Pages
48-62
Date
March 1937
Language
en
Citation
Story, Norah. “Stewart Derbishire’s Report to Lord Durham on Lower Canada, 1838.” The Canadian Historical Review Vol. 18, no. 1 (March 1937): 48–62.
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