Poem on the Montreal Riots, 12th July, 1877 : with the murder and funeral of the late Thomas Lett Hackett

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Poem on the Montreal Riots, 12th July, 1877 : with the murder and funeral of the late Thomas Lett Hackett
Abstract
Thomas Lett Hackett, a 22-year-old Montreal Orangeman was killed on Thursday, July 12, 1877, while on his way home following a church service to commemorate the 1690 Battle of the Boyne, also known as the Glorious 12th. The Protestant Orange Order blamed the city's Irish Catholics for Hackett's death. A large contingent of Orangemen from Quebec and Ontario descended on Montreal to attend Hackett's funeral and protest his murder. The funeral was set for Monday, July 16th. Although clashes broke out that day between Catholics and Protestant, the large presence of military troops and police kept the violence to a minimum. Hackett was buried in Mount Royal Cemetery. His gravestone reads: "In Memory of Brother Thomas Lett Hackett, L.O.A. Who Was Barbarously Murdered On Victoria Square When Quietly Returning from Divine Service 12th July 1877. This Monument Was Erected By Orangemen And Protestants Of The Dominion, As A Tribute To His Memory And To Mark Their Detestation Of His Murderers."
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Montreal
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[s.n.]
Date
1877
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3p.
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en
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Ulster True Blue. Poem on the Montreal Riots, 12th July, 1877 : With the Murder and Funeral of the Late Thomas Lett Hackett. Montreal: [s.n.], 1877. https://montrealirishparadehistorian.wordpress.com/2015/07/12/thomas-lett-hackett/.
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