Category Archives: Lande Canadiana Collection

Cholera Epidemic of 1832 in Canada

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Pamphlets published in 1832 by the New York Board of Health and the Philadelphia Sanitary Board contain interesting reports that investigated the cholera epidemic in Montreal, Quebec, and the rest of Canada.

Report of the commissioners employed to investigate the origin and nature of the epidemic cholera of Canada and Report of the Commission appointed by the Sanitary Baord of the City Councils, to visit Canada, for the investigation of the epidemic cholera, prevailing in Montreal and Quebec are available for consultation from our Rare Books and Special Collections reading room during regular opening hours or you can download the digital version from our catalogue. 

Title page of "Report of the commissioners employed to investigate the origin and nature of the epidemic cholera of Canada published by order of the Board of Health July 31 1832."

Title page of “Report of the commissioners employed to investigate the origin and nature of the epidemic cholera of Canada published by order of the Board of Health July 31 1832.”

Title page of "Report of the Commission appointed by the Sanitary Board of the City Councils to visit Canada for the investigation of the epidemic cholera prevailing in Montreal and Quebec"

Title page of “Report of the Commission appointed by the Sanitary Board of the City Councils to visit Canada for the investigation of the epidemic cholera prevailing in Montreal and Quebec.”

 

The Canadian brigands : an intensely exciting story of crime in Quebec thirty years ago.

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Front piece of The Canadian brigands: An intensely exciting story of crime in Quebec thirty years ago. (1867).

Front piece of The Canadian brigands: An intensely exciting story of crime in Quebec thirty years ago. (1867).

According Aurélien Boivin in the  Dictionary of Canadian Biography  this short 30 page work was originally written in french by Francois-Réal Anders and published in 1837. This translation from 1867 was serialized in at least three newspapers before being published by R. Worthington.

This volume is from our Lawrence Lande Collection of Canadiana and is available for consultation during Rare Books and Special collection opening hours or read it online via our catalogue.

R. Worthington book list on page 12 of The Canadian brigands: An intensely exciting story of crime in Quebec thirty years ago. (1867).

R. Worthington book list on page 12 of The Canadian brigands: An intensely exciting story of crime in Quebec thirty years ago. (1867).

R. Worthington book list on page 12 of The Canadian brigands: An intensely exciting story of crime in Quebec thirty years ago. (1867).

References

Aurélien Boivin, “ANGERS, FRANÇOIS-RÉAL,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 8, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed April 24, 2014, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/angers_francois_real_8E.html.

Yukon Gold Mining in 1905

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I enjoy the photographs and the landscape page orientation of this book about Yukon gold mining in 1905.

Cataloguing notes: “Published as a souvenir for the meeting of the American Institute of Mining Engineers. ’The gold in the gold pan on the cover page is from Discovery claim, Bonanza, the claim on which the gold was found that started the Klondike rush. Mr. J. Moore Elmer, manager of the property, kindly furnished the gold for this purpose’–P. [1].”

The Klondike (Book)
The Klondike (eBook)

Front cover of "The Klondike"

Front cover of “The Klondike”

Page 9 of "The Klondike"

Page 9 of “The Klondike”

Page 4 of "The Klondike"

Page 4 of “The Klondike”