A Political and Historical Account of Lower Canada: With Remarks on the Present Situation of the People, as Regards Their Manners, Character, Religion, &c. &c |
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| Pealkiri | A Political and Historical Account of Lower Canada: With Remarks on the Present Situation of the People, as Regards Their Manners, Character, Religion, &c. &c |
| Autor | Pierre de Sales Laterrière |
| Translated by | Henry Labouchere Baron Taunton |
| Publisher | W. Marsh & A. Miller, 1830 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 10 jaan. 2006 |
| Length | 275 pages |
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