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Since law books were not often reprinted and updated, lawyers would add changes to the laws in manuscript directly in the copy of the most recent edition. This copy was generously interleaved with manuscript notes by two or three previous owners, one of these being Dominique Mondelet (1799-1863), prominent lawyer and judge who signed his name on the title-page.
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Lower Canada. Court of King's Bench (District of Montreal)
Rules and Orders of Practice, Made for the Court of King's Bench, District of Montreal...
Montreal: Printed by N. Mower, 1811. 78, [18] p.
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Copy belonging to Pierre-Paul Margane de Lavaltrie (1743-1810), French soldier at the battle of the Plains of Abraham and during the American War of Independence. Seigneur of Lavaltrie, he was a member for Warwick during the first Parliament of Lower Canada in 1792 and used this manual.
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Lower Canada. Legislature. House of Assembly
Rules and Regulations of the House of Assembly, Lower-Canada / Regles et reglements de la Chambre d'assemblée du Bas Canada.
Quebec: Printed for John Neilson, 1793. [4], 73, [7] p.
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Businessman, publisher, editor-proprietor of the Upper Canada Herald and member of Parliament, Hugh Christopher Thomson published the following Manual of Parliamentary Practice which was, in fact, a copy of Thomas Jefferson's work with the substitution of Canadian for American practices. Signature of Donald Fraser, member of Parliament, Lanark, February 13, 1833.
Hugh Christopher Thomson, 1791-1834
A Manual of Parliamentary Practice: With an Appendix Containing the Rules of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly of Upper Canada.
Kingston [Ont.]: H.C. Thomson, 1828. 92, [1] p.
Some of the first examples of printing in British Columbia were acts of the colonial government of Vancouver Island. These acts, printed at different times, were bound together in one volume for the use of lawyers and office holders. This copy belonged to Coroner James Dickson in 1864, who passed it on to J. Roland Hett, notary public in 1873, clerk of the Legislative Assembly and later attorney general of the Province. It later became part of the library of Archer Evans Stringer Martin (1865-1941), lawyer and chief justice of British Columbia.
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Vancouver Island / Ile de Vancouver
A Collection of the Public General Statues [i.e. Statutes] of the Colony of Vancouver Island: Passed in the Years 1859, 1860, 1861, 1862, and 1863.
Victoria, V[ancouver] I[sland]: Printed at the British Colonist Office, 1866. 1 v. (various pagings).
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Broadside outlining the "rules of the road" for stage coaches, wagons, carriages and other vehicles. Today's motto against drinking and driving was also appropriate in 19th-century Canada: "...that every person in charge of any stage coach, waggon, ...or other vehicle, horse or animal, who shall be unable to drive or ride the same with care through drunkenness, shall, upon due proof thereof, be liable to the penalties imposed by this act." Inn-keepers were to exhibit a copy of this act in their bar rooms.
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Upper Canada
An Act to Provide for the Safety of Her Majesty's Subjects and Others on the Highways in Upper Canada, and to Regulate the Travelling Thereon.
[Simcoe: Printed at the Norfolk Messenger office, circa 1853].
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This proclamation was issued by the governor of Assiniboia and Hudson Bay Company employee, William Mactavish, during the Red River Rebellion led by Louis Riel. By this proclamation, Mactavish transferred Rupert's Land to Canada. He was imprisoned by Riel shortly after.
William Mactavish, 1815-1870
Governor Mactavish to the Inhabitants of Red River Settlement...16 November 1869.
[Fort Garry?, Man.: Printed at the office of the Nor'-Wester, Red River Settlement?, 1869].
Reward broadside for the capture of Charles Duncombe and Robert Alway, reform members for Oxford; Finlay and Eliakim Malcolm, of the "Western Rising" in the London District; as well as Joshua Doan. Duncombe and Eliakim Malcolm escaped to the United States; Finlay Malcolm and Alway were jailed briefly; and Joshua Doan was executed on February 6, 1839 in London, Upper Canada.
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Francis Bond Head, 1793-1875. Lieutenant-Governor (1836-1838)
Proclamation: Reward: By Command of His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor: A Reward Is Hereby Offered, of Five Hundred Pounds, to Any One Who Will Apprehend and Deliver Up to Justice, Charles Duncombe...16th December, 1837.
[Toronto]: R. Stanton, [1837]. 36 x 28 cm.
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