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Brymner, Douglas. — f'ontiuxwd. 



du Chien, by Lieut.-Col. McKay, in 1814, taken from 

 the original document.s among the Archives gives de- 

 tails of a little known episode in the war of 1812. 

 Fort McKay, so called after the capture, was restored 

 to the United States at the close of the war. Some 

 idea may be formed of the hardships experienced by 

 the early explorers for a route to be used by the 

 Canadian P;tcific Railway, by the journal kept by Mr. 

 Hanington of his survey in the Rocky Mountains 

 during the winter of 1874-Ô. 



In 1R88, the crthndar of the HaUlimand collection 

 was continued. The papers published in full as notes 

 to the preliminary report have the titles : The Walker 

 Outrage, 1764; General Murray's Recall ; the French 

 Noblcîsc in Canada after nGO ; Pierre du Calvct ; the 

 Northwest Trade and French Royalists in Upper 

 Canada. In the preliminary report are sketches of 

 the character, etc.ot Walker, the subject of the out- 

 rage, and of Pierre du Calvet, who-e statements are 

 rigorously weighed in the light of the corre?pondeDce. 

 The almost forgotten attempt of French Royalists 

 under the Count de Puisaye to settle in Upper Canada 

 after the Revolutionary party in France had been fully 

 established Is clearly shown by the correspondence on 

 the subject, which is published in this report in full, 

 and by the sketches in the preliminary report. 



In 18^9, the cah ndar of fhiHnldiiuaml cilUction\s 

 completed and the diary of Haldimand, containing 

 many curious entries among many that are very 

 trivial, is printed in full with careful translation the 

 names mentioned being so far as possible identified. 

 The Bouqiut Colltction is also calendared, being begun 

 and completed in this report. Bouquet, it may be 

 mentioned, was a brother foldier with Haldimand, 

 both being foreign officers of the Royal American, 

 afterwards the 60th regiment. In the preliminary re- 

 port is a reprint of ;i paper on Archives, read before 

 the American Historical Association, which gives a 

 history of the origin and progress of the department. 

 A sketch of the schools and schoolmasters in Canada 

 is in the body of the preliminary report ; remarks 

 on early explorers in the Northwest ; additional re- 

 marks on the forgotten canal at Sault Ste, Marie, with 

 lithographed views of the remains. The general 

 topics dealt with are Northwestern explorations, the 

 journal of La Verandrye of 1738-39 and other twelve 

 documents on the subject being primed m full; re- 

 ligious, educational and other statistics: Vermont 

 negotiations; Before and after the battle of Edge 

 Hill (usually called the battle of Bushy Run), includes 

 the original correspondence published in full ; the 

 Reservation of Indian Lands (after the capture of 

 Canada in 1760 and the treaty of Paris in 1763) ; cor- 

 respondence respecting the construction of a cunal 

 from Lake Champlain to the St- Lawrence in 1785 to 

 1789. 



In 1890, the vohnddr of the State Papurs for the 

 Province "f Qtirbic was begun, the preliminary report 

 giving a summary of the hi;tury included in the 

 papers, such as the advances made by Amherst, the 

 first Governor, to give the inhabitants after the sur- 

 render in 1760 an opportunity to retrieve their fortunes- 

 the Government and recall of Murray» the first Lieut. 

 Governor ; the accession of Carleton ; the passing of 

 the Constitutional Act of 1774; a reference to the 

 Revolutionary war, and a summary of the papers 

 published in full, which arc under these heads : Ad- 

 ministration of Justice (after the close of the military 

 rule in Quebec; Correspondence respecting the Con- 

 stitutional Act of 1791 ; Northwtstern exploration ; 

 Internal communication in Canada ; Relations with 

 the United States after the peace of 1783 A litho- 

 graphed map ol one by Peter Pond, an Indian trader, 



Brymner, lyiyuglas.—Contimted, 



hitherto unpublished, illustrates the documents re- 

 specting the Northwest in the report for this year. 



In 1891, the calendar of the Sta'e Poiiern fur Lower 

 and Upper Caiiadn, the Province of Quebec being now 

 divided into two, is begun, and contains lists of the 

 applicants for and grantees of lands, place! in alpha- 

 helical order at the end of each volume calendared 

 which contains the applications. The preliminary 

 report summarizes the history of the period covt red 

 by the calendar from 1792 to 1800 in the case o( Lower 

 Canada, and to ISOl in that of Upper Canada. The 

 correspondence is published in full on the subjects of 

 which the titles are : Settlements and surveys; Divi- 

 sion of Upper Canada; W;ir with France; French 

 republican designs on Canada; and the marriage law 

 in Upper Canada. A m;ip of Upper Canada f<ir 17^8 

 shows the extent of settlement at that date. 



/a 1S92, //(Ç calendir of State Papers for Lower and 

 Upper Canada from lSO() to 1807 was continued. In 

 the preliminary report the efforts to increase the re- 

 venue in Lower Canada are traced, and especially in 

 regard to the St. Maurice Forges; the ^ettling of 

 lands in both Provinces; the question of the Jesuit 

 Estates; a sketch of the services of Mr. Bouchette 

 the Surveyor-General: the state of religi-m, and the 

 steps towards building an Anglic in cathedral in Que- 

 bec; remarks on the Northwest fur trade. The 

 titles of the subjects, in regard to which the p ipers are 

 published in full, will serve to show the general na- 

 ture of the report. Those are : SeMlements and sur- 

 veys ; Lower Canada in 1800; Ecclesi;istical affairs in 

 Lower Canada; Political state of U|>per Canada, 180G 

 and 1807; Courts of ju'^tice for the Indian country; 

 and Projiosed genera! fishery and fur company. 



In 1893, owing to the absence of Dr. Brymner in 

 London, making investigations, the report is confined 

 to the calendar uf State P.ipers for Lower and Upper 

 Canada from 1^08 to 1S13. 



Burgess, T. J. \V. 



Polypus of the Heait. 



Canadian Jonmaf of Medical Sci» nee, Mjiy, 1879, 

 Toronto. 



The Beneficent and Toxic Effects of the \'arions 

 Species of Rhus. 



Ibid., November, IS-^O, Toronto Also, Set-uf!fic 

 American Su2}plcmenr, December, 1880, New York. 



Botanical Notes from Canada. 



Botanieal Gazette* Vol. vii.> Nos. 8 and 9, August 

 and September, 1S82, Indianapjlis, Ind. 



A Botanical Holiday in Nova Scotia. 



I/d</., Vol. IX.. N s. 1. 2. 3 and 4, January. Ftb- 

 ruary, March and April, 18S4, Indianapolis. End. 

 Canadian Filicinea^ By John Macoun, M. A., and 

 T. J. W. Burgess, M.B. 



Tramactionii of the lioyil Society of Canad-i Vol. 

 n ,Sec. 4. 1884. 



Aspidiuni Oreopteris. 



Botanical Gazrtte. Vol. xr., No. 3. March. ISSfi, 

 Indianapolis, Ind- 

 Recent Additions to Canadian Filit-inra^, with 

 new stations for some of the species previously 

 recorded. 



Iransactions of the Royal Sovi^tii of Cawydn. Vol. 

 vl.,Sec. 4, 18!^6. 

 How to Study Botany. 



Journal and Proceedings of the Hamilton As'ioviaiïon 

 Part IV., 18S7-8, Hamilton. 



