CanText - 1800-1850

War of 1812

• February 4, 1812 - Isaac Brock's Speech Opening the Upper Canada Legislature
• October 13, 1812 - John Beverley Robinson's Letter on the Battle of Queenston Heights.
• April 27, 1813 - Eli Player's Diary on the Battle of York.
• June 5, 1813 - Billy Green's Account of the Battle of Stoney Creek.
• June 22, 1813 - Laura Secord's Own Account of her trek through the woods to warn Lt. FitzGibbon of an American attack.
• June 24, 1813 - Thomas Ridout's Account of the Battle of Beaver Dams; with the capitulation of Colonel Boerstler.
• October 29, 1813 - Charles de Salaberry to his Father, on the Battle of Châteauguay.
• November 20, 1813 - Thomas Ridout to his Father, on the Battle of Crysler's Farm; plus Benjamin Lossing's Account of Chateauguay and Crysler's Farm from the American Perspective.
• September 25, 1814 - Accounts from the Battle of Lundy's Lane.
• December 24, 1814 - Treaty of Ghent
• April 29, 1817 - Rush-Bagot Agreement
• October 21, 1818 - Convention of 1818 between the United States and Great Britain

Lower Canada

• 1822 - Projet d'union du Bas-Canada et du Haut-Canada (Français)
• 1831 - Alexis de Tocqueville, Diary Excerpts from Canada.
• June 24, 1834 - George-Étienne Cartier, O Canada, Mon Pays, Mes Amours.
• 1834 - The Ninety-Two Resolutions.
• 1835 - The Seventh Report on Grievances
• 1835 - Glenelg Despatch

Rebellion

• 1837 - William Lovett, Petition of the London Working Men's Association in favour of the People of Canada
• 1837 - The Ten Resolutions
• 1837 - Papineau, Discours sur le boycottage.
• October 24, 1837 - Louis-Joseph Papineau, Adresse de la Confédération des six-comtés au Peuple du Canada.
• 1837 - George-Étienne Cartier, Avant tout je suis Canadien
• November 22, 1837 - William Lyon Mackenzie, Proclamation to the People of Upper Canada.
• November 4, 1838 - Robert Nelson, Déclaration d'indépendance du Bas-Canada.
• 1838 - Antoine Gérin-Lajoie, Un Canadien errant

Upper Canada

• 1837 - Andrew Drew, A Narrative of the Capture and Destruction of the Steamer Caroline.
• June 12, 1838 - Elizabeth Lount's Open Letter to John Beverley Robinson, Chief Justice of Upper Canada.
• 1838 - Documents on the Hanging of Samuel Lount and Peter Mathews.
• 1838 - Lount's Farewell Sermon

The West

• 1815 - John Jewitt, Adventures with the Nootka
• 1817 Selkirk Treaty with the Saulteaux and Swampy Cree
• 1845 - Alexander Christie, Rights of the Peoples of the NWT
• August 29, 1845 - James Sinclair, Reply to Alexander Christie
• December 25, 1847 - Paul Kane, Christmas at Fort Edmonton.

Aftermath

• 1838 - Lord Durham's Report, with Charles Buller Commentary.
• 1838 Rapport Durham (extraits) (Français)
• 1839 de Lorimier, Testament politique, la veille de son exécution (Français)
• 1839-59 British Parliamentary Papers concerning Canada
• 1839 - Report of Lord Durham on the Affairs of British North America.
• July 23, 1840 - The Act of Union, 1840.
• 1840 L'Acte de l'Union (Français)
• 1840 John Beverley Robinson on the Canada Bill
• 1847 - Robert Whyte, The Ocean Plague: The Diary of a Cabin Passenger
• 1847 - Father Bernard McGauran on the Coffin Ships at Grosse Île
• 1849 - British Debate on the Rebellion Losses Bill of Canada
• 1849 - The Annexation Manifesto
• 1849 - Reply to the Annexation Manifesto