Fyson, Magistrates, Police and People

Published primary sources consulted

The list below is a more complete list of published primary sources consulted (the book only lists primary sources cited). It excludes some smaller sources, such as the bills collection reproduced in Early Canadiana Online, as well as printed extracts from the Journals of the House of Assembly and documents reprinted in Documents Relating to the Constitutional History of Canada. CIHM indicates the microfilm number in the Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions series; ECO indicates availability in Early Canadiana Online / Notre mémoire en ligne (note that many of these documents are limited to subscribers). A few of the other sources are also available online elsewhere.

Contemporary sources relating to Quebec and Lower Canada

A une cour de séance générale de quartier de la paix, tenue en la chambre d'audience à Montréal, mardi le 10 septembre 1776 / ... mardi le 1 octobre 1776. Montreal, 1776. CIHM 52503 and 52504.
Additional By-Laws, Rules, Regulations and Ordinances of the Common-Council of the City of Montreal. Montreal, 1833. CIHM 46496.
Almanach de Québec pour l'année 1789. Québec: Guillaume Brown, 1788. CIHM 29200.
An Abstract of the Loix de Police; Or, Public Regulations for the Establishment of Peace and Good Order, that were of Force in the Province of Quebec, in the Time of the French Government ... London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1772. CIHM/ECO 38447.
"Analytical Index to Cases Determined in the Court of King’s Bench for the District of Quebec, from 1808 to 1822". Revue de législation et de jurisprudence 1-3 (1845-1848).
At the First Court of Quarter-Sessions of the Peace, Held at Quebec, in October 1764. Quebec: Brown&Gilmore, 1765. CIHM 41562.
Aubert de Gaspé, Philippe. Mémoires. Ottawa: G.E. Desbarats, 1866. CIHM 28744.
Boisseau, Nicolas Gaspard. Mémoires. Lévis, 1907.
Bosworth, Newton. Hochelaga Depicta: The Early History and Present State of the City and Island of Montreal. Montreal: W. Greig, 1839. CIHM 36434.
Bouchette, Joseph. A Topographical Description of the Province of Lower Canada. London: W. Faden, 1815. CIHM 44373.
Bouchette, Joseph. A Topographical Dictionary of the Province of Lower Canada. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1832. CIHM/ECO 38165.
Bouchette, Joseph. The British Dominions in North America ... London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman, 1832. CIHM/ECO 48011 and 48012.
Bourne, George. The Picture of Quebec. Quebec: D. and J. Smillie, 1829. CIHM 32745.
Brief Observations on the Punishment of the Pillory. Quebec, 1814. CIHM 36134.
By-Laws, Rules and Orders of the Trinity-House of Quebec for the Port of Quebec, from the Year 1805, to the 1st of May, 1834. Quebec: T. Cary, 1834. CIHM 21445.
Cavendish, Sir Henry. Debates of the House of Commons in the Year 1774, On the Bill for Making More Effectual Provision for the Government of the Province of Quebec .... London: Ridgway, 1839. CIHM/ECO 48438.
Chisholme, David. Memorial and Case of David Chisholme, 1839. CIHM 21741.
Cockloft, Jeremy (the elder). Cursory Observations made in Quebec Province of Lower Canada in the Year 1811. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1960.
Compilation of the Bye-Laws and Police Regulations in Force in the City of Montreal: With an Appendix Containing Extracts from Provincial Enactments. Montreal: J. Starke, 1842. CIHM 63664.
Copies or Extracts of Correspondence Relative to the Affairs of Lower Canada [23/12/1837]. London: HMSO, 1837. ECO 9_01079.
Copy of the Minutes of the Evidence Taken Before the Select Committee Appointed in the Year 1834 on the Affairs of Lower Canada. London: HMSO, 1838. ECO 9_07178.
Crémazie, Jacques. Les lois criminelles anglaises ... Québec: Fréchette, 1842. CIHM 33347.
Cugnet, François-Joseph. Extraits des edits, declarations, ordonnances et reglemens de Sa Majesté très chrétienne: des reglemens et jugemens des gouverneurs generaux et intendans concernans la justice, et des reglemens et ordonnances de police rendues par les intendans ... Québec: Chez Guillaume Brown, 1775. CIHM/ECO 34905.
Cugnet, François-Joseph. Traité de la police: qui a toujours été suivie en Canada, aujourd'hui province de Québec, depuis son établissement jusqu'à la conquête ... Québec: Guillaume Brown, 1775. CIHM/ECO 33323.
Dalhousie, Earl of. [Correspondance regarding Select Committee report and evidence]. London, 1829. ECO 9_03313.
Doige, Thomas. An Alphabetical List of the Merchants, Traders, and Housekeepers Residing in Montreal: To Which Is Prefixed a Descriptive Sketch of the Town. Montreal: James Lane, 1819. CIHM 36464.
Doige, Thomas. An Alphabetical List of the Merchants, Traders, and Housekeepers Residing in Montreal. The Second Edition. Montreal: James Lane, 1820. CIHM 36130.
Doucet, N.B. Fundamental Principles of the Laws of Canada ... Montréal, 1841-1842. CIHM/ECO 92324 and 92325.
Du Calvet, Pierre. Appel à la justice de l'État .... London, 1784. CIHM/ECO 34621.
Durham, Earl of. Report on the Affairs of British North America. London, 1839. CIHM/ECO 32374.
Gale, Samuel. Observations on the Petitions of Grievance, Addressed to the Imperial Parliament, from the District of Quebec, Montreal and Three-Rivers. Quebec: King's Printer, 1828. CIHM 44206.
Gatien, Félix. Histoire de la paroisse du Cap-Santé. Québec: Léger Brousseau, 1884 (1831).
Gleason, Thomas Henri. The Quebec Directory For 1822. Quebec, Neilson and Cowan, 1822. CIHM 38606.
Hawkins, Alfred. Hawkins's Picture of Quebec; With Historical Recollections. Quebec: Neilson & Cowan, 1834. CIHM 35425.
Heriot, George. Travels through the Canadas ... London: R. Phillips, 1807. CIHM 35682.
Journals of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, 1792-1837. ECO 9_00938 and 9_00939.
Journals of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada, 1802-1837. ECO 9_00943.
La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric. Voyages dans les États-Unis d'Amérique, fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797. Paris: Du Pont ... 1799. CIHM 36211 to 36218.
Lambert, John. Travels through Canada, and the United States of North America, in the Years 1806, 1807, & 1808. 2nd ed. London: C. Cradock and W. Joy, 1813. CIHM/ECO 36169 and 36170.
Lebrun, Isidore. Tableau statistique et politique des deux Canadas. Paris: Treuttel et Würtz, 1833. CIHM/ECO 37217.
Liste de la milice du Bas-Canada, pour 1828. [Québec], 1828. CIHM/ECO 45510.
Loix criminelles suivies en Canada = An Abstract of the Criminal Laws that were in Force in the Province of Quebec in the Time of the French Government. Bound at end of The Sequel of the Abstract of Those Parts of the Custom of the Viscounty and Provostship of Paris ... London: Charles Eyer & Wm. Strahan, 1773. CIHM/ECO 24341.
Lower Canada: Revenue and Expenditure ... London: William Clowes, 1828. ECO 9_01680.
MacKay, Hugh. The Directory for the City and Suburbs of Quebec ... Quebec: William Moore, 1790.
Marriott, James. Plan of a Code of Laws For the Province of Quebec, Reported By the Advocate General. London, 1774. CIHM 50226.
Maseres, Francis and Peter Livius. The Case of Peter Du Calvet, Esq. of Montreal in the province of Quebeck ... London, 1784. CIHM 34622.
Maseres, Francis. A Collection of Several Commissions ... London: W. and J. Richardson, 1772. CIHM/ECO 44019.
Maseres, Francis. A Review of the Government and Grievances of the Province of Quebec, Since the Conquest of It By the British Arms. London, 1788. CIHM 20696.
Maseres, Francis. Additional Papers Concerning the Province of Quebeck ... London: W. White, 1776. CIHM 36872.
Maseres, Francis. An Account of the Proceedings of the British, and Other Protestant Inhabitants, of the Province of Quebeck, ... in Order to Obtain An House of Assembly in That Province. London: B. White, 1775. CIHM 36871.
Maseres, Francis. The Maseres Letters, 1766-1768. Toronto: University of Toronto Library, Oxford University Press, Canadian Branch, 1919.
Melish, John. Travels in the United States of America, in the Years 1806 & 1807, and 1809, 1810, & 1811; Including an Account of Passages Betwixt America and Britain, and Travels through Various Parts of Great Britain, Ireland, and Upper Canada. Volume II. Philadelphia: T.&G. Palmer, 1812. CIHM 36568.
Monk, James. State of the Present Form of Government of the Province of Quebec ... London: J. Debrett., 1789. CIHM 38008.
Orders and Rules of Practice in the Court of King's Bench, for the District of Quebec, Lower Canada. Quebec, 1809. CIHM/ECO 49140.
Palmer, John. Journal of Travels in the United States of North America, and in Lower Canada, Performed in the Year 1817 ... London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1818. CIHM 49344.
Papers Relating to Lower Canada viz. 1. Copy of the Instructions given to the Earl of Gosford ... London: HMSO, 1838. ECO 9_01454.
Parliamentary Register of Lower-Canada for the Year 1818. Quebec: John Neilson, 1818. CIHM 54835.
Perrault, Joseph-François. Biographie de Joseph François Perrault ... Québec: Thomas Care, 1834. CIHM/ECO 21455.
Perrault, Joseph-François. Code rural à l'usage des habitants tant anciens que nouveaux du Bas-Canada: concernant leurs devoirs réligieux et civils, d'après les loix en force dans le pays. Québec: Fréchette, 1832. CIHM 21360.
Perrault, Joseph-François. Le juge à paix et officier de paroisse, pour la province de Québec. Montréal: Fleury Mesplet, 1789. CIHM 28214.
Perrault, Joseph-François. Moyens de conserver nos institutions, notre langue et nos lois. Québec: Fréchette, 1832. CIHM 21359.
Perrault, Joseph-François. Questions et réponses sur le droit criminel du Bas- Canada: dédiées aux étudiants en droit. Québec: C. Le François, 1814. CIHM 49360.
Picken, Andrew. The Canadas, as they at Present Commend Themselves to the Enterprize of Emigrants, Colonists, and Capitalists. London: E. Wilson, 1832. CIHM/ECO 34101.
Plinius Secundus. Curiae Canadenses, or, the Canadian Law Courts. Toronto: H. & W. Rowsell, 1843. CIHM 28739.
Police: le but de la police bien réglée est d'assurer à chaque personne l'entière jouissance de la vie, de sa liberté, de ses propriétés ... [Quebec], 1820. CIHM 55071.
Proclamations issued by Government from 1764 until 1791. In Report of the Public Archives for the Year 1918 (Ottawa, 1920), Appendix C. ECO 9_08076. Proclamations of the Governor of Lower Canada 1792-1815. In Report of the Public Archives for the Year 1921 (Ottawa, 1922), Appendix B. ECO 9_08077.
Provincial Statutes of Lower-Canada, 1793-1836. ECO 9_00926.
[Pyke George and Thomas McCord]. A Complete Index to the Ordinances and Statutes of Lower-Canada, to the 57th Year of George the Third, Inclusive. Quebec: P.E. Desbarats, 1817. CIHM/ECO 54822.
Pyke, George. Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench, for the District of Quebec, in the Province of Lower-Canada, in Hilary Term, in the Fiftieth Year of the Reign of George III. Montreal, 1811. CIHM 48363.
Règles et réglemens de police pour la cité et les faubourgs de Montréal. Montréal: James Brown, 1821. CIHM 21100.
Règles et règlements de police additionnels pour la cité et les faubourgs de Montréal: publiés par autorité. Montréal: Imprimé au Bureau de la Gazette de Montréal, 1826.
Règles et règlements de police: avec les extraits des divers ordonnances et statuts qui y ont rapport. Québec: John Neilson, 1811. CIHM/ECO 51250.
Règles, ordres et règlemens, pour les chef, députés et gardes du guet à Québec. Québec: Imprimé par T. Cary & Co., 1827.
Regulations for the Police of the District of Quebec = Reglemens pour la police du district de Québec. Quebec: Wm. Brown, 1783. ECO 9_02242.
Regulations for the Police of the District of Quebec = Reglemens pour la police du district de Québec [additional regulations]. Quebec: Wm. Brown, 1783. ECO 9_02242.
Regulations of Police. Quebec, 1815.
Regulations Respecting Apprentices and Hired and Indented Servants ... Montreal: James Brown, 1810. ECO 9_01005.
Remarques sur le plan proposé de bâtir des prisons, et des maisons de justice dans le district inférieur de Gaspé: et aussi sur les altérations nécessaires des sessions des cours de justice. Québec: John Neilson, 1808. CIHM 92710.
Report from the Select Committee on the Civil Government of Canada. Quebec, 1829. CIHM/ECO 12569.
Return to an Address From the Honourable House of Commons, Dated 16 March 1837, for, Copy of a Report of a Select Committee of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, Respecting Mr. Chisholme, Clerk of the Peace For Three Rivers... London: HMSO, 1837. CIHM/ECO 52387.
Return to an Address to His Majesty, dated 6 February 1833 … London: HMSO, 1834. ECO 9_01456.
Rules and Orders of Practice, Made for the Court of King's Bench, District of Montreal. Montreal: Nahum Mower, 1811. CIHM/ECO 35796.
Rules and Regulations of Police for the City and Suburbs of Montreal. Montreal: James Brown, 1810. CIHM 40238.
Rules and Regulations of Police for the City and Suburbs of Montreal. Montreal: W. Gray, 1821.
Rules and Regulations of Police, For the City and Suburbs of Montreal / Règles et règlements de police, pour les fauxbourgs et la cité de Montréal. Montreal: James Lane, 1817. CIHM/ECO 40779.
Rules and Regulations of Police: With Abstracts of Divers Ordinances and Statutes Relating Thereto. Quebec: John Neilson, 1811. CIHM 20964.
Rules, Orders and Regulations for the Foreman, Deputy Foreman and Watchmen of the City of Quebec. Quebec: T. Cary, 1827. CIHM 61782.
Sansom, Joseph. Sketches of Lower Canada, Historical and Descriptive. New York: Kirk & Mercein, 1817. CIHM/ECO 40352.
Silliman, Benjamin. Remarks Made on a Short Tour Between Hartford and Quebec, in the Autumn of 1819. New-Haven: S. Converse, 1820. CIHM 40917.
Smith, John. The Quebec Directory, Or, Strangers' Guide in the City for 1826. Quebec: T. Cary, 1826. CIHM 40774.
Southouse, Edward. A Letter to the right Hon. Wm. Pitt ... London: Printed for the author, 1798. CIHM 40287.
Stuart, George Okill. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of King's Bench and in the Provincial Court of Appeals of Lower Canada ... Quebec: Neilson & Cowan, 1834. CIHM 10862.
Tables Relative to the Acts and Ordinances of Lower-Canada. Kingston: S. Derbishire & G. Desbarats, 1843. CIHM/ECO 57555.
Talbot, Edward Allen. Five Years' Residence in the Canadas: Including a Tour Through Part of the United States of America, in the Year 1823. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1824. CIHM/ECO 40914 and 40915.
The Reports of the Royal Commissioners Appointed to Enquire Into the State of Canada. Quebec: T. Cary, 1837. CIHM/ECO 61771.
The Trial of David Mclane for High Treason, at the City of Quebec, in the Province of Lower-Canada. on Friday, the Seventh Day of July, A.d. 1797 ... Quebec: W. Vondenvelden, 1797. CIHM 36953.
Weld, Isaac. Travels Through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, During the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797. London: John Stockdale ... , 1799. CIHM/ECO 41871.
Wilcocke, Samuel Hull. The History of the Session of the Provincial Parliament of Lower Canada For 1828-29. Montreal, 1829. CIHM 51433.

Republished sources, indices and guides

Borthwick, J. Douglas 1831-1912. History of the Montreal Prison From A.d. 1784 to A.d. 1886. Montréal: A. Périard, 1886. CIHM 00186.
Brisebois, Michel. The Printing of Handbills in Quebec City, 1765-1800: A Listing With Critical Introduction. Montreal: McGill University, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, 1995.
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Sources relating to European law

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