He devoted the latter part of his life to his seigneury of Montebello. He died there, in the parish of Notre Dame de Bonsecours, on September 28, This collection concerns the activities and political life of Louis-Joseph Papineau.
More specifically, it contains material pertaining to his terms of office and his involvement in the Rebellion, including some speeches and an appeal. It also contains documents relevant to certain Statutes of the Province of Canada, in the form of Reserved Acts. The collection also contains information about Papineau's personal life and social activities. It includes correspondence, invitations, a visiting card and a picture of the Papineau Mansion in Montebello.
The collection also contains material about his business affairs, including assessment receipts for his assets and property, as well as a receipt for the burial of one of his sons. Donate Now. Search Our Collection of , Images. Display My Images Selection. Quick search Help? Louis-Joseph Papineau Collection C [?
Scope and Content: This collection concerns the activities and political life of Louis-Joseph Papineau. The Patriots' monument in the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery is a Canadian Institute of Montreal initiative to pay tribute to the victims of the Lower Canada rebellions of and and to recall the memory of the 12 Patriots executed in The monument was built in and inaugurated on November 14 of the same year.
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Papineau and a small committee put forward their demands in the "Ninety-Two Resolutions," which demanded control of revenues by the legislature, for responsibility of the executive and for election of the council. When the demands were categorically rejected by the British in the political crisis deepened, popular feeling, inflamed by social and economic crises, was roused and Papineau began to lose control of the events he had been so instrumental in setting in motion. He addressed a rally of 4, at St-Charles, 23 October , at which the Patriotes more or less declared the independence of the Six Counties and their willingness to resort to arms if necessary.
When after the defeat at St-Charles it became clear that the Patriotes would be crushed, he fled to the United States and, following the failure of the second insurrection, he sailed for France in Papineau's career, particularly his behaviour during the Rebellions of , has been a continuing source of controversy and conjecture.
He claimed that he had taken no part in the insurrections, yet evidence shows he acted as supreme commander until the battle at St-Denis , from where he disappeared just before the fight was engaged. Later, many of his fellow Patriotes accused him of cowardice, though they continued to support him as the only viable leader of French Canadian nationalism.
He professed to be a liberal and republican, yet was a staunch defender of the seigneurial system , which had a feudal character, as the basis of French Canada's agricultural economy. He himself owned the seigneury of Petit Nation, purchased in from his father, and by all accounts demanded full measure from his habitants. He was an economic conservative, hostile to the commercial and transportation innovations that the merchants considered essential to progress in Lower Canada.
He played a major role in the events leading to the Rebellion of in Lower Canada, although he took no part in the rebellion itself. Louis-Joseph Papineau was born on Oct.
He was educated at the Seminary of Quebec and then read law. In he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for the country of Kent; in he won the right to represent the Riding of Montreal West in the Assembly. He was appointed Speaker of the Assembly in and occupied that important office almost continuously until
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