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A sketch of the Battle of Montgomery's Tavern which shows the tavern's destruction

A sketch of the Bloor and Yonge Toll Booth, which was a prominent meeting spot for the rebels.

A portrait of John Powell, an alderman of Toronto during the Upper Canada Rebellion

“The scene represented above is an attack upon a potato store in the town of Galway, on the 13th of the present month, when the distress had become too great for the poor squalid and unpitied inhabitants to endure their misery any longer, without…

“Searching for potatoes is one of the occupations of those who cannot obtain out-door relief. It is gleaning in a potato-field– and how few are left after the potatoes are dug, must be known to every one who has ever seen the field cleared. What the…

A photograph of a mound of potatoes

Painting showing the north view of Montreal taken from Mr. Frobisher's country seat

A map of the Ville-Marie, on the Island of Montreal.

Portrait of the great French Explorer