Motives for a subscription towards the relief of the sufferers at montreal in Canada, by a dreadful fire on the 18th of May 1765, in which 108 house, (containing 215 families, chiefly Canadians,) were destroyed; and the greatest part of the inhabitants exposed to all the miseries attending such misfortunes. The whole loss in buildings, merchandize, furniture, and apparel, amounted to Đ. 87.580,8s. 10d. sterling; no part of which was or could be insured.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanway, Jonas, 1712-1786.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disaster relief--Québec (Province)--Montréal--Early works to 1800.

Disaster relief.

Physical Description:

35 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 8⁰

Place of Publication:

[London?] : At Montreal, May MDCCLXV. [1765]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Attributed to Jonas Hanway.

Half-title: 'The case of the Canadians at Montreal distressed by fire'.

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T219677.

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