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Catalogue  215
Franco-Américains et Histoire des U.S.A. /
Franco Americans and U.S. History

|269.  A.L. (LAMBERT, Adélard). «Castor nous revient ou Entretiens du Père Jean Nault – Fascicule No 2». Drummondville, La Parole, 1934. 32 p. (24 cm). Les Canadiens-Français aux États-Unis. Rare!              35 $

270.  DION-LÉVESQUE, Rosaire. «Silhouettes Franco-Américaines». Manchester NH, Publications de l’Association Canado-Américaine, 1957. VI,933 p. (22,5 cm). Volume très important contenant des biographies détaillées, sorte de "Who’s Who" de la franco-américanie. Exemplaire à l’état neuf, ce qui est d’autant plus rare!    125 $

271.  COMITÉ D’ORIENTATION FRANCO-AMÉRICAINE (LE). «2^ème Congrès. Les 9, 10 et 11 Novembre, 1951 – Lewiston, Maine. Sous les Auspices de La Ligue des Sociétés de Langue Française de Lewiston-Auburn, Maine. Objet: La Fédération Féminime Franco-Américaine». S.l., (1951). (96) p. (25 cm). Illustrations et portraits. État neuf.    45 $

272.  GATINEAU, Félix. «Historique des Conventions générales des Canadiens-Français aux Etats-Unis, 1865-1901. – D’après les procès-verbaux officiels et les compte-rendus de presse». Woonsocket RI, Union St-Jean-Baptiste d’Amérique, 1927. 500 p. (24 cm). Reliure d’édition. Nombreux portraits. Volume rare et important.              125 $

273.  KENNEDY, Ambrose. «Quebec to New England. The Life of Monsignor Charles Dauray». Boston, Bruce Humphries Inc., 1948. 242 p. (22 cm). Original cloth binding. Portraits and illustrations. Being 28 years in the Diocese of Providence.    35 $

274.  (LOWELL MA; LOWELL HISTORICAL SOCIETY). «Contributions of the Lowel Historical Society» (2 volumes). Lovell, Mass., Butterfield Printing Co., 1913 & 1926. 482 & 486 p. (24 cm). Beautiful cloth bindings with gilt text. The Lowell Historical Society was organized in 1868 and incorporated in 1902. Ills. and folding map. Comprises an important group of historical essays with some Franco American material. Scarce and in beautiful condition.              375 $

275.  (LOWELL, MA). «Contributions of the Old Residents’ Historical Association, Lowell, mass. Vol. II, No. 2». Lowell, 1882. pp. 109-211, (1) p. (24 cm). Portrait. Content: "Sketch of the Life of John Amory Lowell"; "George Thompson in Lowell" by Z.E. Stone; "Insurance in Lowell" by J.K. Fellows; "Early Trade and Traders of Lowell" by Charles Hovey; "Foreign Colonies of Lowell" by Charles Cowley; "Glass-Making in the Merrimack Basin" by Ephraim Brown; "The Melvin Suits" by Hon John P. Robinson; "The Merrimack River, its Sources, Affluents, etc." by Alfred Gilman. Goodcopy.              45 $

276.  (LOWELL, MA). «Contributions of the Old residents’ Historical Association, Lowell, Mass. Vol. II, No. 4». Lowell, 1883. pp. 329-461. (23 cm). Portrait. Entirely dedicated to the history of the medical profession at Lowell from 1822. Good copy.  45 $

277.  (LOWELL, MA). «Contributions of the Old Residents’ Historical Association, Lowell, Mass. Vol. III, No. 1». Lowell, 1884. 111 p. (23 cm). Contents: "Sketch of the Life of Benjamin Pierce" by Joshua Merrill; "Organized Charities of Lowell" by Charles Hovey; "Present Population of Lowell" by Nathan Allen; "Sketch of the Life of Ezra Worthen" by W.R. Bagnall; "The Dedication and First Ringing of the Chime of Bells in the Tower of St. Anne’s Church" by Benjamin Walker; "Paul Moody" by Rev. W.R. Bagnall; "Rev. John Eliot (Apostle to the Indians) Passaconaway, Wannalancet, and Captain Samuel Mosely" by Alfred Gilman.              45 $

278.  MAURAULT, Mgr Olivier. «The French of Canada and New England. A Newcomen Address in Vermont». NY, The Newcomen Society in North America, 1950. 28 p. (22 cm). Ills.              25 $

279.  MEAUX, Vicomte Marie-Camille Alfred de. «L’Église Catholique et la liberté aux Etats-Unis». Paris, Librairie Victor Lecoffre, 1893. II,426 p. Reliure en plein bougran, couvertures imprimées présentes; 2^e édition. Comprend plusieurs textes au sujet du Canada et des Franco-Américains. Bel exemplaire.   Monaghan 1053.              75 $

280.  RACINE, Mgr. Antoine. «Mémoire sur la situation des Canadiens Français aux États-Unis de l’Amérique du Nord par Monseigneur A. Racine, Évêque de Sherbrooke». Rome, Imprimerie A. Befani, 1896. 9 p. (33 cm). Couvertures d’origine. Petit tirage, titre extrêmement rare et traitant du Vermont. Bel exemplaire!              150 $

281.  SMITH, Matthew Hale. «Sunshine and Shadow in New York». Hartford, J.B. Burr and Company, 1869. 718,(2) p. Original gilt decorated cloth, spine lightly sunned, top cover gilt decorated. With 12 engravings. Author is very casual with comments about high society, John Jacob Astor, Cornelius Vanderbilt, prisons, police, detectives, blackmail, gambling houses, dance houses, Wall Street, Jews and Catholics. Light foxing, a very good copy generally.              95 $|

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