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Title: Journal of an American Prisoner at Fort Malden and Quebec in the War of 1812

Author: James Reynolds

Editor: G. M. Fairchild

Release Date: September 4, 2008 [EBook #26518]

Language: English

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[Illustration: A GENERAL VIEW OF QUEBEC.--BY RICH. SHORT. AFTER SIEGE OF
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Journal of
An American Prisoner
At Fort Malden and
Quebec in the War of
1812

Edited by

G. M. Fairchild, jr.

Author of

"From My Quebec Scrap Book," "Gleanings from Quebec," "A Ridiculous
Courting," "A Winter Carnival," etc.

[Illustration]

Privately Printed by
Frank Carrel, Limited, Quebec
1909

200 Copies Privately Printed.
Copy No. 71

=Registered= _by_ G. M. FAIRCHILD, JR., _in the
Office of the Minister of Agriculture in
conformity with the Law passed by the Parliament
of Canada, in the year 1906._

Quebec, 1909:--The Daily Telegraph Printing Co.

Explanatory Note

_The book containing this journal is an ordinary pocket memorandum or
account book measuring 6 x 4 1/4 inches and covered with split calf. The
journal opens the day of the author's capture, and closes on the day he
receives orders at Quebec to prepare to leave for Boston. The author's
name is nowhere to be found in the book, and several pages at the
beginning have been cut out, evidently by the original owner. The
journal was found among the papers of the late J. Gradden, a benevolent
merchant of Quebec who rendered considerable aid to the American
prisoners of war confined there on prison ships. The journal was no
doubt presented to Mr. Gradden by its author as a return for kindnesses.
Mr. Gradden's son, the late Chas. Gradde