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	Robert Nelson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robert Nelson (August 8, 1794 – March 1, 1873) was a physician and a notable figure in the Lower Canada Rebellion in 19th century Quebec (Lower Canada).
		Nelson was born in Montreal, the son of William Nelson, a teacher, and Jane Dies, daughter of an important land owner in the New York area.
		Robert Nelson died in 1873 and was interred in the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Nelson (424 words)

	Wolfred Nelson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wolfred Nelson, (July 10, 1791 – June 17, 1863) was from 1854 – 1856 the mayor of Montreal, Quebec.
		He was the older brother of Robert Nelson, known for his role in the Lower Canada Rebellion.
		Nelson studied medicine at the school of his father in William Henry (today Sorel, Quebec).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wolfred_Nelson (258 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		Nelson was said to be the man for difficult cases, for major operations.
		Although Nelson was one of the most vehement speakers in the Patriote assemblies of the counties and one of the most active members of the Comité Central et Permanent du district de Montréal, he did not take part in the 1837 insurrection.
		Nelson.” It was in this state of mind that he went to the United States at the end of 1837.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39306 (2675 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		Wolfred’s father, a London-trained schoolmaster, had come to the Province of Quebec in 1781 and earned so high a reputation as a teacher that the British colonial authorities granted him a comfortable annual salary as an inducement for him to stay in the colony.
		Nelson won the election by two votes, “to the astonishment and indignation of the respectable part of the inhabitants,” according to the Montreal Gazette.
		Wolfred Nelson, Practical views on cholera, and on the sanitary, preventive and curative measures to be adopted in the event of a visitation of the epidemic (Montreal, 1854; a French edition was published in Montreal in the same year).
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38746&query=Nelson (2841 words)

	Canada - Political Strife, 1815-1840
		Wolfred Nelson, a descendant of Loyalists, left his class to fight on the side of the reformers, and, on the other hand, John Neilson, who had a strong sympathy with the French Canadians, was sufficiently cool-headed to see that the reign of the " Family Compact " was better than disruption.
		The crisis came with the appointment of Sir Francis Bond Head, who, refusing all advice from the moderate party, sided openly with the reformers, and threw all the weight of his office on their side in the elections of 1836, with the result that all the leading men of the extreme reformers were rejected.
		The offensive ordinance pronounced sentence of transportation on Wolfred Nelson, Bouchette, Viger and five others in prison, and Papineau, Cartier, and other refugees over the border were threatened with death if they ever re-entered the country.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles31n/canada-6.shtml (2211 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		Nelson immediately petitioned Governor Sir George Prevost* for a commission and received an appointment as surgeon of the 5th battalion of embodied militia.
		At one meeting Nelson interrupted Dalhousie, who was speaking on Stuart’s behalf, informed him that his conduct was unconstitutional, and forced him to cease his activities in the campaign.
		Nelson left Plattsburgh in August, to the regret of the people of that town, and moved his family to Montreal where once again he began a new medical practice.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=38746 (2841 words)

	Wolfred Nelson -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Wolfred Nelson, (July 10, 1791 – June 17, 1863) was born in (A city in southern Quebec province on the Saint Lawrence River; the largest city in Quebec and 2nd largest in Canada; the 2nd largest French-speaking city in the world) Montreal and also died there.
		Nelson studied medicine at the school of his father in William Henry (today (Click link for more info and facts about Sorel, Quebec) Sorel, Quebec).
		He became doctor in January 1811, and subsequently served in that capacity with the British troops in the (A war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France) War of 1812.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wo/wolfred_nelson.htm (322 words)

	Robert Nelson - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Robert Nelson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Robert Nelson (born August 8, 1794 - died March 1, 1873) was a physician and a notable figure in the Patriotes Rebellion in 19th century Quebec (Lower Canada).
		On February 28, 1838, Nelson passed to Lower Canada at Alburg in the State of Vermont with some 300 men.
		After this failed attempt, Robert Nelson and other Patriotes decided to take the time to organize a new strike.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Robert-Nelson.html (415 words)

	Robert Nelson - Quebec History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nelson, Robert (1794-1873), rebel, was born in Montreal, Lower Canada, in January, 1794, the son of William Nelson, and brother of Wolfred Nelson.
		He studied medicine, and served in the War of 1812 as a regimental surgeon.
		He was the author of a number of papers on medical subjects.
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/encyclopedia/RobertNelson-QuebecHistory.htm (211 words)

	Juvenile delinquents - Wolfred Nelson Report - 1852 - The International Cooperation Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nelson was a strong and vocal critic of the government.
		When the British blocked these efforts, Nelson decided that the government would have to be changed by force.
		During the open rebellion that soon followed, Nelson organized the defence of the village of Saint-Denis, where on 23 November 1837 he led a group of rebels in repelling a far larger force of professional British soldiers.
	canada.justice.gc.ca /en/ps/inter/juv_del_1852 (1872 words)

	Nelson, Robert on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Like his brother, he was a surgeon in the War of 1812, and with him he entered the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada in 1827 as a supporter of Louis Joseph Papineau.
		Although Robert Nelson took no active part in the rebellion of 1837, after its collapse he organized in the United States a band of adventurers with whom he invaded Canada in 1838, proclaiming it a republic and himself president of the provisional government.
		Robert Nelson, Chairman and CEO, and Larry Williams, President and COO, of Ballistic Recovery Systems Talk to The Wall Street Transcript.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/N/Nelson-R1.asp (490 words)

	Wolfred Nelson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He was the son of William Nelson, a commissariat officer in the British navy.
		After this disaster, the flight of Louis J. Papineau, the leader of the rebellion, and the approach of British troops, Dr. Nelson attempted to escape, but was arrested and kept in confinement until he was sentenced to imprisonment for life in the Bermudas.
		The house of lords having declared the transportation of Dr. Nelson and his companions illegal, he was permitted to leave the island, and came to the United States, 1 November, 1838.
	famousamericans.net /wolfrednelson (999 words)

	Rebel Leaders
		As a young man, Wolfred identified with the English-speaking elite of the colony, but he then became a convert to the patriote cause.
		After the events of 1837 he was exiled, but he returned in 1842 and resumed his political career, eventually becoming mayor of Montréal.
		Nelson and Côté led the rebel forces into Lower Canada on the night of November 3 and 4 and captured Napierville.
	www.edunetconnect.com /cat/rebellions/1837f08.html (2480 words)

	St-Denis, Battle of
		In mid-Nov 1837 the government of Lower Canada decided to send out the army against the PATRIOTES and issued orders for the arrest of their leaders.
		Gore's troops, having marched through the night in dreadful weather conditions, arrived at St-Denis on the morning of Nov 23 and attacked the rebels, who had dug themselves in at the far end of the village where the St-Germain house and Dr Nelson's distillery were to be found.
		The walls of the St-Germain house withstood the artillery attack and its occupants were well placed to fire from its windows on the exposed troops.
	thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007067 (209 words)

	The Patriotes Rebellion. Quebec 1837-1839 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		During the battles of 1837 the British forces’ battle-cry was “Remember Weir.” George Weir was a British officer who had been captured by the Patriots and was killed while trying to flee his captors.
		Wolfred Nelson, an Anglophone doctor and militant Patriot, whose brother Robert was to write the Canadian’s Declaration of Independence in 1838, was, was himself to be exiled to Bermuda for his role in the uprising.
		Wolfred Nelson, doctor of St Denis, currently confined in the prison of Montreal, after having duly sworn on the Holy Bible, declares and says:
	www.marxists.org /history/canada/quebec/patriotes-rebellion/nelson.htm (751 words)

	The 1837-38 Patriot War
		November 22: Montreal, Quebec - Charles Gore leaves Montreal for Sorel on the steamboat Saint George with 500 men; his plan is to meet up with Wetherall at St-Charles, and move with a combined force of 2,000 Waterloo veterans against the Patriotes in the Richelieu Valley.
		November 23: St-Denis, Quebec - Patriote leader Wolfred Nelson leads his followers in defeating Colonel Charles Gore and his 2,000 British troops at the battle of St-Denis.
		February 29: US Border - Nelson and the Patriots are forced to retreat on the other side of the frontier.
	english.republiquelibre.org /1837-38-patriot-war.html (2866 words)

	MARK ABLEY
		The face it shows is that of Wolfred Nelson, a doctor who commanded the Patriote forces at their only successful military skirmish, near St. Denis sur Richelieu.
		Wolfred Nelson was not a character in Falardeau's recent movie.
		All these men were among the radicals in the Patriote movement - in 1838, Robert Nelson even led its ragtag army and wrote a declaration of the Republic of Lower Canada (a classic case of wishful thinking).
	www.misterdann.com /canartgoodday.htm (995 words)

	AllRefer.com - Wolfred Nelson (Canadian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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		A brother of Robert Nelson, Wolfred served as a surgeon in the War of 1812.
		More articles from AllRefer Reference on Wolfred Nelson
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/Nelson-W.html (172 words)

	Dr. Wolfred NELSON Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Among the most distinguished associates of Louis J. Papineau, in the Canadian rebellion of 1837, which laid the foundation for Canada's present provincial and comparatively independent government, was Dr. Wolfred Nelson.
		Arrested and imprisoned and exiled to Bermuda, he made his escape and fled to the states, making his home in Plattsburgh, where his great skill as a surgeon and physician readily won for him a wide practice.
		His son, Dr. Horace Nelson was a distinguished surgeon and publisher of the Northern Lancet.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/ny/county/clinton/biographies/wolfred_nelson.html (220 words)

	Opinion Canada (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		One interesting historical fact is that this battle was led by the patriot Wolfred Nelson, a doctor of English origin married to a French Canadian, who, against the better judgement of his comrade Papineau, incited the population to violence with the declaration that "the time has come to melt our spoons into bullets."(2)
		Robert Nelson, Wolfred's brother, was among the exiled patriots working on the other side of the border to mount a rebel army, known as Les frères chasseurs, to lead an attack on Canada.
		While their plan was to raise popular support and swell their ranks along the way, the mobilization efforts only succeeded in the south of Montreal and the army was swiftly and crushingly defeated by 6,000 British soldiers led by the commander-in-chief of the British Regiment, John Colborne.
	www.opinion-canada.ca /en/articles/article_84.html (1386 words)

	Nelson, Willie - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
		Nelson, Willie, 1933-, American country singer, guitarist, and songwriter, b.
		Nelson returned to Texas in the 1970s and during that decade came into his own as a performer.
		Nelson had federal tax problems in the 1980s, but they were resolved by the 1990s, in part with revenues from The IRS Tapes (1991).
	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/search/search.php?word=NelsonWi (345 words)

	Articles - Lower Canada Rebellion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The actions of the rebels resulted in the declaration of martial law and a first armed conflict occurred in 1837 when the 26 members of the Patriote movement who had been charged with illegal activities chose to resist their arrest by the authorities under the direction of John Colborne.
		The movement for reform took shape in a period of economic disenfranchisement of the French-speaking majority and working class English speaking citizens.
		Papineau escaped to the United States, but the rebels set themselves up in the countryside, and, led by Wolfred Nelson defeated a British force at Saint-Denis on November 23.
	www.winacea.com /articles/Lower_Canada_Rebellion (969 words)

	The Patriotes Rebellion. Quebec 1837-1839 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Finally, on November 23, 1837 armed rebellion began, when Patriot troops led by Wolfred Nelson defeated British troops in the Richelieu valley town of Saint-Denis.
		Robert Nelson hadn’t yet given up, and on November 9, after a failed attempt to seize arms, he led a diminished force against militia troops in Odelltown.
		Seeing that defeat was inevitable, Nelson fled the scene for the US and, with this, the Patriotes Rebellion came to an end.
	www.marxists.org /history/canada/quebec/patriotes-rebellion/introduction.htm (824 words)

	Patriotes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The primarily francophone party, led mainly by members of the liberal professions and small-scale merchants, was widely supported by farmers, day-labourers and craftsmen.
		Its more distinguished leaders included Louis-Joseph PAPINEAU, Jean-Olivier Chénier and Wolfred Nelson.
		Though the Patriotes dominated the elected House of Assembly in LOWER CANADA, their adversaries, the merchant bourgeoisie, the aristocracy and the colonial administration, controlled the appointed Legislative Council, which held most of the power.
	thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0006139 (383 words)

	Chronology of Events
		Battle of Saint-Denis: The British commander, Gore, at the head of six companies of infantry and a detachment of artillery attacks the patriotes forces under Wolfred Nelson entrenched at Saint-Denis.
		Robert Nelson and Dr.Côté, commanding the patriote army, invade Lower Canada at Week's House and declare the independence of the colony.
		Nelson and the patriotes are forced to retreat back into the United States in the face of loyalist opposition.
	www.edunetconnect.com /cat/rebellions/1837f04.html (1450 words)

	Rebellion of 1837-39 in Canada (upper Canada) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Patriote faction led by Robert Nelson in Lower Canada/Quebec was clearly for it, though, but Papineau was more moderate.
		Here I disagree because even within those whom you call the radicals, like de Lorimier, the discourse was axed on freedom and independence for both Canadas and equality for French-Canadians, British, Irish and Indians.
		The rebellion flag on display in Fort Malden, Amherstburg, is rather different; this is a vertical blue-white-red tricolour, with two white stars and a white crescent moon arranged vertically in the blue stripe.
	www.flagspot.net /flags/ca-1837u.html (1001 words)

	114-117 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It would be foolish to deny the cultural conflict involved, but the rivals sought to conceal it.
		In the Richelieu Valley, the insurgents at St. Denis were commanded by Wolfred Nelson, an English-Canadian of Loyalist descent.
		The Montreal Rifles who marched with the government forces to St. Eustache were led by Pierre-Edouard Laclere They were suppressing a rebellion that excited more sympathy than support as its success could only have led to annexation to the United States.
	collections.ic.gc.ca /heirloom_series/volume1/chapter4/114-117.htm (1057 words)

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