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RARE FIRST EDITION SIGNED BOOK 1869 BY THE FATHER OF CANADIAN CONFEDERACY,
ASSASSINATED THE YEAR BEFORE, THOMAS D’ARCY MCGEE
KNOWN CIRCULATING COPIES: 2
FIRST EDITION OF THE POEMS OF THOMAS D’ARCY MCGEE, CANADA’S FATHER OF CONFEDERATION, PUBLISHED A YEAR AFTER HIS ASSASINATION, WITH PORTRAIT AND FACSIMILIE SIGNATURE AND DEDICATION- RARE HISTORICAL HARD COVER BOOK, CLOTH WITH GOLD EMBOSSING – 1869 FIRST EDITION Publisher: D & J Sadlier & Co, New York 612 pages long
Cloth blue cover Size: 8 by 5.5”
Condition: fair. foxing, fading to cover, loose binding.
BACKGROUND:
Canadian politics and assassination McGee was elected to the 1st Canadian Parliament in 1867 as a Conservative representing the riding of Montreal West. On April 7, 1868, D'Arcy McGee was assassinated in Ottawa, Ontario. His is one of only two political assassinations in Canadian history, and was the first murder in the newly formed Dominion of Canada's short history. The Government of Canada's Thomas D'Arcy McGee Building stands near the site of the assassination. Patrick J. Whelan, a Fenian sympathizer, was accused, tried, convicted, and hanged for the crime. Decades later, his guilt was questioned and many believe that he was falsely accused in order to be a scapegoat for the murder. His case is dramatized in the Canadian play, Blood On The Moon. The Canadian folk music group Tamarack song "The Hangman's Eyes" was inspired by Whelan.
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