O'callaghan Edmund Bailey 1797-1880 Born In Ireland In 1823


emigrated to Canada, and practised medicine at Quebec. Edited the

Vindicator, 1834. Elected to the Assembly of Lower Canada, 1836, as a

supporter of Papineau. Having been involved in the Rebellion of 1837,

after its collapse he retired to New York, and for many years employed

in editing the records of the state at Albany. =Index=: (Louis Joseph Papineau era) Edits the

Vindicator, 86; elected through Papineau's influence in Richelieu

County, 86; advocates annexation, 97; ridiculed by Quebec Mercury,

122; charged with high treason, 128; extent of his responsibility for

the Rebellion, 143; a born conspirator, 145; calls the Rebellion a

spontaneous explosion, 145; blames Gosford, 146; his letter to Garneau,

145-149. (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Flies the country, after collapse of Rebellion, 49.



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