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1797 Quebec treason trial recounts McLane plot
The article details the 1797 high treason case against David McLane in Quebec. It outlines McLane's alleged conspiracy with French agents to invade and reclaim Canada, the key witnesses Elmer Cushing and John Black, and the legal proceedings from arraignment to trial, including digs into prior politics and Governor Prescott's actions.
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Lower Canada
Adet
United States
Canaan
Lisfa
Prevcott
England
Mary
France
House of Assembly
David McLane
Providence
Rhode Island
McLane
Montreal
Elmer Cushing
Green Mountain
Cushing
Stanstead
Herman Witzius Ryland
John Black
Quebec
Black
Oyer and Terminer
Jonathan Sewell
Pyke
Franklin
Persun
Jobo Blackwood
James Irvine
John Crawford
James Orkney
John Painter
James M. Goddard
William Barnard
Melave
McCord
Canada
French Republic
Phot
Laprairie
Wee
Mr. McLane
Philadelphia
Ori
Montres
Jonathen Sewell
Shipton