"The McLoughlin Empire and Its Rulers reveals an amazing record of a lower Canada family of Scotch Protestant and Irish Catholic descent, which produced three remarkably astute and successful persons to guide the family destiny to a high point. Dr. John McLoughlin, trained as a physician, became the Chief Factor in the Columbia District of the Hudson's Bay Company, where he ruled a vast empire in the Northwest. Dr. David McLoughlin, his brother, also educated for a medical career, became a highly successful doctor in Paris, and personal physician to King Louis Philippe. Their sister, Marie Louise, as Sister St. Henry, found her success as the leading teacher and Mother Superior of the great Ursuline Monastery in Quebec, where she remained alert to the affairs of her family, educated her nieces, and aided in solving family problems. The story comes to light for the first time, through the discovery of a fascinating file of family correspondence, preserved by the Fraser family, relatives of the McLoughlins on their maternal side. It discloses a hitherto unknown side of the John McLoughlin saga - his personal finances, his children, his land holdings in the lower St. Lawrence River valley, and his prominent kin, both McLoughlin and Fraser. A carefully researched and well documented account is presented by Dr. Barker."--Publisher's description

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Family reunion at Mount Murray Dr. John McLoughlin Two Frasers - Malcolm and Dr. Simon Rulers of the McLoughlin domain - Dr. David and Marie Louise John McLoughlin - the son Eliza and David McLoughlin. Appendices: McLoughlin and Fraser Family Letters, 1796-1857 McLoughlin and Fraser family documents Dr. John McLoughlin's farms in Rivière-du-Loup Relics of Dr. John McLoughlin The manor house of Mount Murray Final disposition of the estate of Dr. John McLoughlin Two letters of Dr. John McLoughlin The Ker letters