Table of contents : Cover Contents Colour plates follow page Tables Acknowledgments McCord and Taschereau Family Trees Introduction PART ONE French and Ulster Scots Establishment 1 Marie-Claire Fleury de la Gorgendière (1708–1797) 2 John McCord (1711–1793) PART TWO Local Authority in the Beauce and Montreal 3 Gabriel-Elzéar Taschereau (1745–1809) 4 Thomas McCord (1750–1824) PART THREE Patricians 5 Jean-Thomas Taschereau Sr (1778–1832) 6 John Samuel McCord (1801–1865) PART FOUR Might and Just Memory 7 Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau (1820–1898) 8 David Ross McCord (1844–1930) Conclusion Notes Bibliography Illustration Credits Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y