As Chief Librarian of Parliament, he was not only a public servant, but a scholar. One of the founders of the Club des Dix, he was a contributor to several journals, including L'Opinion publique, La Revue canadienne, La Presse, La Minerve, La Nouvelle-France and Le Canada français.
As a biographer and historian, he wrote the history of the United States and also wrote about Louis-Joseph Papineau[3], Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine[4] and Wilfrid Laurier[5]. The quality of his writing was praised by Bishop Amédée Gosselin[6].
His Works
La Crise Du Régime Parlementaire, (1887)
Papineau - Extraits De Sa Correspondance Intime, (1891)
Les Hommes Du Jour - A B Routhier, (c1891) [with Louis-H Taché]
Les Hommes Du Jour - Sir Alexandre Lacoste, (c1892) [with Louis-H Taché]
Les Hommes Du Jour - L R Masson, (c1892) [with Louis-H Taché]
Les Etats Unis, (1896)
Papineau And Cartier, (1900)
Papineau, (1905)
La Fontaine, Cartier, (1907)
The 'Patriotes' Of '37:... The Lower Canada :Rebellion, (1916)
The Constitutions Of Canada, (1918)
Laurier Et Son Temps, (1920)
A La Conquête De La Liberté En France Et Au Canada
↑ GenealogieQuebec.com. Acte de Baptème à Montréal, le 1843-08-08. Naissance : 1843-08-08. Acte original : d1p_11700860.jpg. Naissance de Jean Baptiste Alfred Decelles, fils de Augustin Candide Decelles et Marie Sara Anne Holmes (https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/acte/4115170)
↑ GenealogieQuebec.com. Acte de mariage à St-Ours, le 1876-10-25. Acte original : d1p_20440523.jpg. Mariage entre Alfred Duclos Decelles, résident de Montréal, célibataire, d'âge majeur et Eugenie Panet Dorion, résidente de St-Ours, célibataire, d'âge majeur. Les parents de l'époux sont : Auguste Candide Duclos Decelles, décédé, et Sarah Anne Holmes, décédée. Les parents de l'épouse sont : Philippe Eugene Dorion, décédé et Marie Caroline Panet
(https://www.genealogiequebec.com/Membership/LAFRANCE/acte/4966112)
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