Dr. John Rolph -- physician, lawyer and rebel.

The exercise of accumulating and studying material on the life of John has much in common with the subject itself: it is eventful and filled with frustrations. Unlike the extensive literature concerning his contemporary, William Lyon Mackenzie, information on Rolph is scattered as short tidbits in various books and papers and is often conflicting and enigmatic, as was the man. This is surprising, for Rolph outstanding politician, physi¬ lawyer was