Hincks-Morin ministry, 113; elevated to the bench, 126; first chief-justice of Supreme Court of Canada, 128. =Bib.=: Dent, Can. Por.
admiral. (Sir James Douglas era) Explores North-West Coast in 1788, 25. =Bib.=: Voyage autour du Monde; Marcel, Vie de La Perouse.
by him at Quebec, 140.
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Publisher of first books printed in Canada, 276; founder of Montreal Gazette, 276; publishes scurrilous sheet in French, and is arrested, 277. (John G...
India. Educated at Eton. Resident of Delhi, 1811-1820; in 1820-1827 resident of Hyderabad; and member of the Supreme Council of India, 1827. Provisional governor-general, 1835-1836...
(Louis Joseph Papineau era) Drafted by Morin--embodied the grievances of Papineau and his followers, 85; inspired by Papineau, 85-86; their intemperate language, 89-93; real grieva...
of Jesus, and in 1636 came to Canada as a missionary to the Indians. For a few years worked among the Hurons, and in 1640 sent on a mission to the Iroquois. In 1650 appointed super...
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Ex-Jesuit, his erratic habits, 48, 49; a friend of Du Calvet, 290.
(Count Frontenac era) Recollet, on bad examples shown by colonists to Indians, 14. (Bishop Laval era) Missionary labours of, 3. (Samuel de Champlain era) Recollet friar, 139; sails...
(Lord Dorchester era) Engineer, his work on the fortifications of Quebec, 117.
England. Educated at Winchester and the Military College, Farnham. In 1803 joined the regiment of Nova Scotia Fencibles formed by his father, General Sir Fred A. Wetherall. During...
mission to England, to oppose union of Canadas, 45. =Bib.=: Cyc. Am. Biog.; Christie, History of Lower Canada.
XIII, in 1643. =Index=: (Count Frontenac era) His war with Holland, 148; absolutism of his rule 151-153; desires to have permanent curacies (cures fixes) established in Canada, 164...
1840; engaged in farming. Government emigration agent for Scotland, 1862. Collected edition of his Poems published, 1900. =Bib.=: MacMurchy, Canadian Literature.
parents to Canada in 1801, and engaged in business in Montreal; served in the militia in the War of 1812, and in 1816 settled in Perth. Member for Lanark in the Upper Canada Assemb...
See Hampton.
with his parents, 1847. In 1858 called to the bar; in 1871 a bencher of the Law society; and in 1872 made a Q. C. In 1876 elected to Parliament for Cardwell, as a Conservative, but...
during their struggles against the British colonists. In 1746 he and his Indians assisted the French at Detroit in an attack by northern tribes, and in 1755 he led the Ottawas when...
Leads across an elbow of the Peace River, in the mountains, about long. 122 deg., to avoid a series of dangerous rapids. First used by Alexander Mackenzie in 1793, on his expeditio...
purposes of Government for Public Works. Buildings, Naval Yard, etc. Quebec, Dec. 6, 1788. Gother Mann, Captain Commanding Royal Engineer. Coloured MS.
born, 1790, 3; in lumber business, 4; dies, 1870, 4.
Educated at Laval University; studied law and called to the bar of Lower Canada, 1863. A member of the Legislative Council of Quebec, 1882; and in 1884 called to the Senate; appoin...
Cambridge, 1774, and became fellow, 1779. After holding several livings, appointed castor prebendary of Lincoln cathedral, 1788. Through the friendship of William Pitt, appointed i...
Ontario. Educated at the University of Toronto. In 1868 called to the bar of Ontario, and appointed an examiner and a lecturer on equity of the Law Society. In 1882 entered the Dom...
Born in Ireland. Entered the army; came to Prince Edward Island in 1770 as first governor of the colony. It was then known as the Island of St. John. Patterson, who was one the lar...
(Lord Sydenham era) Provided fund for carrying on colonial government, 83. =Bib.=: Houston, Constitutional Documents of Canada.
After the battle of Ste. Foy, April 20, 1760, Murray retreated within the walls of Quebec, and Levis laid siege to the town. The defences were in a feeble state, but Murray strengt...
(Lord Sydenham era) Question of, in Britain, 25, 28, 32.
(Sir James Douglas era) In charge of Fort Camosun (Victoria), 1843, 180; his death, 1844, 181.
public schools. In 1818 became a Wesleyan preacher, and active for many years in the establishment of missionary and other institutions of the Methodist-Episcopal Church. In 1854 s...