(Samuel de Champlain era) English vessel seized by French, 221.
(1818-1868). (Tilley era) Solicitor-general, New Brunswick, 32-33; member of Fisher ministry, postmaster-general, 43; attorney-general, delegate to Quebec Conference, 77; elected f...
An academy opened at Windsor, Nova Scotia, 1788. The following year an Act passed for "the permanent establishment and effectual support of a college at Windsor," and L400 per annu...
Entered the army as ensign, 1727; captain, 1742; and major, 1747. Accompanied Warburton's Infantry to Nova Scotia, and engaged in the French wars at Cobequid, 1749-1750; brigadier-...
called to the bar, and practised in Halifax, 1849. In 1860 appointed solicitor-general; from 1847 to 1867 member of the Legislative Council; and served as chairman of the Board of...
Franklin, 192, 213. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog.
At Montreal, over the St. Lawrence. Built by Robert Stephenson, for the Grand Trunk Railway, 1854-1859, at a total cost of $6,300,000. Opened by the Prince of Wales (afterwards Kin...
Appointed missionary to the Abnaki Indians on the St. John River, 1845. Authorized agent of the government at Quebec for the purpose of destroying British supremacy in Acadia. Assi...
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) His report on state of affairs at Boston, 95.
(Count Frontenac era) Cure of Montreal, disapproves of Abbe Fenelon's sermon, 95.
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Seventh report of, 26; Mackenzie obtains committee, 263; matters referred to, 269; committee's report, 270-277; reply of Lord Glenelg, 280; Head's inst...
(John Graves Simcoe era) Son of Governor Simcoe, killed in storming of Badajoz, 179, 222.
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Describes scene at General Hospital, 223.
Seaport of France. =Index=: (Samuel de Champlain era) Merchants of, demand freedom of commerce in the St. Lawrence, 123. (Bishop Laval era) Jurisdiction of bishop of, over New Fran...
Windsor; studied law under James W. Johnstone, and called to the bar, 1882. One of the leaders of the Baptist Church in Nova Scotia; entered the ministry; and became the principal...
(Count Frontenac era) Member of Sovereign Council, 106; arrested by Frontenac, 139. (Bishop Laval era) Member of Sovereign Council, 158, 166; imprisoned, 167.
Canada, 1845. Chief engineer of the Intercolonial Railway; and of the Canadian Pacific Railway; chancellor of Queen's University since 1880; president of the Royal Society of Canad...
the army, 1831, and served for twenty-one years, retiring 1852. Returning to Prince Edward Island, elected to the provincial Legislature, and became premier in 1863. The following...
See Marie de l'Incarnation.
One of leaders of the Liberal party in Lower Canada, 50.
of the members for Montreal; elected to Legislative Council, 1862; resigned, 1863, and returned to the Assembly as member for Chateauguay, which he represented to the time of his d...
Opposite Quebec. =Index=: (Wolfe / Montcalm era) Skirmishing on, 102.
(General Brock era) Issued by Napoleon in 1808, 110; disastrous effects of, 110-111; 171, 172. =Bib.=: Dict. Eng. Hist.
(Louis Joseph Papineau era) Name assumed by popular party in Lower Canada--particularly the followers of Papineau, 40, 68; Neilson checks the more violent among them, 46; vacillati...
(Tilley era) His proposal to build railways in New Brunswick, 25, 27.
(Lord Dorchester era) Breaks out in army before Quebec, 120, 123. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Discussion on, in Quebec Gazette, 228-231. See also Vaccination.
(Wilmot era) Supports the governor of New Brunswick, 46. (Tilley era) Attorney-general and leader of government, 19; introduces railway resolutions, 26, 53. =Bib.=: Hannay, History...
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Dangerous situation of, 4.
(Sir James Douglas era) Hudson's Bay Company post, built on Fraser River in 1821, 98.
See Prince of Wales Fort.