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(Tilley era) Provincial secretary in Smith ministry, New
Bruns...
Bowes Colonel
(General Brock era) Of the 6th Regiment, assumes command on dea...
Separate Schools North-west Territories
(George Brown Era) Provision for, opposed
by George Brown--he ...
Clermont College Of
(Bishop Laval era) Laval studies at, 21.
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Assembly
See House of Assembly.
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Pacific Fur Company
Organized by John Jacob Astor in 1810. Sometimes
known as the ...
Duquesne De Menneville Michel Ange Marquis De
Appointed governor of
New France 1752, in succession to La Jon...
Ohio River
One of the largest tributaries of the Mississippi,
discovered ...
Stuart Andrew
(Lord Sydenham era) Member of Constitutional Association, 112. ...
Courtemanche De
(Count Frontenac era) Sent to Michilimackinac, 310. (Wolfe / Mo...
Bib : Dollier De Casson Histoire Du Montreal 1640-1672 Morin Le
vieux Montreal; McLennan, Anciens Montrealais ("Canada Francais...
Young Sir William A G
(1827-1885). Secretary to the North American
Boundary Commissi...
Jefferson Thomas 1743-1826 Third President Of The United States
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Strathcona And Mount Royal Donald Alexander Smith Baron 1820-
Born in Archieston, Morayshire, Scotland. Entered the service o...
Montmorency Mathieu
(Bishop Laval era) Ancestor of Laval, 17.
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Kingsford William 1819-1898 Came To Canada From England In 1837
Qualified as a civil engineer in Montreal, and practised his pr...
Denison George Taylor 1839- Police Magistrate At Toronto Since
1877. Commanded Governor-General's Bodyguard in Fenian Raid, 18...
Notre Dame De La Recouvrance
First parish church of Quebec; built by
Champlain, 1633, and e...
Zollverein
(Sir John A Macdonald era) Proposed by Butterworth in United St...
Chittenden Thomas 1730-1797 First Governor Of Vermont 1778-1797
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Abercrombie James
Entered the army, and obtained a captaincy in the
42nd or 1st Battalion of Royal Highlanders, 1756. Appointed aide-de-camp
to Major-General Amherst, 1759, with whom he made the campaigns in
Canada of that and the following year. Appointed major of the 78th or
2nd Highland Battalion, 1760, and, in September following, employed by
General Amherst in communicating to the Marquis de Vaudreuil the
conditions preparatory to the surrender of Montreal, and in obtaining
his signature to them. The 78th Regiment having been disbanded in 1763,
retired on half-pay. Again entered active service, 1770, as
lieutenant-colonel of the 22nd Regiment, then serving in America under
the command of Lieutenant-General Gage; killed in the battle of Bunker
Hill, June 17, 1775. =Bib.=: Doughty, Siege of Quebec.
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