Canadian History Dictionary St Vincent John Jervis Earl Of 1735-1823 British Admiral Served
at Quebec in 1759; defeated Spanish fleet off Cape St. Vincent,...
Tonquin
An American vessel, which brought out the Astorians from New
Y...
Hunter Captain Of
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Obtains information as to movements of F...
Langoissieux Pierre
(Samuel de Champlain era) Recollet, assumes monastic habit, 149...
Rupert Prince 1619-1683 Third Son Of The Elector Palatine
Frederick V, and Elizabeth, daughter of James I of England. Ser...
Sunday
(John Graves Simcoe era) Little observed in Simcoe's time, so f...
Holland
(John Graves Simcoe era) Surveyor-general, Upper Canada, 178.
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Nipissing Indians
A tribe of the widespread Algonquian family,
occupying the upp...
Fort Kamloops Fort Thompson Sir James Douglas Era Hudson's Bay Company Post Built
in 1813, 98.
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Breadalbane John Campbell Second Marquis Of 1796-1862 Represented
Okehampton in Parliament, 1820-1826, and Perthshire, 1832. =Ind...
Minchin George
(Wilmot era) Appointed to New Brunswick Council, 69.
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Gannentaha
(Bishop Laval era) Mission at, miraculously escapes massacre, 6...
Gregory William
The first chief-justice of the province of Quebec.
His commiss...
Le Marchant Sir John Gaspard 1803-1874 Joseph Howe Era Becomes Governor Of
Nova Scotia, 1852, 143; his connection with the Foreign Enlistm...
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Bryce James 1838- Born In Belfast Educated At The Universities
of Glasgow and Cambridge. Entered Parliament in 1880. In 1886
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Bib : Bancroft History Of The North-west Coast
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Dumas Major
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Commands night expedition to destroy Bri...
Abbott Sir John Joseph Caldwell 1821-1893 Educated At Mcgill
University; studied law and called to the bar of Lower Canada, ...
Davies Sir Louis Henry 1845- Born In Prince Edward Island
Educated at Prince of Wales College; studied law and called to ...
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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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