Canadian History Dictionary Wilkinson
(Lord Dorchester era) Aide-de-camp to Benedict Arnold, describe...
Head Sir Edmund Walker 1805-1868 Fellow Of Merton College Oxford
1830-1837; lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 1847; governor...
Joint High Commission British-american 1898-1899 Met In Quebec
Aug. 23, 1898, and again in Washington, Nov. 10. The meetings c...
Sewell Jonathan 1766-1839 Born At Cambridge Mass Educated At
Bristol, England. In 1785 studied law in New Brunswick under Wa...
Index : Sir John A Macdonald Era Secretary Of State For Foreign Affairs 332 His Speech At
unveiling of bust of Macdonald in St. Paul's Cathedral, 332-333...
Grave Jeanne
(Samuel de Champlain era) Daughter of Dupont-Grave, 47.
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Cornwallis Charles First Marquis 1738-1805 Served In American
Revolutionary War; won victory at Camden over Gates, 1780, and ...
Rouvier
(Samuel de Champlain era) Clerk, goes to France, 121; returns w...
Sutherland
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) British frigate, with five other vessels...
Otis Charles Pomeroy
(Samuel de Champlain era) Translator of Champlain's Voyages, 27...
Ryerson Colonel Joseph
(Egerton Ryerson era) Father of Egerton Ryerson, a United
Empi...
Ville Marie
(Bishop Laval era) Name given by Sulpicians to Montreal, 85; in...
Languedoc
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Battalion of regular troops, 29, 105, 11...
Charton Francois
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit, 152; returns to France, 208.
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Fort Frontenac
(Count Frontenac era) Erected at Cataraqui, 83; conceded to La ...
Whelan Edward 1824-1867 Born In County Mayo Ireland Emigrated To
Nova Scotia, and employed in the office of the Nova Scotian, un...
Morrison Thomas David
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Defends Joseph Hume, 263; aids
Ma...
Pennsylvania
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Independent temper of the colony,...
Index : Sir Frederick Haldimand Era Marches Against Fort Niagara 25 Death Of 26 Bib :
Dict. Nat. Biog.; Bradley, The Fight with France; Parkman, Mont...
Index : Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks Era Associated With La Fontaine In Constitutional Agitation In
Lower Canada, 49; commissionership of crown lands promised 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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