Canadian History Dictionary Bouchette Captain
(Lord Dorchester era) Conducts Carleton safely to Three Rivers,...
Mabane Adam 1734-1792 Born In Scotland Studied Medicine At
Edinburgh University; came to Canada, and practised his profess...
Foster Captain
(Lord Dorchester era) Captures American post at Cedars, 142; gi...
Coffin William Foster 1808-1878 Born In Bath England Came To
Quebec with his father, an army officer, 1813. Returned to Engl...
Wilmot Robert Duncan 1809-1891 Born At Fredericton New Brunswick
Member of the provincial Parliament, 1846-1861 and in 1865-1867...
Allen John Campbell
(Tilley era) Solicitor-general, New Brunswick, 1856, 41;
oppos...
Raikes Thomas
(Lord Sydenham era) His description of Poulett Thomson, 43.
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Mounted Police
See Royal North-West Mounted Police.
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Le Du
(John Graves Simcoe era) French priest, deported, 190.
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Berthier Alexandre 1638-1709 Born In France Came To Canada In
1665; and in 1666 commandant at Fort St. Jean, and led expediti...
Maillard Antoine Simon
Missionary to the Indians and French of
Acadia and Cape Breton...
La Chesnaye
See Aubert de la Chesnaye.
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Duplessis-mornay
See Mornay.
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German Troops
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Commanded by Riedesel, 114; not a...
Barnsfare Captain
(Lord Dorchester era) Commands battery at Pres de Ville, 127.
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Vaudreuil Philippe De Rigaud Marquis De
Came to Canada, 1687, in
command of eight hundred troops, and,...
Dennis John Stoughton 1820-1885 Born Near Toronto Educated At
Victoria College; commissioned as surveyor of public lands, 184...
Gondoin Nicolas
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit missionary at Miscou, 234.
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David Laurent Olivier 1840- Educated At St Therese College
studied law and called to the bar of Lower Canada, 1864. One of...
Halifax Award
The treaty of Washington having provided for a
commission, to ...
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Arthur Sir George 1784-1854 The Last Lieutenant-governor Of Upper
Canada, 1838-1841. The chief event of his tenure of office was the
suppression of the Upper Canadian Rebellion. Had been successively
governor of Honduras and Van Diemen's Land previous to his Canadian
appointment; and on leaving Canada appointed to the governorship of
Bombay. =Index=: (William Lyon Mackenzie era) Governor of Upper Canada, 435; disregards clemency
petitions, 435; learns of intended attack on Canada, 441; renews reward
for Mackenzie's capture, 445; proposes exchange of prisoners and
refugees, 463; United States refuses, 463. (General Brock era) Organizes military
gathering at Queenston Heights, 313. (Lord Sydenham era) Succeeds Sir F. B. Head, 109;
reactionary in his views, 109-110; his attitude towards responsible
government, 125-126; cautioned by colonial secretary, 127; instructed to
act in harmony with new governor-general, 144; meets him at Montreal,
153; explains his position and views, 156-161; receives governor-general
at Toronto, and hands over seal of province, 197. (Egerton Ryerson era) His efforts to
repel American attacks, 117; Ryerson disappointed in, 118; proposes
division of Clergy Reserves, 119. See Rebellion of 1837 (Upper
Canada). =Bib.=: Kingsford, History of Canada; Dent, Upper Canadian
Rebellion; Bradshaw, Self-Government in Canada; Read,
Lieutenant-Governors of Upper Canada.
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