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Detroit And Erie
Fort de Detroit et ses Environs, 1768. MS. Plan of a sketch of the Grand River and the Soundings. Plan of a sketch from Fort Erie along the North Shore of Lake Erie round Long Point to where it joins the main Land with the Soundings, W. Chewett, Niaga...
Devil's Hole
(General Brock era) Near Fort Niagara, massacre of British troops at, 55. ...
Devos Frederick
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Great-nephew of Haldimand, 312. ...
Dewart Edward Hartley 1828-1903 Born In Ireland Came To Canada
with his parents at age of six. Educated at local schools and at the Toronto Normal School. Taught school for a time; entered the ministry of the Methodist Church, 1851; editor of The Christian Guardian, 1869-1894. =Bib.=: Works: Selections from Canad...
Dewdney Edgar 1835- Born In Devonshire England Came To British
Columbia, 1859. Had charge of survey of site of New Westminster, and other engineering works. First elected to provincial Legislature, 1869; returned to Dominion House, 1872. Appointed Indian commissioner for North-West Territories, 1879; and lieutena...
Dickey Robert Barry 1811-1903 Born In Amherst Nova Scotia
Studied law, and called to the bar of Nova Scotia, and of New Brunswick, 1834. Sat in Legislative Council, Nova Scotia, 1858-1867. Appointed to the Senate, 1867. Took an active part in the negotiations leading up to the building of the Intercolonial R...
Dickson Walter Hamilton 1806-1884 Born In Niagara Called To The
bar of Upper Canada, 1830. Served during the Rebellion of 1837 as a cavalry officer. Represented Niagara in the Assembly, 1841-1851; sat in the Legislative Council of Canada, 1855-1867; appointed to the Dominion Senate, 1867. ...
Dieskau Jean Armand Baron De 1701-1777 Of German Descent Served
with distinction under Marshal Saxe. When it was made known to the court at Versailles that the British had sent two regiments to America under Braddock, the French decided to fit out an expedition on a larger scale, and six regiments embarked for Can...
Digby Robert 1732-1815 Commanded The Dunkirk At Quiberon Bay
1759; second in command in Rodney's expedition for relief of Gibraltar, 1779; commander-in-chief in North America, 1781. =Index=: (Lord Dorchester era) Appointed to chief naval command in America, 194. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog. ...
Disney Captain
(Lord Dorchester era) Accused in connection with Walker affair, 36; tried and acquitted, 38. ...
Dissenters
(John Graves Simcoe era) Preponderance of, in Upper Canada, 159, 160. See also Presbyterian; Methodist. ...
District Courts
(Lord Sydenham era) Establishment of in Lower Canada, 255. ...
Doak
(Wilmot era) Proprietor of Loyalist newspaper, arrested and released, 75. ...
Dobson
(General Brock era) Brock's faithful servant, 11. ...
Dodd E M
(Joseph Howe era) Solicitor-general and member of Executive and Legislative Councils, Nova Scotia--makes statement as to ministerial responsibility, 76; attempts to reconcile Joseph Howe and his colleagues to the appointment of W. B. Almon to the Exec...
Dollard Des Ormeaux Adam
A young officer of the garrison at Montreal, who saved Montreal and the colony from probable destruction by the Iroquois, in 1660. With sixteen companions and a few Indian allies, he intercepted the Iroquois at the Long Sault Rapids, on the Ottawa, an...
Dollebeau Father
(Samuel de Champlain era) In charge of mission at Miscou, 235; death of, 235. ...
Dollier De Casson Francis 1636-1701 Born In Basse Bretagne Served
with distinction as a cavalry officer under Turenne. Came to Montreal and joined the Sulpicians in 1666. In 1669-1670 carried out with Galinee an important exploration of the Great Lakes. Became superior of the Seminary of Montreal, and later vicar-ge...
Dolu
(Samuel de Champlain era) Grand almoner of France, intendant, 129; his instructions to Champlain, 132. =Bib.=: Biggar, Early Trading Companies of New France; Douglas, Old France in the New World. ...
Domergue Lieutenant
(Count Frontenac era) Killed at Laprairie, 313. ...
Don De Dieu
(Samuel de Champlain era) Name of vessel in which Champlain sailed for Quebec in 1608, 39; also one of vessels of Company of New France, 245. ...
Dongan Thomas Earl Of Limerick 1634-1715 Colonial Governor Of New
York. Sent to America as governor, 1682. Resigned, 1688. Became Earl of Limerick, 1698. =Index=: (Count Frontenac era) Governor of New York, correspondence with La Barre, 182; policy with Iroquois, 183; correspondence with Denonville, 199-200; claims ...