Canadian History Dictionary Bib : Morgan Can Men
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University Endowment
(Sir John A Macdonald era) Scheme opposed by Strachan, 28-29.
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Hodgins John George 1821- Born In Dublin Came To Canada 1833
Educated at Upper Canada Academy, Victoria College, and Toronto...
Wages
(John Graves Simcoe era) Rate of, 113.
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Index : Lord Dorchester Era Canadians Petition For Its Restoration To Canada Bib :
Cartwright, Sixteen Years on the Coast of Labrador; Hind,
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Ourouehate
See Big Mouth.
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Goyer Olivier
(Count Frontenac era) Recollet, preaches funeral sermon on Fron...
Thompson David 1770-1857 Born In The Parish Of St John's
Westminster, England. Educated at the Gray Coat School; and ent...
American Revolution
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Traced to battle of the Plains, 205. (Ti...
Pennsylvania
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Election Laws
(Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Bill introduced, 99; rejec...
Erie Indians
A large tribe, of Iroquois stock, inhabiting in the
seventeent...
Minto Gilbert John Murray Kynynmond Elliot Earl 1847- Educated
at Eton and Cambridge, and entered the army, 1867. Served with ...
Chittenden Thomas 1730-1797 First Governor Of Vermont 1778-1797
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Paterson General
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) His report on state of affairs at...
Vaillant
(Count Frontenac era) Jesuit father, sent as negotiator to Alba...
German Troops
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Commanded by Riedesel, 114; not a...
Lansdowne Henry Charles Keith Petty-fitzmaurice Fifth Marquis Of
Born in 1845. Educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford; suc...
Navy Hall
(John Graves Simcoe era) Simcoe's residence at Niagara, 99, 180...
Bib : Hannay History Of New Brunswick
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Hennepin Louis
Born in Ath, Belgium, about 1640. Entered order of
Recollets. Sailed for Quebec, 1675. Stationed at Fort Frontenac, 1676.
Accompanied La Salle to the West, 1678. From Fort Crevecoeur (Peoria,
Ill.), in 1680, descended the Illinois and explored the upper waters of
the Mississippi. Captured by the Sioux and carried to their country.
After eight months, rescued by Du Lhut (q.v.), passed the winter at
Michilimackinac, and returned to Quebec, 1682. Apparently satisfied with
his adventures in the wilderness, returned to Europe, and settled in
Holland, where devoted himself to the preparation of a series of
narratives of his explorations, real and imaginary. Died there about
1706. =Bib.=: Works: Description de la Louisiane, etc.; Nouvelle
Decouverte, etc.; Nouveau Voyage, etc. For biog., and bibliog.
details of Hennepin's works, see Thwaites's edition of the New
Discovery, 1903. See also Parkman, La Salle.
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