Index : Count Frontenac Era In New France 56 Bishop Laval Era Beginning Of 119 Lord Dorchester Era Described
11; an obstacle to the transfer of land, 256; notaries favourable to,
257. (Lord Elgin era) Failure of La Fontaine-Baldwin ministry to settle question,
101-102; measure passed by Assembly, but defeated in Legislative
Council, 119-120; settlement postponed by Hincks-Morin government in
1853, 126; Cauchon offers amendment to address, expressing regret at
failure to settle question, 126-127; MacNab-Morin ministry pledged to
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settlement, 140; measure passed in 1854, 142; history of question,
171-188; originates in old feudal system, 171-174; introduced into
Canada by Richelieu, 175; description of system, 175-184; movement for
its abolition, 185-186; judicial investigation by a commission, 186-187;
terms of settlement, 187-188. (John Graves Simcoe era) Not satisfactory to English settlers,
1, 6. (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Commission appointed (1841) to consider question of
abolishing it, 99; pressing for settlement, 339; weakens Reform party in
Lower Canada, 349; history of, 349-351; court for adjustment of claims,
presided over by La Fontaine, 358. (Sir Georges E. Cartier era) John A. Macdonald votes against
settlement of, 32; Cartier works for, 32-115; the system described,
35-37. (Sir John A Macdonald era) A problem in Quebec, 14; abolition of, demanded in Quebec,
62; dealt with by MacNab-Morin ministry, 63; its abolition effected,
66-68. =Bib.=: Munro, Seigniorial System in Canada and Documents
Relating to Seigniorial Tenure; Munro, Droit de Banalite; Pieces et
Documents Relatifs a la Tenure Seigneuriale; Lower Canada Reports;
Seigniorial Questions; Dent, Last Forty Years. On the history of
individual seigniories, see Lalande, Une Vielle Seignieurie:
Boucherville; Mingan Seigniory: Documents in Appeal to Privy Council;
Roy, Seigneurie de Lauzon; Sellar, History of Huntingdon; Jodoin et
Vincent, Histoire de Longueuil.