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Maquinna
(Sir James Douglas era) His relations with Captain Meares at Nootka, 27; keeps
armourer and sailmaker of the Boston in slavery four years, 37.
Map Of Turkey Point And Environs 1795 Done In The Surveyor-general's
Marcel Captain
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Malaspina
(Lord Dorchester era) In search for Strait of Anian, 26. ...
Malot Louis
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit, drowned, 200. ...
Mance Jeanne 1606-1673 Born At Nogent-le-roi Infected With The
prevailing enthusiasm for missionary work in Canada, and in 1640 journeyed to Rochelle, intending to embark for the New World. At Rochelle met Dauversiere and others interested in the project of a missionary settlement at Montreal, and determined to t...
Manchester
In England. =Index=: (Lord Sydenham era) Poulett Thomson elected for, 31; his free trade views find support in, 36; great dinner to Thomson in, 37. ...
Manet Jean
(Samuel de Champlain era) Interpreter, 144. ...
Manitoba
Area, 73,956 square miles. The province was created in 1870, the old Red River Settlement, founded by Lord Selkirk, forming the nucleus. The name is a contraction of the Cree word Manitowaban. La Verendrye and his sons were the first white men to set ...
Manson Donald
Engaged in the service of the Hudson's Bay Company, west of the Rocky Mountains. Led three brigades from the Columbia to Langley on the Fraser, 1848. Appointed a justice of the peace. =Index=: (Sir James Douglas era) At Fort McLoughlin, 117; establish...
Mantet Nicholas D'ailleboust Sieur De 1663-1709 In 1689 Defeated
the Iroquois at the Lake of the Two Mountains; and in 1690 led an expedition against Schenectady. Killed during an attack on Fort St. Anne, Hudson Bay. =Index=: (Count Frontenac era) One of the leaders of war party against Schenectady, 235. =Bib.=: Pa...
Map Of Major Pond's Discoveries 1785 Ms
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Map Of The Country Between The Great Lakes And The Mississippi April
11, 1777. MS. ...
Map Of Part Of Canada From Bay De La Val And Island Of Barnaby In The
River St. Lawrence to the Lakes Huron and Erie. For the use of H. M. Secretary of State, Quebec, Oct. I, 1790. Samuel Holland, Surveyor-General, John Collins, D.S.G. ...
Map Of Turkey Point And Environs 1795 Done In The Surveyor-general's
Office, Upper Canada, Oct. 12, 1795. D.W. Smith, Acting S. General. Coloured manuscript, showing the site of the town and barracks the Brock House Wharf, etc. A Map of Sandwich with the position and situation of the Lands of William Park and Meldrum a...
Maquinna
(Sir James Douglas era) His relations with Captain Meares at Nootka, 27; keeps armourer and sailmaker of the Boston in slavery four years, 37. ...
Marcel Captain
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Third aide-de-camp to Montcalm, 2; accompanies Montcalm on visit of inspection, 173; with Montcalm in his last hours, 219; informs Levis of Montcalm's death, 220; departure for France, 238. ...
Marcet Mrs
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Grand-niece of Haldimand, 343. ...
Marchand Etienne 1755-1793 Engaged In The Trade Between The West
Indies and North and South America. In 1790 sailed from Marseilles on a voyage of trade and exploration, in which he made careful surveys of the coast of Tierra del Fuego and Patagonia, visited the islands of Polynesia, sailed up the west coast of Ame...
Marchand Felix Gabriel 1832-1900 Born In St Johns Quebec
Educated at St. Hyacinthe College. Elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, 1867; provincial Secretary, 1878-1879; commissioner of crown lands, 1879; Speaker of the Assembly, 1887-1892; premier of Quebec, 1897. For many years proprietor and edit...
Marche Charles De
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit missionary at Miscou, 234. ...
Marcy William Learned 1786-1857 William Lyon Mackenzie Era Governor Of New York
declines to surrender Mackenzie, 414. =Bib.=: Cyc. Am. Biog. ...
Mariana
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit, book written by, ordered to be burnt, 153. ...
Marie
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) A storeship launched at Montreal, 244. ...
Marie Antoinette 1755-1793 Queen Of France Index : John Graves Simcoe Era Public
mourning in Upper Canada for death of, 193. ...
Marie De L'incarnation Marie Martin Nee Guyart 1599-1672
Born at Tours, France. Married early, and was left a widow after two years, with an only child. For twelve years devoted herself to his education; and then entered the Ursuline convent at Tours; in 1639 accompanied Madame de la Peltrie to Canada, and ...
Marion Nicholas
(Samuel de Champlain era) Captain of the Levrier, one of the two vessels of Champlain's first expedition to Quebec, 40. ...