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Skinner Charles N
(Tilley era) Candidate in St. John County. New Brunswick,
85, 109.
Sketch Of Kingston Harbour With The Neck Reserved For A Town Lot With
Slafter E F
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Simpson Sir George 1792-1860 Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson Era His Influence 8 Sent To
Athabaska, 1820, 215, 231-232; his character and appearance, 215; his account of the Athabaska district, 216; his executive ability, 217-218; an autocrat, 226; love of pomp and show, 232; his voyage from York Factory to Fort Vancouver, 1828, 232; McDo...
Simpson Thomas 1808-1840 Born In Dingwall Scotland Educated At
University of Aberdeen. In 1829 appointed secretary to his cousin, Sir George Simpson, resident governor of the Hudson's Bay Company. With Peter Warren Dease, commanded an expedition to connect the discoveries on the Arctic coast of Sir John Ross and ...
Simultaneous Polling
(Lord Elgin era) Provided for by law in 1874, existed some years previously in Nova Scotia, 133. ...
Sinclair Colonel
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Lieutenant-governor at Michilimackinac, 158, 161, 163. ...
Sioux Indians
A western tribe, occupying the country between the west end of Lake Superior and the head waters of the Mississippi when French explorers and missionaries first went among them. Radisson and Chouart wintered among them in 1661-1662; they were visited ...
Sitka
Capital of Alaska. Baranof built a fort there in 1799, which he named Archangel Gabriel. It was captured by the natives in 1802, and recaptured by the Russians two years later. The same year, another fort was built near by, which was called Archangel ...
Six Friends
(Count Frontenac era) Flagship of Phipps, 281. ...
Six Nations
(Lord Dorchester era) Their grievances, 5. (John Graves Simcoe era) Lands allotted to, on Grand River, 74. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Too few in number to be important as allies, 126; their raid on Wyoming, 151; deputation to Quebec shown English fl...
Skelton Rev Thomas
(Lord Dorchester era) Step-father of Carleton, 29. ...
Sketch Of Kingston Harbour Showing The Grounds Reserved For The
purposes of Government for Public Works. Buildings, Naval Yard, etc. Quebec, Dec. 6, 1788. Gother Mann, Captain Commanding Royal Engineer. Coloured MS. ...
Sketch Of Kingston Harbour With The Neck Reserved For A Town Lot With
its Common, Quebec, Dec. 6, 1788. Gother Mann, Captain Commanding Royal Engineer. Original MS. Plan showing the ground opposite the Town of Kingston to be reserved for the Crown, on which no settlement is to be made. No buildings erected or Timber cut...
Skinner Charles N
(Tilley era) Candidate in St. John County. New Brunswick, 85, 109. ...
Slafter E F
(Samuel de Champlain era) His estimate of Champlain, 277-279. =Bib.=: Memoir on Champlain in Voyages of Champlain (Prince Society). Edited Voyages of Northmen to America (Prince Society); Sir William Alexander and American Colonization (Prince Society...
Slavery
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Census of, in Lower Canada, in 1784, 231; negroes advertised in Quebec, 246. (George Brown Era) George Brown's lifelong opposition to, xi, 1-2, 111-119; Anti-Slavery Society of Canada formed, 112, 113. (John Graves Simcoe ...
Small James E
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Defeated by Baldwin, 159; opposes Mackenzie, 214. ...
Small John E
(John Graves Simcoe era) Clerk of Executive Council, 178; his duel with John White, attorney-general, 181. (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Solicitor-general for Upper Canada, 134; Constitutional Society of Orillia recommends his dismissal, 167; e...
Smallpox
(Lord Dorchester era) Breaks out in army before Quebec, 120, 123. (Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Discussion on, in Quebec Gazette, 228-231. See also Vaccination. ...
Smith Adam 1723-1790 Political Economist Filled Successively The
chairs of logic and of moral philosophy at Glasgow. In 1766 published his great work, The Wealth of Nations. =Index=: (Lord Sydenham era) His economic views receive attention, 11. =Bib.=: Dict. Nat. Biog. ...
Smith Colonel
(John Graves Simcoe era) Commands 5th Regiment, his residence at Niagara, 179. ...
Smith Goldwin 1823-1910 Born In Reading England Educated At Eton
and Oxford; elected a fellow of University College, London, 1846; regius professor of modern history at Oxford, 1858-1866; honorary professor of English and constitutional history at Cornell, 1868-1871. Came to Canada, 1871; and thereafter made his ho...
Smith H W
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Smith James 1808-1868 Born In Montreal Studied Law And Called To
the bar of Lower Canada, 1830. Elected to the Legislature for Missisquoi, 1844. Appointed attorney-general the same year and held office until 1847, when he was appointed to the Court of Queen's Bench, Lower Canada; puisne judge of the Superior Court,...