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Warner Seth 1743-1784 Born In Roxbury Connecticut At The
outbreak of the American Revolution, joined the ranks of the patriots, and as second in command took part in the capture of Ticonderoga and Crown Point. In 1775 ordered to Canada to serve under General Montgomery. Present at the siege of St. John's, a...
Washington George 1732-1799 First President Of The United States
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Washington Treaty 1871 Dealt With The Alabama Claims Arbitration Of
the San Juan boundary; North Atlantic fisheries; navigation of certain rivers and canals and of Lake Michigan; system of bonded transit; exemption from duty of United States logs floated down the St. John River. An attempt was made by Sir John A. Macd...
Waterways
(George Brown Era) Improved as a result of British preference, 31; navigable rivers in North-West, 214-215; joint commission for improvement of, provided for in Reciprocity Treaty of 1854, 227. See also Canals; Rivers. ...
Watkin Sir Edwin William Bart
(1819-1901). Born in Manchester, England. Educated there. In 1845 secretary of the Trent Valley Railway, and at various times connected with the London and North-Western Railway, the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln Railway, Great Western Railway, ...
Watson Samuel James 1837-1881 Born In Ireland Educated At Belfast
Academy. Came to Canada and engaged in newspaper work, 1857. Appointed librarian of the Ontario Assembly, 1871. Died in Toronto. =Bib.=: Works: The Constitutional History of Canada; The Powers of Canadian Parliaments; The Peace-Killer or The Massacre ...
Watters Charles
(Tilley era) Defeated in St. John County, New Brunswick, 11; becomes solicitor-general, New Brunswick, 43; defeated in St. John, 84. ...
Waverley Abbey
(Lord Sydenham era) In Surrey, birthplace of Sydenham, 5. ...
Wayne Anthony 1745-1796 Born In Pennsylvania Sent In 1765 On The
recommendation of Benjamin Franklin, to Nova Scotia, as financial agent and land surveyor. One of the provincial deputies chosen in 1774 to consider the relations between the American colonies and Great Britain. In 1775 raised a regiment of troops, an...
Weatherbe Sir Robert Linton 1836- Born In Prince Edward Island
Educated at Prince of Wales's College, Charlottetown, and Acadia College, Wolfville. Edited the Acadian Recorder. Called to the bar, 1863; judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, 1878; chief-justice, 1905-1907; knighted, 1906. =Bib.=: Morgan, Can. ...
Webb Samuel Blatchley 1753-1807 Born In Connecticut Took Part In
the civil and military movements that preceded the Revolution in 1775. Commanded a company of Light Infantry in the battle of Bunker Hill. In 1776 appointed private secretary and aide-de-camp to Washington. In 1777 took part in the American expedition...
Webb's Regiment
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Formed part of reserve in battle of the Plains, 189. =Bib.=: Doughty, Siege of Quebec. ...
Wedderburn Lord
See Rosslyn. ...
Weir Lieutenant George
Came to Canada with the 32nd Regiment; served in the Rebellion of 1837 in Lower Canada; sent with despatches to the officer in command at Sorel; captured by Wolfred Nelson and sent prisoner to St. Charles; attempted to escape at St. Denis, and was ki...
Weldon John Wesley 1804-1885 For Many Years A Member Of The
Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick, and 1843-1851 Speaker of the House. In 1865 appointed a judge of the Supreme Court of New Brunswick, and held the position until his death, 1885. =Index=: (Wilmot era) Elected Speaker of New Brunswick Assembly, 6...
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