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Leonard Samuel
(Tilley era) English schoolmaster, 5.
Lemoyne Simon
Leopard And Chesapeake
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Legendre Lucas
(Samuel de Champlain era) Purchases supplies for De Monts's second expedition to Quebec, 56. ...
Legislative Assembly
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Composition of, under Constitutional Act, 53; Goldwin Smith on, 54; irritation between, and Executive Council, 54, 55; Lord Durham on, 56, 58, 59, 60; true principle of government, 61, 63. (John Graves Simcoe era) First of...
Legislative Council
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Created by Constitutional Act, 52; Lord Durham criticizes and suggests revision, 57; attitude of Lower Canada Reformers to, 69; rejects three hundred and twenty-five bills in eight years, 73; Sir John Colborne on, 268; col...
Legislative Union
(Sir John A Macdonald era) Strongly favoured by Macdonald; opposed by Maritime Provinces and Lower Canada, 107-109, 245. ...
Leisler Jacob
(Count Frontenac era) Seizes government of New York, 266. ...
Lelievre S
(Lord Elgin era) Commissioner under Seigniorial Tenure law, 186. ...
Lemaire
(Bishop Laval era) Servant in the Seminary, Laval's account of, 250. ...
Lemaistre Simon
(Samuel de Champlain era) Director of Company of New France, 170. ...
Lemaitre
(Bishop Laval era) Sulpician, comes out in St. Andre, 31; his attentions to those suffering from the plague, 32; dies a martyr, 91. ...
Lemoyne Mme Jacques
(Bishop Laval era) Land bought from, for church at Montreal, 88. ...
Lemoyne Simon
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit, professor in College of Rouen, 207. ...
Leonard Samuel
(Tilley era) English schoolmaster, 5. ...
Leopard And Chesapeake
(General Brock era) Affair of, 82-86. ...
Leroux Laurent 1758-1855 Western Fur Trader Index : Mackenzie / Selkirk / Simpson Era Builds
post on Great Slave Lake, 18; sends Sutherland and the "English Chief" to northern tribes, 18; with Mackenzie at Chipewyan, 33; Mackenzie's return, 48; post on Great Slave Lake, 49; sent to Beaver Indians, 49. ...
Lesage Marguerite
(Samuel de Champlain era) Wife of Nicolas Rivert, 146. ...
Lescarbot Marc
Born at Vervins, near Laon, France, about 1570. Studied law and called to the bar in 1599. The previous year delivered two Latin orations before the papal legate sent by Clement VIII to arrange the terms of the treaty of Vervins. Through Poutrincourt ...
Leslie Alexander 1740?-1794 British General Index : Lord Dorchester Era In
command at Charleston, S. C., 197; embarks his force with large number of refugees, 204; joins Carleton at New York, 205. ...
Leslie James
(Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Victim of election frauds in 1841--elected for Vercheres, 1842, 116; president of Executive Council, 1848, 284; a radical, 284; given seat in Legislative Council, 285; at farewell banquet to La Fontaine, 354. =Bib....
Leslie James 1802-1885 Born In Dundee Scotland Came To Canada
1820, settling first at Kingston, and afterwards at Toronto. A member of the first city council of Toronto. Arrested and imprisoned in connection with the Rebellion of 1837. Purchased the Examiner, 1844, and conducted it for ten years. One of the foun...
Lesseps Ferdinand De 1805-1894 Eminent French Engineer Index :
(Samuel de Champlain era) Undertakes Panama Canal, 6. =Bib.=: Chambers, Biog. Dict. ...
Lestrees Abbey Of
(Bishop Laval era) Bestowed by king on diocese of Quebec, 136. ...
Letellier De St Just Luc 1820-1881 Born At Riviere Ouelle
Quebec. Called to the Senate for the division of Grandville, 1867; a member of the ministry, 1873; and in 1876 appointed lieutenant-governor of Quebec; dismissed from office, 1879. =Index=: (Sir John A Macdonald era) Appointed lieutenant-governor of Q...