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Newspaper published at Toronto. =Index=: (George Brown Era) Radical journal,
founded after Liberal victory of 1874, 235.
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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... Levis Gaston-francois Chevalier De 1720-1787 Entered French Army
in 1735; named second in command to Montcalm, 1756; sailed for Canada the same year. On the death of Montcalm at Quebec, succeeded to the command of the French forces, and won the battle of Ste. Foy, 1760. After the capitulation, returned to France, a... Levis Heights Of
Opposite Quebec. =Index=: (Wolfe / Montcalm era) Skirmishing on, 102. ... Lewis John
(Tilley era) Confederation candidate, elected in Albert County, New Brunswick, 89, 107. ... Lewis Meriwether 1774-1809 And Clark William 1770-1838
American explorers. Sent by the United States Government, in 1803, to find an overland route to the Pacific by way of the Missouri. They ascended the Missouri in 1804, to the Mandan villages; wintered there; continued their journey in 1805, crossed th... Lexington
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Skirmish at, 103. ... Liard River
A tributary of the Mackenzie; rises in the Yukon district, south-west of Frances Lake, about lat. 61 deg., long. 131 deg. Its length is about 550 miles. Explored by McLeod in 1834, and by Campbell in 1840. The Upper Liard is known only by Indian repor... Libel
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Mackenzie's bill on, 163. ... Liberal
Newspaper published at Toronto. =Index=: (George Brown Era) Radical journal, founded after Liberal victory of 1874, 235. ... Liberal Party
(George Brown Era) Growth of, 209; overthrows Sir John A. Macdonald's government, and Ontario coalition government, 209-210. See Reform Party. ... Libraries
The first public library in Canada was the Quebec library, founded in 1779 largely through the efforts of Haldimand. After many vicissitudes, the library was absorbed by the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. The first college library was that... Licorne
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Frigate in which Montcalm embarked at Brest, 12. ... Lieutenant-governor
(William Lyon Mackenzie era) Office of, Durham's view of power of, 56, 57; surroundings of, in 1838, 61; position in both Upper and Lower Canada, 62. ... Lieutenants
(John Graves Simcoe era) Intended to be analogous to lords-lieutenant in England, appointed by Governor Simcoe for the principal counties in Upper Canada, 197; measure not approved by secretary of state, 197; appointments not continued by later govern... Ligneris
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Force gathered by, and Aubry, dispersed, 146. ... Lincoln Abraham 1809-1865 Fourteenth President Of The United
States. =Index=: (George Brown Era) Believed by George Brown to be favourable to renewal of Reciprocity Treaty, 192. =Bib.=: For biog. sketch, and bibliog. of lives, see Cyc. Am. Biog.; Larned, Lit. Am. Hist. ... Lincoln Benjamin 1733-1810 American General Index : John Graves Simcoe Era United
States commissioner, entertained by Simcoe at Navy Hall, 184, 229. ... Lindsay W B
(Lord Sydenham era) Made clerk of Legislative Assembly, 334. ... Lindsay William
(Tilley era) Elected for the county of Carleton, New Brunswick, 89, 107. ... Linschot
(Samuel de Champlain era) His definition of the territory of New France, 211. ...