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Ligneris
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Force gathered by, and Aubry, dispersed, 146.
Lieutenants
Lincoln Abraham 1809-1865 Fourteenth President Of The United
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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. ...
Lippincott Captain
(Lord Dorchester era) Hangs Joshua Huddy, 198. ...
Liquor Question
(George Brown Era) Agitated by Brown and the Globe, 75; the Canada Company and cheap whiskey, 75; the movement in and out of Parliament, 75-76. See also Brandy question; Stills; Cas reserve. ...
Lisgar John Young Baron 1807-1876 Born At Bombay Entered
Parliament in 1831; became lord of treasury in 1841, and secretary of the treasury, 1844-1846; chief secretary for Ireland, 1852-1855; and lord high commissioner of the Ionian Islands, 1855-1859. In 1861 sent to New South Wales as governor-general. Se...
Literary And Historical Society Of Quebec
(Louis Joseph Papineau era) Founded by Lord Dalhousie, 41. =Bib.=: See list of publications, from 1829, in Lit. Am. Hist.; also Wurtele, List of Lectures, Papers, etc., 1829-1891. ...
Little Belt
(General Brock era) British corvette, fired on by United States frigate President, 173. ...