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Non-importation Act
(General Brock era) Passed by Congress, 84.
Nomenclature
Nootka Affair
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Nicholson Sir Francis 1660-1728 Born In England Entered The Army
1678; lieutenant-governor of the colonies north of Chesapeake Bay, 1686-1689; and lieutenant-governor of Virginia, 1690-1694. Governor of Maryland, 1694; and of Virginia, 1698-1705. From 1705 to 1713 engaged in military operations against the French i...
Nicolas Deny's Map With Designs Attached Of Charnier En Forme
depressoir"; "Charnier en barrique"; "Les Brouettes"; "Timbre a laver la Morue"; Edifice de l'eschaffaut, complet hormis la couvertur d'un voile; Plan de l'eschaffaut, planchaye" et "Plan de l'eschaffaut portant la Terre"; MS. copy of map in the Louvr...
Nicolet Jean 1598-1642 Born At Cherbourg Normandy Came To
Canada, 1618, and the same year sent to the Algonquians of Allumette Island, on the Ottawa, to learn their language. Remained with the tribe two years; and afterwards spent eight or nine years with the Nipissings, gaining so much of their confidence t...
Ninety-two Resolutions
(Louis Joseph Papineau era) Drafted by Morin--embodied the grievances of Papineau and his followers, 85; inspired by Papineau, 85-86; their intemperate language, 89-93; real grievances set forth, 94-96; voiced complaints and indignation of the people,...
Nipigon Lake
Discovered by Charles de Greysolon, Sieur de La Tourette, brother of Du Lhut, about 1678. Built several trading-posts on or near the lake, between 1678 and 1686. La Verendrye had charge of these forts in 1727-1728, and acquired there much of the infor...
Nipisiguit
(Samuel de Champlain era) Jesuit mission at, 235. ...
Nipissing Indians
A tribe of the widespread Algonquian family, occupying the upper waters of the Ottawa River, and the country about Lake Nipissing. First mentioned and described by Champlain, who calls them the Nebecerini. The name also appears, in ever-varying form, ...
Nipissing Lake
Named after the Algonquian tribe of the same name. Discovered by the Recollet missionary Le Caron in 1615, on his way to the country of the Hurons. Traversed by Champlain the same year. Constant references are made to the lake in the early journals of...
Nipissirini
See Nipissing. ...
Noble Colonel Arthur
A Massachusetts officer, sent by Governor Shirley in 1746 to oppose Ramesay in Acadia. Occupied Grand Pre without opposition, Ramesay having retreated to Chignecto. In February of the following year a party of Canadians and Indians under Coulon de Vil...
Nomenclature
(Sir James Douglas era) Of Pacific coast, largely due to Vancouver, 34, 36; Spanish, 36. =Bib.=: Walbran, British Columbia Coast Names. ...
Non-importation Act
(General Brock era) Passed by Congress, 84. ...
Nootka Affair
(Sir James Douglas era) Origin of the dispute, 26; history of, 26-35; Martinez claims Nootka by right of discovery, 28; Martinez seizes Iphigenie and North-West America, 28; held by Spaniards until 1795, 29; restored to British, 31; terms of treaty, 3...
Nootka Sound
On west coast of Vancouver Island. Discovered and named by Captain James Cook in 1778. Prior discovery in 1774 claimed by Spaniards, but not established. They built a fort there in 1789, and remained in possession until 1795, when the district was tak...
Normanby Constantine Henry Phipps Marquis Of 1797-1863 Entered
Parliament, 1818; appointed governor of Jamaica, 1832; entered the Cabinet as lord of the privy seal, 1834; lord lieutenant of Ireland, 1835; secretary of war and the colonies, 1839; home secretary, 1839-1841; ambassador at Paris, 1846-1852; minister ...
Normandy
(Bishop Laval era) Many of colonists natives of, 116. ...
Norquay John 1841-1889 Born In St Andrews Manitoba After The
suppression of the Riel Rebellion, elected to the Assembly of Manitoba, and entered the ministry as minister of public works. Defeated for election to the House of Commons, 1872. Resigned from the ministry, 1874, but became provincial secretary, 1875;...
North America From The French Of M D'anville Improved With The
English Surveys made since the Peace. London. Printed for Robt. Sayer and J. Bennett, Map and Print Sellers, No. 53, Fleet Street, June 10, 1775. Print from Plate. North American Atlas. ...
North American
Newspaper published at Toronto. =Index.=: (George Brown Era) The organ of the Clear Grits, edited by Macdougall, 40; absorbed by the Globe, 74; publishes personal attack on George Brown, editor apologizes, 93. (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Radi...
North American Colonial Association
(Lord Sydenham era) On appointment of Poulett Thomson (Sydenham), 132. ...
North American Fur Company
(Sir James Douglas era) Succeeds Pacific Fur Company, 134; Astor at head of, 134. See also Astor; Pacific Fur Company. ...
North Lord Frederick
See Guilford. ...