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Protestant Protective Association
(Sir John A Macdonald era) Carries on an anti-Roman
Catholic campaign, 289.
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Prince Of Wales Fort
At the mouth of the Churchill River, Hudson Bay. Built by the Hudson's Bay Company, between the years 1733 and 1771. It was of massive masonry, 37 to 42 feet thick; 310 feet long on the north and south sides, and 317 on the east and west; and is said ...
Prince Of Wales Island
On the north-west coast of North America. ...
Pringle Captain
(Lord Dorchester era) Commands flotilla on Lake Champlain, 154. ...
Prison Reform
(George Brown Era) Need of, in Upper Canada, shown by George Brown, 90; his strong interest in, 91-92. ...
Prisoners
(Lord Dorchester era) British, in America, 201; exchange of, after Revolutionary War, 207, 208; hardships suffered by Germans captured by Burgoyne, 208, 209; refuse service either as farm labourers or in American army, 210, 211; liberation and embarka...
Proclamation Of 1764
(Louis Joseph Papineau era) Attorney-general Yorke's opinion of, 11-13; Solicitor-general Wedderburne's views on, 14. ...
Proclamation Royal
(Lord Dorchester era) Following treaty of Paris, 7; its provisions, 7, 8. ...
Procter Henry A
(1787-1859). Born in Wales. Served in the army, and became colonel of his regiment. In 1812, being stationed in Canada, ordered by General Brock to prevent the landing of the American troops under General Hull at Amherstburg. This he successfully acco...
Programme Catholique
(Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Issued by Le Parti Catholique, 82; its terms, 82; disapproved of by Archbishop Taschereau, 82-83. ...
Prohibition
(Tilley era) Bill introduced by Tilley in New Brunswick, 34; difficulty with its enforcement, 35-39; causes defeat of government, 41; Act repealed, 41. See also Liquor question; Brandy question. ...
Protection
(George Brown Era) Beginnings of agitation for, in Canada, 231; opposed by George Brown, 232-233; at the bottom of objections to proposed Reciprocity Treaty of 1864, 232, 233; secret of its success in 1878, 241. (Sir Georges E. Cartier era) Cartier's ...
Protestant Protective Association
(Sir John A Macdonald era) Carries on an anti-Roman Catholic campaign, 289. ...
Protestants
(Lord Dorchester era) Feeling aroused among, in connection with Quebec Act, 69. (Samuel de Champlain era) Fanaticism of Huguenot agents, 86; had large share of trade, 110; proposed to exclude, 110. (Bishop Laval era) Protestantism proscribed in Canada...
Provencal
(Samuel de Champlain era) Uncle of Champlain, officer in Spanish naval service, 2. ...
Provincial Secretaries
(Lord Sydenham era) Duties assigned to, 331. ...
Prud'homme
(Wolfe / Montcalm era) Commands Montreal militia, 105. ...
Prussia
(Sir Frederick Haldimand era) Becomes a first-class power, 6. ...
Public Works
(Lord Sydenham era) Expenditure on, in Lower and Upper Canada, respectively, 317, 318; home government advances money for completion of, 320. ...
Puget Sound Agricultural Company
(Sir James Douglas era) Organized, 129; agricultural interests of Hudson's Bay Company handed over to, 129; its farms, 129-130; checkered career, 130; McLoughlin first manager, 130; disputes with United States, 130-131; claims settled by commission, 1...
Punshon William Morley 1824-1881 Born In England Engaged For A
time in the timber business with his father; joined the Methodists, 1838, and ordained a Wesleyan minister, 1845. Worked in London, 1858-1868, and in Canada, 1868-1873, when he returned to England. ...
Purchas Samuel 1575?-1626 A Graduate Of St John's College
Cambridge. Rector of St. Martin's, Ludgate, London, 1614-1626. Fell heir to a number of unpublished narratives left by Hakluyt, and edited them with many others, in his collections of voyages and travels. =Index=: (Samuel de Champlain era) Gives in hi...
Purchase Of Commissions
(Lord Dorchester era) In Loyalist corps, 217. ...