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BORDEN, Sir ROBERT LAIRD
MANCE, JEANNE
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POPE, WILLIAM HENRY
HENSON, JOSIAH
BOURGEOYS, MARGUERITE, dite du Saint-Sacrement
BELANEY, ARCHIBALD STANSFELD, known as Grey Owl and Wa-sha-quon-asin
CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, RENÉ-ROBERT
SIMCOE, JOHN GRAVES
WOLFE, JAMES
LESCARBOT, MARC
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New Biographies and Minor Corrections
Minor Correction ABBOTT, WILSON RUFFIN
Minor Correction AVENEAU, CLAUDE
Minor Correction BOUDREAU, CÉCILE (Pitre; Pellerin)
Minor Correction AGRAIN, JEAN-ANTOINE D’, Comte d’Agrain
Minor Correction DURAND, JAMES
Minor Correction AMEAU, Saint-Séverin, SÉVERIN
Minor Correction BUISSON, EDWIGE (Hedwige, Hedwidge), named Saint-Joseph
New Biography BÉÏQUE, FRÉDÉRIC-LIGORI (baptized Frédéric-Liguory Beic)
Minor Correction ALLARD DE SAINTE-MARIE, JEAN-JOSEPH D’