Uniacke*. This appointment was part of an important shift in alignment in which a second Tory, Lewis Morris Wilkins*, became
Morris, Jones had begun to lay out the town plat of St Andrews and adjoining parcels of land along the bay and river system. During the fall of that year Colonel John
Governor Alexander Morris came “like a man” in August 1876 to negotiate Treaty no.6, which dealt with the rights
Morris*, a leading Catholic merchant. Cochrane described Scallan as “entitled to this distinction from the rank he holds in the Catholic Church . . . as from his private character, which is
member of the bench, Lewis Morris Wilkins, commented, “He is extremely industrious, persevering and
1834 Eliza Hoosse Morris in Halifax; d. 9 Dec. 1844 in Saint John.
Ezekiel Barlow was a Pennsylvania loyalist who settled in Parrtown
Morris, and others. Green’s son Benjamin, who had succeeded his father as provincial treasurer, placed many obstacles in the way of the auditors. At first he denied ever having seen any of the
federal nomination came in 1872, when the sitting member, Alexander Morris*, resigned to become chief justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench in
views of that body.” Certainly Lawson was reported to be outspoken and forthright. In 1812 he uttered “divers words, reflecting upon [Lewis Morris
Paul, Minn., 1942). Alexander Morris, The treaties of Canada with the Indians of Manitoba and the North-West Territories, including the negotiations on which they were based, and other information
Morris. Martin chaired the public meeting at St Mary’s, gave the main address in which he proudly announced his full conversion to the idea of representative government, and compiled the
, ed. E. P. Morris et al. (St John’s), 7 (1884–96). Nfld. Men (Mott), 7. Evening Telegram (St John’s), 28 April 1893. Morning Chronicle
his appointment of the Catholic radical, Patrick Morris*, to the council in 1840 in an effort to improve the Catholic position on that body. He
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Melvin Baker
AASJ, Edward Morris diary (mfm. copy at MHGA). BLHU, R. G. Dun & Co. credit ledger, Canada, 10: 27
(Offaly) County, he lost his parents when he was very young and was taken in, with his brother John and sister Ann, by a paternal uncle. After studying at a school run by a man named Morris, he entered
Trémaudan), 6 (1925): 222–36; “Letter of Louis Riel and Ambroise Lépine to Lieutenant-Governor Morris, January 3, 1873” (translated and edited by Trémaudan), 7 (1926): 137–60; and a review of
situation in various parts of the country. Thus early in the campaign he asked Alexander Morris*, administrator of Manitoba and the North-West
Morris* and his soldiers on a reconnaissance up the Bay of Fundy.
Governor Edward
members of the Wright family. Even in an age of nepotism their hold on the office, like that of Charles Morris* and his family on the same
, 1874). Dufferin-Carnarvon correspondence (de Kiewiet and Underhill). “Letter of Louis Riel and Ambroise Lépine to Lieutenant-Governor Morris, January 3, 1873,” trans. and ed. A.-H. de