Canadian literature for nearly a century. A bibliography published in 1895 attributed the book to Susanna Moodie. William Renwick
the murders near Clinton in 1911 of William Whyte, a miner, and Ah Wye, a woodcutter. Whyte, it was claimed, had been killed by Moses Paul. Taken into custody, he escaped and allegedly killed the
. With the withdrawal of George Logan in 1850, the Taskers became sole owners of Hunters and Company. Although young and inexperienced, Patrick Tasker became the new manager; for the first few years he
, with authority to distribute land, settle accounts, and recover debts on behalf of his employers. He was also to superintend Frederick Matthey, who was in charge of defence and public works, and William
Dawson* and Sir William Edmond Logan*. A tolerant, public-spirited man, he participated in and supported several institutions. He
for the Canadian Agricultural Journal in 1843, and for the Geological Survey of Canada, directed by William Edmond Logan*, in
4 Oct. 1853 Jane Logan Moffatt, and they had ten children; d. 3 Oct. 1901 in Dartmouth, N.S.
George Gordon Dustan was educated
GORMAN, CHARLES INGRAHAM, athlete, soldier, railway brakeman, and businessman; b. 6 July 1897 in Saint John, son of William
and the grain-elevator owners [see William Watson Ogilvie*]. Within little more than a year the organization had disappeared
Between the lights (Toronto, 1904), published by William Briggs. Her reputation was firmly established when
SCARTH, WILLIAM BAIN, businessman, politician, and office holder; b. 10 Nov. 1837 in Aberdeen, Scotland, second son of James
. . . (New York, 1869). Messages and letters of William Henry Harrison, ed. Logan Esarey (2v., Indianapolis, Ind., 1922). “Shabonee’s account of Tippecanoe,” ed. J. W. Whickar
in 1840 and for the extension in 1864 to Newfoundland of William Edmond Logan*’s geological survey by Alexander
his life. He then studied geology and surveying with Sir William Edmond Logan* for about two and a
and prose, as well as the medieval, biblical, and Celtic lore she absorbed from her favourite English poets: William Morris, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, and Fiona Macleod. “Two-Ears” and one of Pickthall’s
Barrett’s legal costs, preferring a court decision to the prospect of disallowing the law, which would have had political consequences. On 28 Oct. 1891 the Supreme Court under chief justice Sir William
by William Edmond Logan* at Montreal.
While still a resident of Saint John in 1841
courses to both Riel and his opponents as well as a significant calming force during the dispute. This view influenced others, most notably historian William Lewis
ROBERTSON, COLIN, fur trader, merchant, and politician; b. 27 July 1783 in Perth, Scotland, son of William Robertson, weaver