clerk, to manager of the retail branches in Toronto and Hamilton, to head of the firm. In 1848 he briefly joined Thomson, Haggart and Company, which operated a general store on the Welland Canal. It was

leader in Victor Hugo’s Les misérables) in the weekly Palladium of Labor, the journal of the Knights of Labor in Hamilton [see Kate

Thompson*. Both he and Wright were heavily influenced by the producer ideology of Isaac Buchanan* of Hamilton. Indeed, Wright worked as a pro

in 1902, and he eased himself onto the boards of several more firms, among them Hamilton Electric Light and Power [see John Patterson

not bring lasting peace. Once the Kingston bank was chartered, Allan had informed William Hamilton

major competitors: Luther Demock Sawyer and P. T. Sawyer of Hamilton, Alanson Harris of Beamsville, Joseph Hall of Oshawa, Peter Patterson of Vaughan Township, William Henry Verity of Francistown

Dunn group’s lease expired in 1777 but, thanks in part to Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton*, they were able to retain the posts until 1786

skilful leadership for the conferences. His powerful addresses, published in the church’s Canada Christian Advocate (Hamilton, Ont.), and his visits to congregations encouraged his brethren to

succeeded. He returned to Quebec in June 1782 in the company of the new lieutenant governor, Henry Hamilton*, who became a valuable ally in

Christian Temperance Union, in whose Ottawa house he had been a lodger. She had been married to a Hamilton barrister, Daniel Black Chisholm, who had deserted her. Eventually she got a divorce in Illinois, and

on most issues against an opposition comprising Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton*, Allsopp, Hugh

Quebec. Within a few years rumours were circulating that the men in charge of the distribution, Robert Hamilton

and later that year he was made notary public. By 1839 he was advertising his partnership with James Hamilton in the firm of McMicken and Hamilton, “Forwarders and Commission Agents.” He operated the

another was given to the lieutenant governor of Quebec, Henry Hamilton*, as was a memorial signed by Pond and probably written by the Frobishers

Robert Hamilton, Thorpe characterized the administrations of Hunter, Grant, and Francis

message, addressing such bodies as the Provincial Board of Health, the National Council of Women of Canada, its Local Council in Hamilton, and the Michigan State Dental Association. As well, he published

Clark’s capture of Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton* at Vincennes (Ind.), Ainsse distributed thousands of pounds’ worth of Indian presents, and

one other engraving, usually of a literary subject, were Allanson’s responsibility. Proof impressions of these engravings, including views of Kingston, Hamilton, and Brockville, were “very much admired

Forbes Alloway immigrated to Hamilton, Upper Canada, with his family. There his father opened a veterinary surgery, a horseshoeing establishment, and a riding school. Less than two years later his father

. During the 1840s Armour and Ramsay were the leading booksellers in the Province of Canada, with branches in Kingston and Hamilton, and their business extended into the United States. They countered the

debate in April 1908, six months later, with an election pending, the government introduced a limited service between Hamilton and Ancaster and indicated its intention to extend delivery to other

Naskapi. His attempts to found a mission at Baie des Esquimaux (Hamilton Inlet) in 1853, 1855, and 1858 had ended in failure: he had been shipwrecked, had lost his supplies in the rapids, or had had guides

Hamilton’s departure in 1785, Aylwin was among the supporters who expressed satisfaction with the interest he had taken in commerce, and especially with his inauguration of trial by jury in

Babel was assigned the task of setting up a mission among the Naskapi at Baie des Esquimaux (Hamilton Inlet), some 1,250 miles from Quebec. This arm of the sea extends inland about 50 miles, and

Arthur Hamilton Gordon*, anxious to promote the development of the province’s resources, paid for him to carry out a mineralogical survey

Bayfield*], the building of the Rideau and Welland canals [see John By; William Hamilton

Walker Head* in 1848, and the next year he wrote to his old friend William Hamilton

 Feb. 1809 (copies at Canadian Baptist Arch., McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ont.); RG 1, E3,100: 186; L3, 32: B5/31–32, 54, 85, 92; RG 5, A1: 6514–15, 6523–24, 6528–30, 6569, 6613, 6615, 6617

late 1867 Elizabeth married Egerton Ryerson Young, with whom she had begun a childhood romance when his father served as minister of their church from 1853 to 1855. She joined her husband in Hamilton

McClary. One of his most notable moments as a crown counsel occurred in Hamilton in 1909 during the inquest into the murder of Ethel Caroline Kinrade, which aroused intense national coverage in

abolished in favour of a new, central statistical agency, with Robert Hamilton Coats

Company Limited in Hamilton, Ont., and eventually the two came to share a similar vision. Their plan was to bring the strongest and most successful regional drug wholesalers from across the country into one

certainly James Hamilton, a St Thomas merchant. Edward Ermatinger*, an early historian of the Talbot settlement, regarded Bostwick as an

returned to Quebec, and in October 1785 was among those who signed an address of departure to Lieutenant Governor Henry Hamilton*, praising his

Buchanan, Harris, and Company when the latter transferred its operations to Hamilton. Bowes soon acquired a reputation as an astute businessman, and his

, “Dates of historical interest,” in The grain industry in Canada. The diary of Alexander James McPhail, ed. H. A. Innis (Toronto, 1940). F. W. Hamilton, Service at cost: a history

Univ., William Ready Div. of Arch. and Research Coll. (Hamilton, Ont.), Macmillan Company of Canada fonds, box 77, file 11; box 78, files 1–3; production files. Lovat Dickson, The ante

future judge, Byron Moffatt Britton, and a granddaughter of politician Luther Hamilton Holton*. The couple travelled to Heidelberg, where

.” His continuing interest in education and in equality of opportunity was recognized again in 1854 when he was appointed, with John Hamilton

diaries, he was on botanical expeditions in 1866 at Ottawa, London, Belleville, Hamilton, Brockville, Chatham, and Newbury in Canada West, and at Montreal, Trois-Rivières, Rimouski, and Rivière-du-Loup in

parish, Scotland, son of John Brydan and Ann Cooper; m. 1866 Elizabeth Hamilton Dunsmuir, daughter of Robert Dunsmuir*, and they had two

from Governor Sir Charles Hamilton a new assignment concerning the Beothuks. A woman, Demasduwit*, had recently been captured by whites and it

over other emigration agents appointed by British authorities to such strategic locations as Montreal, Kingston, Toronto, and Hamilton. After 1848, however, he submitted his annual reports to the

, 1850-1906; an example of nineteenth century New Brunswick entrepreneurship” (ma thesis, Concordia Univ., Montreal, 1978). W. D. Hamilton, Dictionary of Miramichi

[Hamilton-Gordon] and Lady Aberdeen [Marjoribanks] on 16 Nov. 1895, Governor General Lord Minto [Elliot

. . . , ed. W. S. Reid and J. S. Moir (4v. to date, [Toronto; Hamilton, Ont.], 1975–?), 1: 53-66. [James Croil], A

Brown*]. Gore Gazette, and Ancaster, Hamilton, Dundas and Flamborough Advertiser (Ancaster, [Ont.]), 14 Feb. 1829. Observer (York), 1820–31. Sapper and Miner (York

, General financial and trade review of the city of Toronto for 1880 ([Toronto], 1881). Ross Hamilton, Prominent men of Canada, 1931-32 (Montreal, [1932?]). D. C. Masters, The rise of

, and Hamilton Inlet. From the stations he established he engaged with his servants and sharemen in the fisheries for cod, salmon, and seals, and the trade in furs. His ventures were undertaken in a

[Hamilton-Gordon*; Marjoribanks*] visited the Sarcee in 1895, Bull Head complained that his people were not being adequately paid for