Coulon de Villiers] ushered in the Seven Years’ War in America, Pepperrell’s regiment was restored to the army list as the 51st; but for Sir William the war was an anticlimax. Although
going to be called ‘Life’s Envelope.’ N.B. & P.S. This is a nawful double entendre. The cover design will have black crêpe-de-chine undies on it
., 1835); a French version appeared as Relation du second voyage fait à la recherche d’ un passage au nord-ouest, par sir John Ross . . . et de sa résidence dans les régions arctiques
, publishing a topographical description of the province and annotating for private distribution an English translation of a work by François-Alexandre-Frédéric de
Neilson*. In 1792 he had named Spark editor of the Quebec Magazine/Le Magasin de Québec. Moreover, on Neilson’s death in January 1793, Spark, whom Neilson had appointed guardian of his
in the navigator. After the discovery of the next and most important version, in the Library of Count Giulio de Cèllere, Rome, in 1909 (now in the Pierpont Morgan Library), all suspicions were finally
June 1803 when he joined the Coldstream Foot Guards. On 25 July 1810 he became a colonel and an aide-de-camp to the king and on 4 June 1813 a major-general. He served as the assistant
Rossignol, “Histoire documentaire de Hull, 17921900” (thèse de phd, univ. d’Ottawa, 1941). B. S. Elliott, ‘“The famous township of Hull’: image and aspirations of a pioneer
selling £50,000 worth of bonds to the Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice in Montreal and to the British American Land Company. He also removed the contract for construction of the line from the American firm of
, for which the Roman Catholic Church, led by Bishop Armand-François-Marie de Charbonnel
*, who was in Kingston between May and September 1813. Hagerman’s rise in local and provincial society dates from that period. He carried dispatches for Major-General Francis de
instructions. Beyond the placing at Quebec, Trois-Rivières, and Montreal in 1768 of Anglican clergy whose native tongue was French and the granting to them of government stipends [see David-François de
after some scandals and was dismissed by Lieutenant Governor Sir Henri-Gustave Joly* de Lotbinière. The same day, 1
Board’s funding to De La Salle College and St Joseph’s College [see Mary Ann
, provincial minister of mines from 1930 to 1934. One anecdote recalled that he was swift to issue a “bawling out.” However, another source described him as full of “joie de vivre” and an
Lefebvre de Bellefeuille, a leading Ultramontane and friend of Bishop Ignace Bourget, was secretary in several of
(Toronto, 1967). G. P. de T. Glazebrook, Sir Charles Bagot in Canada: a study in British colonial government (Oxford, Eng., 1929). Monet, Last cannon shot. Paul Knaplund
Gowan*, under the nom de plume of John Gape, conducted witty and vindictive propaganda, depicted him as “a fourth branch of government,” more powerful than the lieutenant governor, and as the
, Barker had 22 victories. As commander of its C Flight, he would be credited with another 16. In May 1918 Barker received the French Croix de Guerre. He was promoted temporary major in July
Univ., Kingston, Ont., 1996). Canadian Bible Soc., N.S. auxiliary, Report (Halifax), 1906, 1912, 1916, 1919. R. E. de Gannes, “‘Better suited to deal with women and children’: pioneer
the outward voyage, and even before that disaster occurred Pierre de Troyes* had led a party overland from Montreal to capture the company’s
22, ser.131; ser.155. HPL, Barton Township, census and assessment rolls, 1816–19, 1835–42. MTRL, Laurent Quetton de St George papers. PAC, RG 1, E1; L3; RG 5, A1; RG 8,I (C ser.); RG
, 23 (1918): 199–204; “Walks and talks with Wilfred Campbell,” Ontario Library Rev., 3 (August 1918–May 1919): 30–31; “Twentieth century librarianship,” Canadian Bookman (Sainte-Anne-de
The symmetry of Scripture (New York, 1896; copy in ACC, General Synod Arch., Toronto).
Arch. Deschâtelets, Oblats de Marie-Immaculée
de Sola*], delivered lectures, and made the acquaintance of the community’s leaders and members of the Yiddish literary circle. Visits to Toronto, Ottawa, Niagara Falls, and Kingston followed
in the years afterwards, including their work in the collection of Canadian art displayed at the British empire exhibitions in Wembley (London), England, in 1924 and 1925, and at the Musée du Jeu-de
Collège de Saint-Boniface, who regarded the expansion of the university’s role as an attack on the Catholic Church’s autonomy in higher education, resisted. Although the university act was amended in 1892
pastor and some parishioners and probably because of a disagreement over politics with MacKinnon. He was appointed rector of Notre-Dame de l’Assomption Cathedral and also became vicar general of the
of the Tower and Sword from the king of Portugal, and a knighthood on 28 April 1814. On 4 June 1814 he became a brevet colonel in the British army and was made an aide-de-camp to the Prince
the governor, whom he later served as aide-de-camp and with whom he was to be associated until Carleton’s departure from the province in 1803.
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town of Magliano de Marsi in 1838 and took his vows as a Franciscan friar minor on 21 July the following year. After studying theology at convents in Raiano and Scanno, he was ordained priest on 19
Company, and the Rio de Janeiro Tramway, Light and Power Company [see Frederick Stark Pearson
Vallières* de Saint-Réal, he tried again in Hampshire, but withdrew before the close of the poll in a bitter contest won by Charles Langevin of the Canadian party with the assistance of François
’Arsac* de Ternay’s capture of St John’s, Newfoundland, with two ships of the line, a frigate, two ships en flute and 570 men. Colvill detained ships as they arrived at Halifax so
Joly* de Lotbinière, and Thomas Chase Casgrain* among others. Mourned by Presbyterians as an educator, pastor, and national leader
exhibited in its actual condition . . . , ed. J. R. Beard (London, 1846) ; 83–87; “L’hospitalité de l’esprit,” Institut canadien, Annuaire (Montréal, 1867), 9–14; and “The
, where he assisted with research and administration. He enthusiastically participated in the station’s investigative expeditions to the Îles de la Madeleine and elsewhere on the east coast, displaying a
. Hathaway, “How Canadian novelists are using Canadian opportunities,” Canadian Bookman (Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Que.), 1 (1919), [no.31]: 18–22; “Isabella Valancy Crawford,” Canadian Magazine
two fine landscapes of the Hudson.
By mid 1779 Davies was back at Woolwich and in 1780, as Amherst’s aide-de-camp, he made charming drawings of ladies
Le Mercier noted in his Relation (JR (Thwaites), XLI, 87) that it had been in existence de tout temps, “from the earliest times.” But the date of the founding is a
, 1888).
PAC, MG 29, D60; MG 30, D37. [H.-R.] Casgrain, “Les quarante dernières années: le Canada depuis l’union de 1841, par John
31, C1, 1871, 1881, 1901, Tuscarora Township, Ont. St John Fisher College, Lavery Library (Rochester, N.Y.), G. P. Decker papers. Ville de Genève, Suisse, Dép. municipal des affaires
service. He attended the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich (London), a school in Bonn (Germany), and the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in France, but in 1858 he joined Michael Cavan and Company in
-Marie de Charbonnel* and the rest of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in campaigning for an improved system of separate schools
Macdonald*] in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, which would revolutionize Protestant teacher training in Quebec.
Perhaps Dougall’s favourite cause was that of
and literature. After further study at the Grand Séminaire de Montréal, he was ordained at St Mary’s Cathedral in Hamilton on 7 Aug
Lichtenstein* Johnston’s Recollections of a Georgia loyalist (New York and London, 1901); Acadian ballads and De Soto’s last dream (New York, 1905); Poems of the Christian
Chartier* de Lotbinière the seigneury of Villechauve, commonly known as Beauharnois, which measured 324 square miles. Ellice evidently intended to retire there eventually, but in the mean time, through a
–Carnarvon correspondence, 1874–1878, ed. C. W. de Kiewiet and F. H. Underhill (Toronto, 1955). Daily Colonist (Victoria), 10, 13 Feb. 1874; 27 Jan., 22 Feb., 2, 12
. Charles received his education at the Anglican King’s College in Windsor and the Roman Catholic Séminaire de Québec. Returning to Halifax, he studied law under Simon Bradstreet