form the government, and he, Macdonald, and their colleagues, by shifting portfolios and adroitly relying on an ingenious interpretation of the relevant act (20 Vict., c.17), avoided the necessity

. The published works of Peter Jones are extensive; only a representative selection is provided below. Additional titles and editions are listed in the National union catalog and in J. C

could not refinance an issue of maturing provincial bonds without a federal guarantee of the interest payments. When C. A. Dunning suggested some federal supervision of provincial finances in return

administrator; b. c. 1767 in Inverness-shire, Scotland, son of John McDonell of Scothouse; m. three times and he had at least two sons and four daughters; d. 28 June 1828 in

the intention of selling them at a profit to the CPR or another prospective transcontinental. The presence on the Toronto Railway board of W. C. Van

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first choice for leader, E. H. Armstrong, then commissioner of public works and mines, indicated his preference for appointment to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. J. C. Tory, the minister next in

–11; CO 267/83, 267/94, 267/98; CO 324/81; FO 54/1. USPG, C/CAN/NB, 5: 91; Journal of SPG, 45. Thomas Boteler, Narrative of a voyage of discovery to Africa and Arabia, performed in his majesty’s

., 1965). Copies of Pond’s maps are in BL, Add mss 15332: c, d, e; PRO, CO 700, America North and South no.49

before confederation, with intro. by P. B. Waite (Toronto, 1966), 198. D. C. Harvey, “Dishing the Reformers,” RSCT, 3rd ser., XXV (1931), sect.ii, 37–44, gives an account of the

play: the emergence of organized sport, 1807–1914 (Toronto, 1987). J. E. Middleton, The municipality of Toronto: a history (3v., Toronto and New York, 1923). C. P. Mulvany

Montréal, 1974). R. A. C. Fox, Quebec and related silver at the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, 1978). J. E. Langdon, Canadian silversmiths, 1700–1900 (Toronto, 1966).

histoire des femmes au Québec ([Montréal], 2012). C. L. Cleverdon, The woman suffrage movement in Canada, intro. Ramsay Cook (2nd ed., Toronto, 1974). Maryse

, 1929). R. T. Riley, “Draining the marsh,” When the west was bourne: a history of Westbourne and district, 1860 to 1985 (Westbourne, Man., 1985). C. E. Sanford

. de l’archevêché de Saint-Boniface (Saint-Boniface, Man.), Cathédrale, reg. des mariages, 11 sept. 1867. Man., Legislative Library (Winnipeg), Vert. file, J. C. Schultz. NA, MG 26, A

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.B. K. F. C. MacNaughton, The development of the theory and practice of education in New Brunswick, 1784–1900: a study in historical background, ed. A. G. Bailey

(Morgan; 1912). Sandra Gwyn, The private capital: ambition and love in the age of Macdonald and Laurier (Toronto, 1984). R. C. Macleod, The NWMP and law enforcement, 1873–1905

-20 Aug. 1879. Globe, 12 Sept. 1883. Times (London), 1 Dec. 1921. Michael Bliss, Northern enterprise: five centuries of Canadian business (Toronto, 1987). C

[I am indebted to Dr Brian C. Cuthbertson for his assistance in unravelling the sequence of events in the militia conflict and for his comments on the relationship between Tonge and Wentworth