. Macdonald* (whom he described as “a fine-looking man”). An Anglican, he also made connections with Canon William Henry Cooper, who the next year took over the Church of England mission in Kamloops, B.C

time of Brooking’s death a St John’s man, Frederick Joseph Wyatt, held a number of shares as the “Newfoundland partner.” Expensive litigation between the two sons, however, resulted in the

young man, and entered business as a merchant in Boston. From at least 1772 he was the agent, first in Boston, then in Halifax, for the London merchants Robert Grant and William Brymer, who held the navy

river, construct improvements, maintain booms and slides, and transport supplies and passengers. Shrewd, steady, cautious, and successful, he was considered a man of excellent character, and he enjoyed a

, undertaken after the official end of the war. McDouall recommended that Cadotte be retained in the “peace establishment” of the Indian Department and described the interpreter as a young man “of education

think him well suited to the ecclesiastical state, considering him as frivolous as he was brilliant. Admittedly he was a talented young man, dignified in his bearing and movements, tactful and discreet in

Cartwright was born into an old landed family which had risen to prominence in the 16th century and was now in straitened circumstances. The father was a man of modest but distinct originality within his

that he received an education. In the Seven Years’ War the young man served with Burke’s Rangers. Ingenious, determined, and physically fit though Chamberlain undoubtedly was, no one could have done all

, & when at work in the woods might shoot enough to serve his family without loss of time – in short any man could live much more comfortable there, than in England.” Although Clark’s optimism about the

. Once again, the practice of law apparently did not satisfy this tireless man. During a visit to Europe in 1880, Chicoyne made contact with a group of prominent citizens of Nantes, in France, who agreed

*’s Busy Man’s Magazine (Toronto) and other periodicals. The disillusionment Chipman had experienced while teaching in the North-West Territories would influence his views about educating the

from the expedition at Jack River House (Man.) in July, Clarke was chosen as his replacement by HBC officers Thomas Thomas* and James

Juneau*, and he would hold this position until 30 June 1891, teaching all subjects, including English, vocabulary, and pedagogy. His qualities as a man of culture, a good teacher, and an innovator

heart of New York City, which he rented out. Basically a kindly man, whose quick temper blew itself out equally quickly, he assumed responsibility for

. A dynamic, forceful man, he worked quickly to remake the settlement. Like other missionaries of the time, he believed that traditional native ways had to be eradicated in favour of western

properties apparently made Crowe a much wealthier man, but his ability to enjoy his good fortune was hampered by long-standing ill health. In 1927 he suffered a paralytic stroke and sought help at the Battle

had five children; d. 17 June 1790 at Miramichi, New Brunswick. As a young man, John Godsman was engaged in the salmon fishery in

that devotion, Canon Antonio Locatelli, with whom he had struck up a friendship during his stay in Rome. The Recollets had begun to arouse interest in the holy man of Padua among the Catholics of New

hoped to secure “to every man who claims it the untrammelled right of choice to ‘the philosophy and means of health.’” As Toronto was temporarily the

historian J. M. Bumsted has observed, “that rara avis in colonial North America, a scrupulously honest man.” With the cooperation of