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Bliss, Jonathan (1742-1822)
Born in Springfield, Mass. Educated at Harvard University. A member of the General Court of Massa- chusetts, 1768. Proscribed in 1778. Emigrated to New Brunswick in 1783. In 1785 elected a member of the provincial Legislature and appointed ...
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Lettre de Ofifnjbi Hijnofz à Sir George Arthur, Lieutenant-Gouverneur du HAUT-CANADA (Toronto, 9 mai 1838)
Information having been received that some Noble Patriot has made a glorious assa[u]lt uppon [sic] the Ignoble person of Sir George Arthur the Governor of Upper Canada with no other loss than that of the life of the latter, (It is to be fea...
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20 mai 2000
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Baffin, William
Born in London about 1584. Made a voyage of discovery to Greenland in 1612. Three years later sailed as pilot of the Discovery in search of the North-West Passage, traced the coast of Hudson Strait and the western side of Fox Channel as fa...
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19 jan 02
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Black, John (1818 - 1882)
Born in Scotland. Emigrated to America with his parents and studied for a time at Delaware Academy at Delhi, New York. Came to Canada and completed his theological course at Knox College, Toronto. Ordained to the ministry of the Presbyte...
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19 jan 02
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Bell, Alexander Graham- (1847-1922)
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Educated at Edinburgh University and London University; came to Canada in 1870. Professor of physiology in Boston University, 1872. Patented his invention of the telephone, 1876; and also invented the photophon...
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19 jan 02
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Allen, Ethan (1737 - 1789)
A resourseful but not over scrupulous Vermonter, leader of a guerilla corps, the Green Mountain Boys. Captured Ticonderoga and Crown Point, May 1775, and seized St Johns. In September he made a demonstration against Montreal, was captured...
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19 jan 02
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Charles Duncombe (1792-1867)
Principal chef rebelle de l'ouest du HAUT-CANADA, il naquit en 1794 au Connecticut et obtint son permis d'exercer la médecine en 1819. Il s'installa ensuite dans le HAUT-CANADA et exerça la médecine à Talbot Settlement pendant six ans. En 1...
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20 mai 2000
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James Buchanan (b in Cove Gap, Franklin, Pennsylvania 23 Apr 1791, d near Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1 Jun 1868)
Elected five times to the House of Representatives; then, after an interlude as Minister to Russia (1832), served for a decade in the Senate. He became Polk's Secretary of State and Pierce's Minister to Great Britain. The fifteenth Preside...
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20 mai 2000
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Family Compact: Henry Jones, cousin to C. Jones and J. Jones, Postmaster at Brockville
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20 mai 2000
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1731 visites |
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Family Compact: John Elmsley, son-in-law to L. P. Sherwood
Member of the Legislative Council, Director of Bank of U. C., Justice of the Peace, etc. "A wrong headed man but brave as a lion, and devotedly attached to all that is British...
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20 mai 2000
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