For biographical sketches of Robert Baldwin, George Brown, Sir Alexander Campbell, Sir George Cartier, Sir Antoine Dorion, Sir Alexander Galt, Sir Francis Hincks, Sir Louis LaFontaine, John Sandfield Macdonald, Sir Allan MacNab, Sir E. P. Taché, Sir John Rose, and other prominent persons connected with this narrative, see Taylor, _Portraits of British Americans_ (Montreal, 1865-67); Dent, _The Canadian Portrait Gallery_ (Toronto, 1880); and _The Dictionary of National Biography_ (London, 1903). {187} INDEX Abbott, John, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald: subscribes to Annexation manifesto, 27; prime minister, 142. Aberdeen, Lord, governor-general, 149. Allan, Sir Hugh, and the Pacific Scandal, 97 and note, 99, 101. Annexation manifesto of 1849, some subscribers to, 27. Archibald, Adams, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald, 79; lieutenant-governor of Manitoba, 91. Argyll, Duke of, and Sir John Macdonald, 116-17. Assembly. See Parliament. 'Baldwin Reformers,' their union with the Conservatives, 38, 39, 46. Baldwin, Robert, with LaFontaine in power, 20, 28; burned in effigy, 22; defends the Liberal-Conservative alliance, 39, 46; the Common School Act, 55; retires from public life, 20, 31. Beaconsfield, Lord, and Sir John Macdonald, 175-6. See Disraeli. Blake, Edward, 22; prime minister of Ontario, 93; resigns in order to assist his party in the House of Commons, 96; minister of Justice, 107, 109; his opposition to the building of the C.P.R., 120; is out-generalled on the Riel resolution, 132-3; resigns Liberal leadership, 160; retires from public life, 173; his career and character, 95, 104-10. Bowell, Mackenzie, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald, 152. British Columbia, its admission into Confederation, 93, 96, 118-21. British America League, the, resolutions of, 27-8. British North America Act, the, 74; and the qualification of voters, 133. Brown, George, founds the 'Globe,' 18; stirs up racial and religious strife between Upper and Lower Canada, 29-31, 32, 71; his antagonism towards Macdonald, 32 and note, 33, 46-7, 95, 117; opposes Seigneurial Tenure and Clergy Reserves Bills, 45 and note; leader of the Clear Grits, 47; his policy of Rep. by Pop., 54-5, 67, 69, 72; his Short Administration in 1858 and humiliation, 57-8, 59; his opinion of the Double Shuffle, 61; joins hands with Macdonald and Cartier to carry through the scheme of Confederation, 42, 71-3, 83; joins the Taché-Macdonald Cabinet, 73, 104; quarrels with his colleagues and resumes his ferocious attacks on the Government, 75 and note; out of Parliament, 95; his letter soliciting campaign funds, 101 n.; his assassination, 18, 118. Campbell, Sir Alexander, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald: studies law under Macdonald, 7-8; becomes a partner, 14; the aristocrat of Macdonald's Cabinet, 115, 149-51.