The Day of Sir John Macdonald: A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the DominionPope, Joseph, Sir
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The Day of Sir John Macdonald: A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion
Pope, Joseph, Sir
Macdonald, John Alexander, Sir, 1815-1891
Toronto, a comparison in population, 14, 48; as a seat of government,
26, 27 n., 52.
Tupper, Sir Charles, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald: his work on
behalf of Confederation, 42, 77, 79; his influence in Nova Scotia and
his relations with Macdonald, 79-80, 115, 156-8, 172-3; his interest in
the C.P.R., 119, 120, 122; high commissioner in London, 141 n., 146.
Tupper, C. H., a colleague of Sir John Macdonald, 153.
Union Act of 1840, the, 34-5, 54, 55.
United Empire Loyalist settlements in Ontario, 4-5.
United States, and reciprocity with Canada, 75, 113-14, 172, 173; and
the Treaty of Washington, 91-3; the franchise system in, 134.
Upper Canada, development of between 1851 and 1861, 47-8.
Von Shoultz, his career and court-martial, 9-12.
Warde, Major H. J., killed in a duel, 66.
White, Thomas, a colleague of Sir John Macdonald, 144, 156; an unlucky
politician, 144-5.
Wolseley, Colonel, quells the Red River insurrection, 90, 91.
Wright, Alonzo, the 'King of the Gatineau,' a characteristic speech,
167-9.
Printed by T. and A. Constable, Printers to His Majesty
at the Edinburgh University Press
THE CHRONICLES OF CANADA
THIRTY-TWO VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED
Edited by GEORGE M. WRONG and H. H. LANGTON
THE CHRONICLES OF CANADA
PART I
THE FIRST EUROPEAN VISITORS
1. THE DAWN OF CANADIAN HISTORY
By Stephen Leacock.
2. THE MARINER OF ST MALO
By Stephen Leacock.
PART II
THE RISE OF NEW FRANCE
3. THE FOUNDER OF NEW FRANCE
By Charles W. Colby.
4. THE JESUIT MISSIONS
By Thomas Guthrie Marquis.
5. THE SEIGNEURS OF OLD CANADA
By William Bennett Munro.
6. THE GREAT INTENDANT
By Thomas Chapais.
7. THE FIGHTING GOVERNOR
By Charles W. Colby.
PART III
THE ENGLISH INVASION
8. THE GREAT FORTRESS
By William Wood.
9. THE ACADIAN EXILES
By Arthur G. Doughty.
10. THE PASSING OF NEW FRANCE
By William Wood.
11. THE WINNING OF CANADA
By William Wood.
PART IV
THE BEGINNINGS OF BRITISH CANADA
12. THE FATHER OF BRITISH CANADA
By William Wood.
13. THE UNITED EMPIRE LOYALISTS
By W. Stewart Wallace.
14. THE WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES
By William Wood.
PART V
THE RED MAN IN CANADA
15. THE WAR CHIEF OF THE OTTAWAS
By Thomas Guthrie Marquis.
16. THE WAR CHIEF OF THE SIX NATIONS
By Louis Aubrey Wood.
17. TECUMSEH: THE LAST GREAT LEADER OF HIS PEOPLE
By Ethel T. Raymond.
PART VI
PIONEERS OF THE NORTH AND WEST
18. THE 'ADVENTURERS OF ENGLAND' ON HUDSON BAY
By Agnes C. Laut.
19. PATHFINDERS OF THE GREAT PLAINS
By Lawrence J. Burpee.
20. ADVENTURERS OF THE FAR NORTH
By Stephen Leacock.
21. THE RED RIVER COLONY
By Louis Aubrey Wood.
22. PIONEERS OF THE PACIFIC COAST
By Agnes C. Laut.
23. THE CARIBOO TRAIL
By Agnes C. Laut.
PART VII
THE STRUGGLE FOR POLITICAL FREEDOM
24. THE FAMILY COMPACT
By W. Stewart Wallace.
25. THE 'PATRIOTES' OF '37
By Alfred D. DeCelles.
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