The Fathers of Confederation: A Chronicle of the Birth of the DominionColquhoun, A. H. U. (Arthur Hugh Urquhart)
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The Fathers of Confederation: A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion
Colquhoun, A. H. U. (Arthur Hugh Urquhart)
Canada -- History -- 1841-1867
Howe, Joseph, 28-9; his opposition to Confederation, 16-17, 46, 55, 57,
100, 102-3, 115-116, 135; favours maritime union, 47-8; his speech
upholding federation, 48; 'that pestilent fellow,' 153; goes to England
to demand repeal, 154, 156; his meeting with Tupper, 155-6; enters the
Dominion Cabinet, 156.
Howland, William P., and Confederation, 122, 130, 141, 143, 145; C.B.;
147.
Hudsons Bay Company, the, 2, 22; and the Dominion, 158-60.
Huntington, L. S., opposes Confederation, 28, 42.
Intercolonial Railway, the, 13, 28-9.
Jesuits' Estates Act, the, 71.
Johnston, J. W., and Confederation, 16.
Johnston, John M., a father of Confederation, 49, 63 n., 122.
Kenny, Edward, his inclusion in the first Dominion Cabinet, 145, 146.
Kent, Duke of, and Confederation, 7.
Kimberley, Lord, his views on the power to add to the Senate, 131.
Langevin, Hector L., a father of Confederation, 50-1, 62 n., 122, 146.
Letellier, Lieutenant-Governor, 42; the case of his dismissal, 69-70.
Liberals, and Confederation, 39, 40, 42, 141-4.
Lincoln, Abraham, and the 'Trent' Affair, 25.
Lotbinière, Joly de, 42.
Lower Canada, 3; its relations with Upper Canada, 6-8; and
Confederation, 84, 95.
Lyons, Lord, and the 'Trent' Affair, 25.
Lytton, Sir E. B., and Confederation, 19.
McCully, Jonathan, a father of Confederation, 49, 62 n., 93 n., 102,
122.
Macdonald, A. A., a father of Confederation, 50, 63 n.
Macdonald, John A., the Father of Confederation, 19, 33, 54, 106,
178-81; his relations with Brown, 31-2, 106, 142; the reconciliation
and conference with Brown, 34-8, 39; the Charlottetown Conference,
50-1, 52; the Quebec Conference, 59, 61, 62 and note, 64, 180, 185; his
appeal for a strong central authority, 67-8; on the office of
lieutenant-governor, 70; on the mode of appointment to the Senate,
78-9, 80 and note; his prophetic utterance, 88; his policy of 'masterly
inactivity,' 117; chairman at the London Conference, 122; a tribute to,
123-4; forms the first Dominion Cabinet on a non-party basis, 137-8,
140, 142, 144-6, 150; K.C.B., 147; his troubles with Howe and Nova
Scotia, 153-6; the Red River Rebellion, 161; the Scott murder case,
168; and Sir John Rose, 175; his personality, 31, 86, 117, 150, 178-180.
Macdonald, John Sandfield, 151-2; opposed to Confederation, 27-8, 32,
89; prime minister of Ontario, 150-1, 153, 168.
Macdonnell, Sir R. G., governor of Nova Scotia, 53-4, 55, 103, 104.
McDougall, William, 160, 184-185; a father of Confederation, 40, 50-1,
62 n., 79, 80 n., 122, 181, 184-5; joins the Dominion Cabinet, 141,
143-4, 145, 160; C.B., 147; lieutenant-governor of the West Territory,
160-1, 163-164, 167.
McGee, Thomas D'Arcy, the orator of the Confederation movement, 24-5,
50-1, 62 n., 65 n., 181, 184; his patriotic conduct, 145, 146;
assassinated, 146-7.
Mackenzie, Alexander, 40, 153; and a hostile Senate, 131; his
integrity, 186.
Mackenzie, W. L., 6; his plan of Confederation, 8-9.
McLelan, A. W., 153.
Mair, Charles, 167.
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