The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
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The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
Canada -- Biography; Canada -- History
Mackenzie's views on, 94-95; grievance report on, 72; Glenelg's
position, 283. =Bib.=: Lindsey, _The Clergy Reserves_; Hincks's Letters
in Montreal _Herald_, December, 1882; Dent, _Last Forty Years_;
Bradshaw, _Self-Government in Canada_; Ryerson, _Story of my Life_;
Bethune, _Memoir of Bishop Strachan_.
=Clermont, Chevalier de.= =F= Killed in skirmish on Beauport flats, 294.
=Clermont, College of.= =L= Laval studies at, 21.
=Clinton, Sir Henry= (1738-1795). Sent to America, 1775; served
in the South, and with Howe at Philadelphia; succeeded him as
commander-in-chief, 1778; Captured Charleston, 1780; succeeded by Sir
Guy Carleton, and returned to England, 1782. =Index=: =S= Replaced as
commander-in-chief by Sir Guy Carleton, 39; secures promotion for
Queen's Rangers, 39. =Dr= Returns to England, 192. =Hd= In command at
New York, 131; succeeded by Dorchester, 188; his efforts to bring
Vermont back to allegiance to Britain, 199-200; Haldimand's report to,
on Ira Allen's diplomacy, 207; Haldimand's letter to, on the policy of
Vermont, 208; and his proposed proclamation to the people of, 211;
Haldimand's letter on crisis in spring of 1782, 212; his list of rebels,
280; his emoluments in America, 330. =Bib.=: Works: _Narrative of the
Campaign in North America, Rejoinder to Cornwallis's Observations_;
_Observations on Stedman's American War_. For biog. _see Dict. Am.
Biog._; _Cyc. Am. Biog._
=Clitherow, John= (1782-1852). Entered army, 1799; lieutenant-colonel,
1812; served in the Egyptian campaign, 1801; the Hanover campaign, 1805;
the Walcheren expedition, 1809, and throughout the Peninsular War.
Appointed major-general, 1830; lieutenant-general, 1841. Adminished the
government of Canada after the death of Sydenham, 1841. =Index=: =Sy=
Closes session of 1841, 342; senior military officer at Kingston, 342.
=Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._
=Closse, Major.= =L= His piety, 8.
=Cloutier, Zacharie.= =Ch= Joiner, accompanies Robert Giffard to Canada,
252.
=Club Démocratique.= =C= Their appeal to the public, 26-27.
=Cobb, Sylvanus= (1709-1762). A native of Plymouth, Mass. Served in the
expedition against Louisbourg, 1745. For some years engaged in the coast
defence of Nova Scotia. Served at the second siege of Louisbourg under
Amherst and Boscawen. Removed to Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Died of the
plague at the siege of Havana, 1762. =Bib.=: Murdoch, _History of Nova
Scotia_; _Selections from the Public Documents of Nova Scotia_, ed. by
Akins.
=Cobden, Richard= (1804-1865). British statesman. =Index=: =Sy= A more
advanced radical than Sydenham, 20. =Bib.=: Morley, _Life of Richard
Cobden_; _Dict. Nat. Biog._
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