=Adet, Pierre Auguste= (1763-1832). Appointed on the 10th thermidor, member of the French Council of Mines. In 1795, went to the United States in the capacity of plenipotentiary. In 1796 presented to the United States Congress the tricolour flag on behalf of the French nation; and the following year, handed to the secretary of state the famous note in which the Directoire, complaining to the American government of breach of neutrality, stated that the republic would give to every neutral flag the same treatment that the latter would get from Great Britain. =Index=: =Dr= French minister to United States, intrigues of, 300, 301. =Agniers.= _See_ Mohawks. =Agriculture.= Societies for improving the conditions of agriculture were founded in Nova Scotia, 1789; in Quebec the same year; and in Upper Canada in 1792. Simcoe in Upper Canada and Dorchester in Quebec did much to further agricultural interests, but Quebec owes most to J. F. Perrault (_q.v._), and Nova Scotia to John Young (_q.v._). An agricultural school was founded at Ste. Anne de la Pocatière in 1859; the Guelph Agricultural College was established in 1874; the Nova Scotia School of Agriculture, 1885; and the Macdonald College, at Ste. Anne de Bellevue, opened in the fall of 1907. Agricultural Colleges are also in operation in connection with the provincial universities of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta. =Index=: =F= In New France, difficulties in the way of, 87. =S= Progress of, in Upper Canada, 108, 109; Simcoe's endeavours to promote, 110, 198. =E= Elgin on, 49-50; department of, established by Hincks-Morin government, 117; charged with founding of model farms and agricultural schools, 117. =MS= Agricultural experiments of the Red River colony, 1820-1835, 222-223; experimental farm at Red River, 237; Governor Simpson's views, 273-278. =D= In British Columbia, 256-257, 329-330. =B= Splendid field for in North-West predicted by Toronto _Globe_, in 1852, 213-215. _See also_ Farmers; Wheat; Flour-milling; Puget Sound Agricultural Society. =Bib.=: _Canada: An Ency._, vol. 5; Johnson, _First Things in Canada_. =Aguesseau, Henri-François= (1668-1751). Studied law; appointed third barrister of the Parliament of Paris, 1690; and attorney-general, 1700. Seventeen years later became chancellor. His opposition to Law's financial scheme brought about his temporary disgrace. Reappointed after the failure of Law's bank, and retired, 1722. Joined the administration again in 1727 as minister of justice, and finally retired, 1750. =Index=: =F= On French Parliaments, 153. =Aiguebelle, d'.= =WM= In battle of Ste. Foy, 257. =Aiken, Thomas B.= =H= Contributes to _The Club_ in Howe's _Nova Scotian_, 10.