other material on this subject will be found in Johnson, _First Things in Canada_. =Congrégation de Notre Dame.= =F= Montreal, established, 29. =Congress, United States.= =Dr= Address of, to French-Canadians, 71, 77; action of, at Philadelphia, 77; sends commission to inquire into military situation of Canada, 135; its action in the Asgill case, 199. =Hd= Meets at Concord, 102; rumour of French and Spanish treaty with, 124; its designs against Canada, 129, 130, 132, 319; its attitude towards Vermont, 198, 199, 201-209, 211, 214-216; defeat of its troops celebrated in Quebec, 223; its interests, and that of army opposed, 225; passes laws against Loyalists, 252; sends ambassador to Canada, 259; slow to fulfil treaty, 260; addresses Canadians, 276. =Conkling, Senator Roscoe= (1829-1888). American statesman. =Index=: =B= Favourable to proposed Reciprocity Treaty of 1864, 230-231. =Connecticut.= =F= Takes part in expedition against Montreal, 279. =Connell, Charles.= =T= Resigns as postmaster-general, New Brunswick, 49-51; runs for Carleton County in Confederation interest, 89; member of Mitchell government, 105; elected for Carleton County, 107. =Connolly, William.= =MS= Chief factor, Hudson's Bay Company, 1825, 224; his family, 224. =D= Succeeds Stuart in New Caledonia, 1824, 99; his native wife, and family, 99. =Conolly, William.= =Dr= Of Stratton Hall, Staffordshire; member of Parliament and privy councillor, 30; his powerful influence exerted on behalf of Guy Carleton and his brother, 30; Wolfe alludes to his death, 1754, as "a deadly blow to the Carletons," 30. =Connor, George Skeffington.= Born in Ireland. Educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Came to Canada, 1832, with William Hume Blake. Settled on a farm near Lake Simcoe. Called to the bar of Upper Canada, 1842. Sat in the Assembly as a Reformer, 1859-1862; judge of the Court of Queen's Bench, 1863. Died in Toronto, 1863. =Bib.=: Read, _Lives of the Judges_. =Conseil Souverain.= _See_ Sovereign Council. =Conservative Party.= =B= Organized by Sir John A. Macdonald, out of old Tory party, 69; its debt to Canada First Association, 241. =Bib.=: Pope, _Memoirs of Sir John A. Macdonald_; Dent, _Last Forty Years_. =Constitution.= =Mc= Newspaper, Mackenzie starts, 320; destroyed by mob, 321; draft constitution of provisional government published in, 356.