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
Lord Elgin_; Wrong, _The Earl of Elgin_; Le Moine, _Le Comte d'Elgin_
(R. S. C., 1894).
=Eliott, G. A.= _See_ Heathfield.
=Elisa, Francisco.= Commanded Spanish expedition to Nootka, 1790.
Carried on extensive explorations in 1791, returning to Monterey the
following year. =Index=: =D= His attempt to explore Juan de Fuca Strait
in 1790, 26; sends Fidalgo to examine northern coast same year, 26.
=Bib.=: Bancroft, _North-West Coast_.
=Ellice, Edward= (1781-1863). =P= Seignior of Beauharnois, suggests to
colonial secretary union of Upper and Lower Canada, 47; his design
revealed, 49; meets Papineau, 53. =MS= Opposes sale of Red River land to
Selkirk by Hudson's Bay Company, 210-212; quoted on Dr. John McLoughlin,
220; before Hudson's Bay Company Committee, 272. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat.
Biog._
=Elliott, Colonel.= =Bk= Indian superintendent at Amherstburg, 151; in
charge of Indians in western district, 230.
=Elliott.= =Dr= Commissioner for exchange of prisoners, 207.
=Elmsley, John= (1762-1805). Born in England. Succeeded William Osgoode
as chief-justice of Upper Canada, 1796, and again as chief-justice of
Lower Canada, 1802. At the same time became a member of the Executive
Council. In February, 1803, appointed president of the Legislative
Council--a position he held until his death. =Index=: =S= Becomes
chief-justice, 178. =Bk= His death, 69. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._;
Read, _Lives of the Judges_.
=Embargo.= =Bk= On United States ships, 83, 108; benefits Canadian
trade, 109, 115; disastrous effects of, both in United States and in
England, 110, 111; withdrawn, 114.
=Emigration.= =Sy= Sydenham's views on, 321; grant by British government
in aid of, 322.
=Emulous.= =Bk= British ship, prizes taken by, 224.
=End, William.= =W= Votes against address of New Brunswick Assembly, 46;
referred to by Wilmot, 95; moves amendment in regard to money grants,
97; interrupts Wilmot's speech, 108, 109.
=Endemare, Father.= =Ch= Jesuit, goes to Fort Ste. Anne in Cape Breton,
237.
=England.= =Bk= At war with republican France, 8; its invasion
threatened, 10; mutiny in the fleet and insubordination in the army, 11;
isolation of, 23; makes peace of Amiens, 30; declares war with France,
44; threatened by Napoleon, 71; the Berlin Decrees directed against, 81;
without an ally in Europe, 82; orders-in-council in reply to Berlin
Decrees, 93, 106, 111, 120; intense anxiety in, as to war in Peninsula
(1811), 140; prostration of trade, 167; neglect of military protection
of Canada (1812), 184; its main force necessarily concentrated on
struggle in Europe, 269.
=English Colonies.= =F= Goods cheap in, 154; pay better price for furs,
154, 175, 201; political confusion prevailing in, after downfall of
James II, 263. =WM= Colonists sell goods to Indians on more advantageous
terms than the French, 21.
=English Colonization.= =WM= Egoism the principle of, 17; Parkman on,
20; demoralizing effect of, 20. =Bib.=: Fiske, _New France and New
England_.
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