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
=Fraser's Highlanders.= =WM= Captain of, replies to French sentries in
French, 180. =Bib.=: Kelly, _The Fighting Frasers of the Forty-Five and
Quebec_.
=Fréchette, Louis= (1839-1908). Practised law, and then journalism.
Represented Lévis in the House of Commons, 1874-1878. Chiefly known as a
poet. Two of his poems were crowned by the French Academy, 1880, and he
was granted the first Montyon prize. =Index=: =Hd= His poem on Du
Calvet, 292. =Bib.=: Works: _Mes Loisirs; La Voix d'un Exilé_; _Pêle
Mêle_; _Les Fleurs Boreales_; _Légende d'un Peuple_; _Les Feuilles
Volantes_; _Lettres Basile_; _Originaux et Détra-qués_; _Lettres sur
l'Education_. For biog., _see_ Dent, _Can. Por._; Morgan, _Can. Men_;
Taché, _Men of the Day_; Chapman, _Le Lauréat_; Sauvalle, _Le Lauréat
Manqué_.
=Fredericton.= Capital of New Brunswick. Situated on the west bank of
the St. John River. Founded by Sir Guy Carleton in 1785, and named by
him after the Duke of York. =Index=: =W= Popular demonstration at, 46;
education in, 85-86. =T= Abandonment of government house, 138-139.
=Bib.=: Hannay _History of New Brunswick_.
=Fredin, Jean.= =L= House of charity established by, 245.
=Free Trade.= =B= Its effect on Canadian invasion, 15, 31-32;
recommended by Reform convention of 1857, 217; advocated by George
Brown, 47, 233. =C= Peel's measure (1846) kills Canadian industries,
43-44; Cartier's views on, 115-116. =E= Protest from Canadian Assembly,
29; discussed in Legislature, 45; effects of, on Canada, 57-58. =T=
Unpopular in New Brunswick, 9.
=Freeman.= Newspaper published at St. John, New Brunswick. =Index=: =T=
Edited by T. W. Anglin, 85.
=Freemason's Hall, Niagara.= =S= First session of Upper Canada
Legislature held in, 83, 96; church services held in, 159.
=Fremin, Father Jacques.= =Ch= Jesuit, put in charge of Richibucto
mission, 235.
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