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
=Hargrave, James.= Chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company. =Index=:
=MS= In charge of York Factory, 226; correspondence with Rev. Wm.
Cochrane, 227; made chief trader, 1833, and chief factor, 1844, 227;
Simpson's letters to, 261-262. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_.
=Harlay, de.= =L= Archbishop of Rouen, desires ecclesiastical
jurisdiction over Canada, 133; called to the see of Paris, 134; desires
to bring diocese of Quebec under his jurisdiction, 184.
=Harmon, Daniel Williams.= Born in Vermont. Entered service of North
West Company, 1800, at Montreal, and left immediately for the western
fur country. Returned to the east in 1819, bringing with him his
_Journals_, covering this period, which were edited by Daniel Haskel, of
Burlington, Vt., and published at that place in 1820; reprinted in New
York, with a brief introduction, 1903. Returned to the West, and
remained there several years, finally settling with his native wife and
family on the shores of Lake Champlain. One of his daughters conducted a
private school in Ottawa for many years. =Index=: =D= Stuart's
lieutenant in New Caledonia, 98. =Bib.=: _Journal of Voyages and Travels
in the Interior of North America_. For biog., _see_ Bryce, _Hudson's Bay
Company_; Laut, _Conquest of the Great North-West_; Burpee, _Search for
the Western Sea_.
=Haro, Gonzalez Lopez de.= =D= Finds Russian establishments, 38. =Bib.=:
Bancroft, _North-West Coast_.
=Harrison, Robert Alexander= (1833-1878). Studied law, and appointed to
crown law department of Upper Canada, 1854. Retired, 1859, and practised
in Toronto. Member for Toronto in first Dominion Parliament, 1867-1872.
Chief-justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, Ontario, 1875-1878. One of
the arbitrators in Ontario boundary dispute, 1878. Author of many legal
works; and edited _Poker_, a humorous paper, 1859-1860. =Index=: =B= His
connection with the contempt of court suit against George Brown,
249-254. =Md= Chief-justice, serves on Ontario Boundary Commission, 255.
=Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._; Read, _Lives of the Judges_.
=Harrison, Samuel Bealey.= =Sy= Provincial secretary for Upper Canada,
283; his resolutions on responsible government, 310, 311. =BL=
Provincial secretary for Upper Canada, 1841, 76; a moderate Liberal, 78;
Baldwin's confidence in, 78; retains office under La Fontaine-Baldwin
administration, 134; Constitutional Society of Orillia recommends his
dismissal, 167; member for Kingston--opposes transfer of capital to
Montreal, and resigns as provincial secretary, 182; Gowan predicts his
dismissal from office, 187. =Mc= Moves resolution for responsible
government, which carries, 408. =Bib.=: Dent, _Last Forty Years_.
=Harrison, T. T. J.= =Mc= His account of the Haldimand election, 487.
=Harrison, William Henry= (1773-1841). Ninth president of the United
States. =Index=: =Bk= United States general, his Tippecanoe exploit,
174-176. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._
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