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
=Henry IV, King of France= (1553-1610). Succeeded Henry III in 1589.
=Index=: =F= Assassination of, 11. =Ch= Assassinated, 64. =Bib.=:
Chambers, _Biog. Dict._
=Henry, Alexander, the Elder= (1739-1824). One of the pioneer fur
traders in north-western America. Born in New Jersey. Entered the fur
trade as a young man, 1760, or perhaps earlier. His _Travels and
Adventures_ open in that year and describe his experiences in the West
for the following sixteen years. Sailed for Europe in 1776, where he
made the acquaintance of Sir Joseph Banks, president of the Royal
Society, and had an opportunity of describing his adventures to Marie
Antoinette. Afterwards settled in Montreal as a merchant. =Index=: =MS=
Leaves Montreal for western fur country, 3. =Bib.=: _Travels and
Adventures in Canada and the Indian Territories_, New York, 1809; new
ed., with biog. and other notes, by James Bain, Toronto, 1901. _See
also_ Burpee, _Search for the Western Sea_.
=Henry, Alexander, the Younger.= Nephew of preceding. Entered service of
North West Company about 1792. His _Journal_, the original manuscript of
which is in the Library of Parliament at Ottawa, and which was published
in 1897, with introduction and elaborate notes by Elliott Coues,
contains an account of his western travels and experiences, 1799 to
1814. Drowned near Fort George, at the mouth of the Columbia, May 22,
1814. =Bib.=: Works: _New Light on the Early History of the Greater
North-West_; _The Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry and David
Thompson_, ed. by Elliott Coues, New York, 1897. _See also_ Burpee,
_Search for the Western Sea_; Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_.
=Henry, John.= =Bk= His mission to the New England states, 120; use made
of his letters, 120; referred to in message of Madison to Congress, 186,
187; sells his letters to United States government, 187. =Bib.=: _Cyc.
Am. Biog._
=Henry, Patrick= (1736-1799). American statesman. =Index=: =Dr= His
rhetorical exaggerations, 197. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._
=Henry, William Alexander= (1816-1888). =H= Solicitor-general, Nova
Scotia--becomes provincial secretary, 1856, 157; resigns from
government, 164; delegate to Charlottetown Conference, 177. =T= Delegate
from Nova Scotia to Charlottetown Conference, 73; and to Quebec
Conference, 76. =Bib.=: Campbell, _History of Nova Scotia_.
=Herald.= Newspaper published at Montreal. Established 1808. =Index=:
=BL= On debate on responsible government in Legislature, 1841, 94-95.
=Herald.= Newspaper published at Toronto. =Index=: =BL= Account of scene
in Parliament, 1842, 126-127.
=Herbin.= =WM= Commands the Montreal militia with Prud'homme, 105.
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