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
=Johnson, Guy= (1740-1788). Deputy to Sir William Johnson, as
superintendent of Indian affairs, and succeeded latter in office after
his death. Served under Amherst against the French, in 1759. At the
opening of the Revolutionary War, abandoned his home in Amsterdam, New
York, and brought his family to Montreal, and later went to England.
Returned in 1776, and served in New York. Also with Brant in the Mohawk
Valley, two years later. His estates confiscated by the New York
Assembly, 1779. =Index=: =Hd= His letter to Lord George Germaine, 155;
removed from his position of Indian agent, 156. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._
=Johnson, John.= =T= Returned for St. John, 25.
=Johnson, John M.= (1818-1868). =T= Solicitor-general, New Brunswick,
32-33; member of Fisher ministry, postmaster-general, 43;
attorney-general, delegate to Quebec Conference, 77; elected for
Northumberland as Confederation candidate, 107; goes to England as
Confederation delegate, 120; his views on County Courts, 125. =Bib.=:
Hannay, _History of New Brunswick_.
=Johnson, Sir John= (1742-1830). Son of Sir William Johnson (_q.v._).
Appointed major-general of militia, 1774. Fled to Canada, 1776, and
served under St. Leger against Arnold the following year. After the
close of the Revolutionary War, became superintendent-general of Indian
affairs in British North America. =Index=: =Dr= Commissioned to raise
regiment, 151; advises Dorchester in regard to Upper Canada, 258; his
claims to be first governor of that province, 259; Indian agent in Upper
Canada, 302. =S= Disappointed at not being made governor of Upper
Canada, 99; head of Indian department, 127. =Hd= Made Indian agent, 156;
raises King's Royal Regiment of New York, 156; Haldimand's instructions
to, in regard to smallpox, 231; his consent necessary to marriage, 237;
Haldimand stands sponsor to child of, 296; MacLean's opinion of, 308.
=Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; _Cyc. Am. Biog._; Myers, _The Tories or
Loyalists in America_.
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