The Tribune of Nova Scotia: A Chronicle of Joseph HoweGrant, W. L. (William Lawson)
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The Tribune of Nova Scotia: A Chronicle of Joseph Howe
Grant, W. L. (William Lawson)
Howe, Joseph, 1804-1873
Macdonald, Sir John, induces Howe to join his Cabinet, 146-7, 150.
M'Dougall, Hon. William, and Howe, 150.
Mackenzie, W. L., his revolt in Upper Canada, 56.
Metcalfe, Sir Charles, governor-general of Canada, 71.
Molesworth, Sir William, colonial secretary, 121, 122-3.
Murdoch, Beamish, and Howe, 28.
Navigation Acts, the, 30-2.
Newcastle, Duke of, and Howe, 121, 127, 128.
New Brunswick, the railway question in, 94-5, 111-12, 113.
Nova Scotia, and Joseph Howe, 1-3, 6, 130, 156; early settlements
in, 4-7; trade development of, 10, 33; her political
system, 33-4, 36, 38, 42, 43, 54-5, 64-5, 73-4, 88-90;
religious strife in, 35, 77-8, 132-3; and Colonial Office
patronage, 38; the railway question in, 92-3, 94, 96, 114,
121; loyalty of, 103; favours a maritime union, 135; her
hostility to Confederation, 137, 144, 146-8, 150.
Pakington, Sir John, colonial secretary, 114.
Papineau, L. J., his rebellion in Lower Canada, 56.
Reciprocity Treaty, the, Howe's great speech in connection with, 142-3.
Reformers, their success in 1847, 88.
Responsible Government, Haliburton on, 41-3; in Great
Britain, 47-9; the fight for in Nova Scotia, 50-5, 73-4, 80, 88-90.
Robinson, J. B., and Imperial Federation, 108.
Russell, Lord John, on Responsible Government, 57; his
dispatch conferring greater powers on the Assembly, 61,
63; and Howe, 121, 122, 126, 129.
St Mary's College, 76.
South Africa, her objection to Britain's gallows-birds, 109.
Southampton, Howe's meeting at, 2, 96-7, 99.
Stephenson, George, his locomotive, 91.
Sydenham, Lord, his meeting with Howe, 63-4.
Tupper, Sir Charles, his tilt with Howe, 131-2, 134-5,
143-4; his efforts on behalf of Confederation, 136, 143-4,
150; institutes compulsory education, 75, 141; his interview
with Howe in London, 145-6.
Uniacke, J. B., converted to Responsible Government, 62,
69; member of Executive Council, 65; his Reform
administration, 88.
United States, and the 'spoils system,' 88; railway development
in, 91; Howe's recruiting mission in, 131;
and the Reciprocity Treaty, 142-3.
War of 1812, and Halifax, 8.
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THE CHRONICLES OF CANADA
Edited by George M. Wrong and H. H. Langton of the University of Toronto
A series of thirty-two freshly-written narratives for popular reading,
designed to set forth, in historic continuity, the principal events and
movements in Canada, from the Norse Voyages to the Railway Builders.
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A Chronicle of Aboriginal Canada
BY STEPHEN LEACOCK
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BY STEPHEN LEACOCK
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