Читать книгу The Lieutenant-Governors of Upper Canada and Ontario 1792-1899 онлайн

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D. B. Read.

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Establishment of Upper Canada, 1791—Simcoe first Governor—Birth and early education—Eton—Oxford—Enters Army—Revolutionary War—Queen's Rangers—Campaigning in the Jerseys—Capitulation of Yorktown—Marriage—Member of Parliament for St. Maws, 1790—Canada in 1791—Government organized 1792—The Miami Forts affair—Visit to Brant—Government of St. Domingo, 1796—Portuguese Commission, 1806—Monument in Exeter Cathedral

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Family connection—Secretary to Sir Henry Clinton—Residence on Palace Street—Russell Abbey—Land grants by the Administrator—Miss Russell—First Parliament Buildings—Slave holding in Canada—Russell Square

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Scottish descent—Military life—Service in Revolutionary War—Disciplines the officials—York Market established 1803—Provincial Bar established—Visit of Duke of Kent—Enlarging Parliament Buildings—Death and burial at Quebec

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