74 and from 1880
to 1887 represented Argenteuil in House of Commons. May, 1887, admitted
to Macdonald ministry as minister without portfolio, and at same time
appointed to Senate, where he became leader of Conservative party. On
death of Macdonald, became prime minister, June, 1891; held this
position until ill health compelled him to resign, November, 1892. A
recognized authority on questions of commercial and constitutional law.
Framed Insolvent Act of 1864, and Jury Law Consolidation Act of Lower
Canada. =Index=: =C= Countenances Annexation Movement in 1849, 44-45.
=BL= On the Annexation Manifesto, 336. =Md= A witness before Pacific
Scandal Committee, 204. =Bib.=: _Annual Register_, 1893; Terrill,
_Chronology of Montreal_; Thomas, _History of Argenteuil and Prescott_;
Weir, _Sixty Years in Canada_; Dent, _Can. Por._ and _Last Forty Years_.

=Abbott, Joseph= (1789-1863). Born and educated in England. Came to
Canada, 1818. Missionary of the Church of England. Wrote _The Emigrant_,
containing information for farmers about Canada.

=Abenaquis Indians.= _See_ Abnaki.

=Abercrombie, James.= Entered the army, and obtained a captaincy in the
42nd or 1st Battalion of Royal Highlanders, 1756. Appointed aide-de-camp
to Major-General Amherst, 1759, with whom he made the campaigns in
Canada of that and the following year. Appointed major of the 78th or
2nd Highland Battalion, 1760, and, in September following, employed by
General Amherst in communicating to the Marquis de Vaudreuil the
conditions preparatory to the surrender of Montreal, and in obtaining
his signature to them. The 78th Regiment having been disbanded in 1763,
retired on half-pay. Again entered active service, 1770, as
lieutenant-colonel of the 22nd Regiment, then serving in America under
the command of Lieutenant-General Gage; killed in the battle of Bunker
Hill, June 17, 1775. =Bib.=: Doughty, _Siege of Quebec_.

=Abercromby, James= (1706-1781). Entered the army, and obtained
commission as major, 1742; lieutenant-colonel, 1744; colonel, 1746. Sent
to America with 50th Regiment, 1756; superseded Shirley and Webb in
command of the army; and then resigned command to Lord Loudon. In 1757
commanded second brigade against Louisbourg. On Loudon's recall, became
commander-in-chief, 1758. Led expedition against Ticonderoga, with Lord
Howe as second in command. On Howe's death, the campaign became a dismal
failure for the British, Abercromby being outgeneralled at every