nt of Paris, 1690; and attorney-general, 1700.
Seventeen years later became chancellor. His opposition to Law's
financial scheme brought about his temporary disgrace. Reappointed after
the failure of Law's bank, and retired, 1722. Joined the administration
again in 1727 as minister of justice, and finally retired, 1750.
=Index=: =F= On French Parliaments, 153.

=Aiguebelle, d'.= =WM= In battle of Ste. Foy, 257.

=Aiken, Thomas B.= =H= Contributes to _The Club_ in Howe's _Nova
Scotian_, 10.

=Aikins, James Cox= (1823-1896). Educated at Victoria College. Elected
for Peel County, 1854, and sat in Assembly until 1861. Elected to
Legislative Council, 1862; and at Confederation became a member of the
Dominion Senate. Secretary of state in Macdonald administration,
1869-1873, and again in 1878-1880; minister of inland revenue,
1880-1882; lieutenant-governor of Manitoba, 1882-1888; again called to
Senate, 1896. =Index=: =R= Graduate of Victoria College, 143. =Bib.=:
Dent, _Can. Por._; Morgan, _Can. Men._; Rose, _Cyc. Can. Biog._

=Ailleboust de Coulonge, Louis d'.= Administered settlement of
Villemarie during the absence of Maisonneuve. Promoted to governorship
of Three Rivers. Became governor of Canada, 1648. Succeeded by Lauzon,
1651. Administered the colony, 1657. Died at Quebec, 1660. =Index=: =F=
Succeeds Montmagny as governor, 35; interim governor, 42. =L= His pious
administration, 8. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Old Regime_; Douglas, _Old France
in the New World_.

=Aillon, Father de la Roche d'.= =Ch= Recollet interpreter and
negotiator with the Kirkes, 188-190; returns to France, 208. =Bib.=:
Kirke, _The First English Conquest of Canada_.

=Aix-la-Chapelle, Treaty of.= Signed between Great Britain and France,
April 18, 1748. Brought the War of the Austrian Succession to a close.
The practical effect of the treaty was to renew the _status quo_. All
former treaties were renewed and all conquests restored. So far as
British North America was concerned, the most vital article was that
which provided for the restoration to France of Cape Breton. =Bib.=:
Hertslet, _Treaties and Conventions_.

=Alabama Claims.= =Md= Exploits of the _Alabama_, 98; inflicts injury on
Northern shipping, 165; causes irritation in United States, 167; claims
referred to Joint Commission, 168-169; personnel of Commission, 169;
claims finally submitted to arbitration, 181. _See also_ Washington,
Treaty of.

=Alaska Boundary Question.= Arose out of dif