owards, 142; events leading up to, 147-161; the Quebec
Conference, 163-166; approval of British government, 167; the debate in
Parliament, 169-179, 181-185; Quebec Resolutions passed, 185; the
mission to England, 186; the question in the Maritime Provinces,
187-188; attitude of Brown and the Reform party, 199-210; first and
greatest step in process of expansion, 264. =BL= The Toronto _Church_
proposes federal union of all British North American provinces, 125. =P=
Papineau's opposition to, 199. _See also_ Charlottetown Conference;
Quebec Conference; Westminster Conference; Macdonald; Tupper; Brown;
Howe; Cartier. =Bib.:= Whelan, _Union of the British Provinces_;
Cauchon, _Union of British North American Provinces_; Howe,
_Organization of the Empire_; McGee, _Two Speeches on Union of the
Provinces_; Hamilton, _Union of the Colonies of British North America_;
Pope, _Confederation Documents_; Rawlings, _Confederation of the British
North American Provinces; Parliamentary Debates on Confederation_, 1865;
Bourinot, _Constitutional History of Canada_. References to pamphlet and
other material on this subject will be found in Johnson, _First Things
in Canada_.

=Congregation de Notre Dame.= =F= Montreal, established, 29.

=Congress, United States.= =Dr= Address of, to French-Canadians, 71, 77;
action of, at Philadelphia, 77; sends commission to inquire into
military situation of Canada, 135; its action in the Asgill case, 199.
=Hd= Meets at Concord, 102; rumour of French and Spanish treaty with,
124; its designs against Canada, 129, 130, 132, 319; its attitude
towards Vermont, 198, 199, 201-209, 211, 214-216; defeat of its troops
celebrated in Quebec, 223; its interests, and that of army opposed,
225; passes laws against Loyalists, 252; sends ambassador to Canada,
259; slow to fulfil treaty, 260; addresses Canadians, 276.

=Conkling, Senator Roscoe= (1829-1888). American statesman. =Index=: =B=
Favourable to proposed Reciprocity Treaty of 1864, 230-231.

=Connecticut.= =F= Takes part in expedition against Montreal, 279.

=Connell, Charles.= =T= Resigns as postmaster-general, New Brunswick,
49-51; runs for Carleton County in Confederation interest, 89; member of
Mitchell government, 105; elected for Carleton County, 107.

=Connolly, William.= =MS= Chief factor, Hudson's Bay Company, 1825, 224;
his family, 224. =D= Succeeds Stuart in New Caledonia, 1824, 99; his
native wife, and family, 99.

=Conolly, William.= =Dr= Of St