ada, 299, 300.

=Allen, John Campbell.= =T= Solicitor-general, New Brunswick, 1856, 41;
opposition candidate in York, 1865, elected, 86; his sterling honesty,
87; attorney-general in Smith government, 91; a Conservative, 91;
appointed to the bench, 93, 95; chief justice, 87. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can.
Por._

=Allison, Joseph.= =H= On his death, 1839, Joseph Howe offered his seat
in Executive Council, Nova Scotia, but refuses, 72.

=Allouez, Father Claude.= Came to Quebec, 1657. Left for the West, 1665.
Laboured for twenty-five years among the tribes of what are now the
states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota. Met La Salle in Illinois,
1679. Died in 1690. =Index=: =L= Missionary labours of, 11; impresses
Indians of Sault Ste. Marie with power of French king, 104. =Bib.=:
Shea, _Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley_; Griffin,
_Discovery of the Mississippi_.

=Allsopp, George.= Settled in Quebec, 1761, and became prominent in
maintaining the rights of the civil authority as opposed to the
military. January, 1766, appointed deputy secretary, clerk of the
Council, and registrar of enrolments, but because of his opposition to
the government, Murray refused to admit him to office. In April, 1768,
Carleton confirmed him in these appointments, which he retained until
superseded by George Pownall in 1775. From 1771 to 1776 deputy
commissary-general. One of the original members of the Legislative
Council, under the Quebec Act. In 1780, when the Legislative Council
presented an address to Haldimand opposing the passing of an ordinance
amending the judicial system of the province in accordance with royal
instructions to the governor, voted against the address and caused a
strongly worded protest to be entered in the minutes of the Council.
This action resented by members of the Council, and ultimately led to
his dismissal by Haldimand, February, 1783. =Index=: =Hd= Member of
Council suspended for sedition, 1783, 175. =Bib.=: Christie, _History of
Lower Canada_.

=Almon, William Bruce.= =H= A "bitter Tory," 86; called to Executive and
Legislative Councils of Nova Scotia, 1843, 86; his appointment leads to
resignation of Howe, 87; challenges Howe to a duel, 236. =Bib.=:
Campbell, _History of Nova Scotia_; Saunders, _Three Premiers of Nova
Scotia_.

=Alwington.= =Sy= Name of governor-general's residence at Kingston, 294.

=American Colonies.= =Dr= Their objections to the Quebec Act, 70. =Hd=
Loudon's letter to Pit