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dex=: =Sy= Resolutions in favour of responsible government adopted at meeting of inhabitants, 125, 126. =Gorham, John.= A native of Massachusetts. Stationed at Annapolis in command of a body of provincial troops, 1845; sent to Boston to procure aid against a threatened attack; induced to proceed to the siege of Louisbourg under Pepperrell; appointed colonel. Returned to Annapolis and placed in command of the Boston troops sent to Mines with Colonel Noble. Afterwards commanded a body of Rangers raised in New England for service in Acadia. A member of the Council of Nova Scotia. Returned to Massachusetts, 1752. =Bib.=: _Selections from the Public Documents of Nova Scotia_, ed. by Akins; Marshall, _Life of Pepperell_. =Gosford, Archibald Acheson, second Earl of= (1775?-1849). Governor-general of Canada, 1835-1838. =Index=: =P= His mission of conciliation to French-Canadians, 110; hostility of Papineau, 110; replaces Aylmer in 1835, 111; his character, 111-112; entertains Papineau, 112-113; his appeal for reconciliation, in opening Parliament, 113; his secret instructions published in Toronto, 113; their terms, 114; session of 1836, 115-116; dismisses Parliament, 116; eve of the Rebellion, 116-117; appoints Bedard judge, 117; proclaims martial law in the district of Montreal, 137; returns to England, 138; on the official class in Lower Canada, 158. =BL= His attempts to placate popular leaders in Lower Canada, 45; compared to Bagot, 151. =C= His amnesty proclamation, 9. =W= Conversation with William IV, 22. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; _Cyc. Am. Biog._ =Gosselin, Abbe Auguste= (1843- ). Born at St. Charles de Bellechasse, Quebec. Educated at Quebec Seminary and at Laval University. Ordained priest, 1866; subsequently chancellor of the Quebec Diocese, and vicar of the Basilica. Retired from the ministry to devote himself to literary work, 1893. =Index=: =L= On Laval's absolution, 35; on mandement creating Seminary, 49; on policy of Laval, 169; on great extent of parishes in Laval's time, 195. =F= His opinion of Talon, 54; on administration of La Barre, 172; on Laval's choice of de Saint-Vallier, 191; on Frontenac's attitude towards religion, 359. =Bib.=: Works: _Vie de Laval_; _Henri de Bernieres_; _Le Docteur Labrie_; _Quebec en 1730_; _Mgr. de Saint-Vallier et son Temps_; _D'Iberville; Jean Bourdon_. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Can. Men_; _Canadian Who's Who_. =Gouin, Sir Lomer= (1861- ). Born in Grondines, Quebec. E
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