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builds post on, 18; Mackenzie on, 35, 36, 48, 49; forts on, 54-55. =Bib.=: Hearne, _Journey to Coppermine_; Mackenzie, _Voyages_; Burpee, _Search for the Western Sea_. =Great Western Railway.= Charter granted 1834, and renewed 1845. Absorbed by the Grand Trunk in 1882. Ran from Hamilton to the international boundary opposite Detroit. =Index=: =E= Construction stimulated by provincial guarantee, 1849, 99. =Bib.=: Trout, _History of Canadian Railways_ in _Canada: An Ency._, vol. 2. =Greeley, Horace= (1811-1872). American journalist. =Index=: =Mc= Editor of New York _Tribune_, 472; Mackenzie's friend, 473; his influence with Mackenzie, 474. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._ =Green, Benjamin= (1713-1772). Accompanied the expedition against Louisbourg as secretary, 1745; remained there as government secretary until 1749; removed to Halifax, and appointed a member of the Council of Nova Scotia. Treasurer of the province for many years. Administrator of the government, 1776. =Bib.=: _Selections from the Public Documents of Nova Scotia_, ed. by Akins. =Greene, Nathanael= (1742-1786). =Dr= American general, watches Leslie's army in South Carolina, 197; destitute condition of his force, 204. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._ =Greenway, Thomas= (1838-1909). Born in Cornwall, England. Came to Canada with his parents, 1844. Educated at the public schools of Huron County, Ontario. Engaged in business for ten years at Centralia. Defeated on two occasions for election to the House of Commons, but elected, 1875; did not offer for re-election. Removed to Manitoba, 1878, and engaged in farming. Elected to the Assembly, 1879; leader of the Liberal opposition, 1887; premier, 1888; his government defeated, 1899. Elected to the House of Commons, 1904. Appointed a member of the Dominion Railway Commission, 1898. =Bib.=: Begg, _History of the North-West_; Morgan, _Can. Men_. =Gregory, John=. Born in England. Came to Montreal, and engaged in the fur trade. Associated with A. N. McLeod, Alexander Mackenzie, Peter Pangman, and others, in opposition to the North West Company. =Index=: =MS= In opposition to North West Company, 10, 11; his share as partner of North West Company, 58. =Bib.=: Bryce, _Hudson's Bay Company_. =Gregory, William=. The first chief-justice of the province of Quebec. His commission bears date August 24, 1764; succeeded by William Hey, September 25, 1766. =Grenville, George Leveson-Gower, second Earl= (1815-1891). Entered Par
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