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
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