Bellechasse, and
that of La Durantaye; served as an officer of the garrison at Quebec;
and took part in the expeditions against the Iroquois in 1684 and 1687,
and again in 1696; named a member of the Superior Council in 1701, and
granted a pension of six hundred francs. =Index=: =F= Post commander,
ordered to rendezvous at Niagara, 181; captures English canoes on the
way, 210; reports critical situation among lake tribes, 240; reinforced,
241. =Bib.=: Parkman, _Old Regime_.
=Morgan, Daniel= (1736?-1802). Served in the Indian and French wars.
Took the colonial side in the Revolution; marched with Arnold to Quebec;
captured in an assault on one of the batteries, 1776, and released on
parole. Subsequently served under Washington against Burgoyne, and
defeated Tarleton at Cowpens. =Index=: =Dr= Leader of Virginia
Mountaineers in attack on Quebec, 128. =Bib.=: Graham, _Life of Daniel
Morgan_; _Cyc. Am. Biog._
=Morgan, Maurice.= =Dr= Sent to Canada to study legal situation, 43, 51;
returns to England, 56; Carleton's private secretary, 203.
=Morin.= =L= Describes church at Montreal, 89.
=Morin, Augustin Norbert= (1803-1865). Born in St. Michel, Quebec.
Educated at the Seminary of Quebec, and called to the bar of Lower
Canada, 1828. Elected to the Assembly, 1830; commissioner of crown lands
in the La Fontaine-Baldwin administration, 1842-1843; Speaker of the
House, 1848. In 1851 joined Francis Hincks in forming an administration,
Hincks being premier, and Morin provincial secretary until 1853;
commissioner of crown lands, 1853. Appointed judge of the Superior Court
of Lower Canada, 1855; a commissioner for codifying the laws of Lower
Canada, 1859. =Index=: =BL= On the union, 57; meets Hincks, 63; his
letters to Hincks, 79; member for Nicolet, relations with Reform party
in Upper Canada, 79; supports Cavillier for Speaker, 1841, 87;
commissioner of crown lands, 134; elected for two constituencies, 1844,
252; Draper attempts to secure his support, 259; elected Speaker, 1848,
283; occupies the chair at farewell banquet to La Fontaine, 354; joint
premiership with Hincks, 359. =B= Brown acknowledges his services in
cause of responsible government, 67. =C= Sides against the government,
7; his standing as a statesman, 23; forms alliance with Upper Canadian
Conservatives, 99-100. =E= Member of first La Fontaine-Baldwin ministry,
32; his character, 32; refuses seat in Draper government, 43; elected in
1848, 50; opposed by Papin
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