ng islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon.
=Index=: =E= Guarantees institutions of French-Canadians, 24. =P= Grants
free exercise of Roman Catholic religion, 9; breadth of view of framers
of, 9. =Dr= Cedes Canada to Great Britain, 7. =Sy= Liberal provisions
of, 62. =WM= Signed Feb. 10, 1763, 268; ends the Seven Years' War, 269.
=Bib.=: Hertslet, _Treaties and Conventions_.

=Parke, Thomas.= Born in Ireland. Emigrated to Canada, and settled in
York (Toronto) in 1820. Member for the county of Middlesex in the two
last Parliaments of the province of Upper Canada. Member of the first
Parliament of Canada, 1841-1844; surveyor-general in the La
Fontaine-Baldwin administration, 1841-1845, when the office was
abolished. Died, 1864. =Index=: =Sy= Made surveyor-general, 333. =Bib.=:
Rose, _Cyc. Can. Biog._; Dent, _Last Forty Years_.

=Parker, Sir Hyde= (1739-1807). Second son of Vice-Admiral Sir Hyde
Parker. Born in England. Served in the navy under his father. In 1757
became lieutenant, and in 1763 commanded the _Baleine_. In 1766
transferred to the _Hussar_, and served under Lord Hood on the North
American station until 1770; served with Howe at New York; Rhode Island
in 1778; and in 1779 convoyed the troops to Savannah; knighted for his
services, 1779; commander-in-chief at Jamaica, 1796-1800; promoted
rear-admiral of the _Red_ in 1799; commanded the fleet which attacked
Copenhagen in 1807. =Index=: =Bk= In command of expedition to the
Baltic, 24; signals Nelson at Copenhagen to leave off action, 28.
=Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Parker, Robert.= =T= Attorney-general, New Brunswick, appointed to
bench, 19; made chief-justice, 1865, 93-94; dies same year, 94.

=Parkes, Sir Henry= (1815-1896). Australian statesman. =Index=: =Md=
Rhodes suggests scheme of Imperial preferential trade to, 343.

=Parkman, Francis= (1823-1893). Born in Boston. Educated at Harvard,
where he graduated, 1844. While still at college decided to write the
history of the struggle between France and Britain for the dominion of
the New World, and the remainder of his life was devoted to carrying out
this great plan. Lived among the western tribes for months at a time,
and on several occasions visited Canada and Europe for material for his
work. =Index=: =F= On the _Jesuit Relations_, 30; on the beginnings of
education and its founders, 31-32; on the encouragement of marriage,
57-58; reference to his account of the defence of fort at Vercheres,
319-320. =L= On