interview with, 110; Sydenham's despatch to, 114. =Bib.=:
_Dict. Nat. Biog._

=Russell, Peter= (1755-1825). Born in England. In 1791 accompanied
Simcoe to Canada, and appointed inspector-general; later becoming a
member of the Assembly and of the Executive Council. Administered the
government of Upper Canada, 1796-1799. =Index=: =S= Recommended by
Simcoe as collector of customs, 46, 178; arrives in Canada, 49; member
of Legislative Council, 79; executive councillor, 79; sworn in as
administrator, 217. =Bib.=: Read, _Lieutenant-Governors of Upper
Canada_.

=Russian-American Fur Company.= Chartered in 1799, with a monopoly of
the fur trade of Russian America. It absorbed the various smaller
independent companies, and for a time was a powerful rival of the
Hudson's Bay Company. Its operations were directed by Baranof, as
governor of Russian America, and the headquarters of the company were
established at New Archangel (modern Sitka), in 1800. =Index=: =D= Claim
north-west coast of America, 45; dissolved, 1861, 45. =Bib.=: Dall,
_Alaska_; Bancroft, _History of Alaska_; Laut, _Vikings of the Pacific_.

=Russian Convention, 1825.= =D= Its provisions, 118-119.

=Russian Explorations.= =D= Stimulated by fur trade, 38; America reached
by way of Siberia, 38; Vitus Bering's expeditions, 39-40; explorations
between 1764 and 1769, 42; discoveries and colonies along the coast,
44-45; Baranof, Wrangell and Etoline, 44-46; explorations of
Krusenstern, Lisiansky, and others, 1787-1822, 46. =Bib.=: Muller,
_Voyages from Asia to America_; Coxe, _Discoveries of the Russians
between Asia and America_; Lauridsen, _Vitus Bering_, trans. by Olson;
Kotzebue, _Voyages_, trans. by Lloyd; Krusenstern, _Voyage_; Lutke,
_Voyage_; Bancroft, _History of Alaska_; Laut, _Vikings of the Pacific_.

=Russian Fur Trade.= =D= In Alaska, 4, 12, 17; grew out of Bering's
voyages, 41; character of the traders, 41; expansion of the trade, 42;
companies formed, 42-43; Russian-American Company, 43-44. =Bib.=: _See_
Russian Explorations.

=Ryerson, Egerton= (1803-1882). =R= Born March 24, 1803, near village of
Vittoria, Upper Canada, 1; parentage, 1; his father a United Empire
Loyalist, 1; his mother's influence, 2; his early life on the farm, 3;
school days, 4; hard study brings on brain fever, 5; enters Methodist
ministry, 5, 15; moral development, 5-9; environment, 10-11; difficulty
with his father over joining Methodists, 12-13; his reading, 12; returns
h