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arch for the Western Sea_. =Haro, Gonzalez Lopez de.= =D= Finds Russian establishments, 38. =Bib.=: Bancroft, _North-West Coast_. =Harrison, Robert Alexander= (1833-1878). Studied law, and appointed to crown law department of Upper Canada, 1854. Retired, 1859, and practised in Toronto. Member for Toronto in first Dominion Parliament, 1867-1872. Chief-justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, Ontario, 1875-1878. One of the arbitrators in Ontario boundary dispute, 1878. Author of many legal works; and edited _Poker_, a humorous paper, 1859-1860. =Index=: =B= His connection with the contempt of court suit against George Brown, 249-254. =Md= Chief-justice, serves on Ontario Boundary Commission, 255. =Bib.=: Dent, _Can. Por._; Read, _Lives of the Judges_. =Harrison, Samuel Bealey.= =Sy= Provincial secretary for Upper Canada, 283; his resolutions on responsible government, 310, 311. =BL= Provincial secretary for Upper Canada, 1841, 76; a moderate Liberal, 78; Baldwin's confidence in, 78; retains office under La Fontaine-Baldwin administration, 134; Constitutional Society of Orillia recommends his dismissal, 167; member for Kingston--opposes transfer of capital to Montreal, and resigns as provincial secretary, 182; Gowan predicts his dismissal from office, 187. =Mc= Moves resolution for responsible government, which carries, 408. =Bib.=: Dent, _Last Forty Years_. =Harrison, T. T. J.= =Mc= His account of the Haldimand election, 487. =Harrison, William Henry= (1773-1841). Ninth president of the United States. =Index=: =Bk= United States general, his Tippecanoe exploit, 174-176. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._ =Harvey, Sir John= (1778-1852). Entered the British army, and saw active service in Holland, France, at the Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon, India, and Egypt. In 1812 deputy adjutant-general of the army in Canada, and defeated the American generals Chandler and Winder at Stoney Creek. Took part in the battles of Lundy's Lane, Fort Erie, and Chrystler's Farm. In 1815 aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington, and fought at Waterloo. In 1837-1841 governor of New Brunswick; governor and commander-in-chief of Newfoundland, 1841-1846; and governor of Nova Scotia, 1846-1852. Buried at Halifax. =Index=: =Md= Governor of Nova Scotia, Grey's despatch on responsible government, 33; text of the despatch, 47-50. =BL= Earl Grey's despatch to, on responsible government in Nova Scotia, 269-272. =H= Appointed lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia, 1
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