rrender, and refuses, 251; surrenders with his whole army,
255; sent to Montreal as prisoner of war, 261, 265; released on parole,
283; makes bad impression on English officers, 283; court-martialled,
sentenced to death, but sentence remitted, 283, 284. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am.
Biog._; Campbell, _Life and Services of General William Hull_;
Cruikshank, _General Hull's Invasion of Canada in 1812_ (R. S. C.,
1907-1908).
=Humbert.= =W= Candidate in St. John County, opposes responsible
government, 64.
=Hume, Joseph= (1777-1855). Born at Montrose, Scotland. Studied
medicine; entered the service of the East India Company, 1797; returned
to England, 1808. Entered Parliament, 1812, but on account of his
independent principles compelled to resign his seat. Again elected,
1818, and continued a member of the House of Commons until his death. A
strong Radical in his opinions and effected many useful reforms.
=Index=: =BL= Correspondence with Mackenzie and Papineau, 229. =Mc= Lays
Mackenzie's petition before the House, 222; presents case against Upper
Canadian officials, 231; suggests independence of Canada, 250; his
"baneful domination" letter, 262-263; thanked by Mackenzie, 289;
predicts civil war, 326; letter to Mackenzie, on the Rebellion, and
question of amnesty, 475-479; urges amnesty for Mackenzie, 480. =Sy= An
associate of Sydenham's, 13; proposes reduction of corn duties, 39; his
speech on union resolutions in House of Commons, 122. =B= Attacks
Metcalfe's policy, 23. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Dent, _Upper Canadian
Rebellion_.
=Humphreys, Captain.= =Bk= Captain of _Leopard_, fires on _Chesapeake_,
83.
=Hundred Associates.= _See_ Company of New France.
=Hundredth Regiment.= =Bk= Quartered in Quebec and Montreal, 74;
disaster to, by shipwreck, 74.
"=Hungry Year.=" =S= Year 1787, so called from failure of harvest, 65,
69.
=Hunt, Thomas Sterry= (1826-1892). Born in Norwich, Conn. Came to
Canada, 1847, at the invitation of Sir William E. Logan, to accept the
position of chemist and mineralogist to the Geological Survey, which he
held until 1872. Also occupied the chair of chemistry in Laval
University, 1856-1862; and in McGill University, 1862-1868. In 1872
professor of geology in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Author of several scientific works, and a large number of papers
contributed to learned societies and scientific periodicals. Died in New
York. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._
=Hunter, Peter= (1746-1805)
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