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ng edited for the Champlain Society, Toronto. =La Vigne, Captain de.= =Ch= Sails for France with Champlain, 141. =Laviolette.= =Hd= Three Rivers founded by, in 1634, 43-44. =Law.= =Dr= Confusion and abuse in administration of, 51-55. =Law, Captain John.= =S= First sergeant at arms of the Upper Canada Assembly, 85; a retired officer of the Queen's Rangers, 85. =Law, John.= =R= Headmaster of Gore district Grammar School, Upper Canada, 4; Egerton Ryerson studies under, 5. =Lawrence, Charles.= Entered the army as ensign, 1727; captain, 1742; and major, 1747. Accompanied Warburton's Infantry to Nova Scotia, and engaged in the French wars at Cobequid, 1749-1750; brigadier-general under Amherst at the siege of Louisbourg, 1758. Nine years earlier had been appointed a member of the Council of Nova Scotia; administered the government on the retirement of Governor Hopson, 1753; lieutenant-governor, 1754; and governor, 1756. The first Assembly met under his governorship, 1758. Responsible for the expulsion of the Acadians. Died at Halifax, Oct. 19, 1760. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat. Biog._; Akins, _History of Halifax_; Parkman, _Montcalm and Wolfe_; Hannay, _History of Acadia_; Richard, _Acadia_. _See also_ Acadians, Expulsion of the. =Lawrence, Joseph W.= =T= Supports Tilley in 1850, 10. =Laws, Captain.= =Dr= Sent with seventy men to attack Arnold in rear, 129; completes discomfiture of enemy, 131. =Hd= Effects arrest of Du Calvet, 285. =Le Baillif.= =Ch= Under clerk at Tadoussac, 133; placed in charge of storehouse by Kirke, 195; a bad character, 202-204. =Le Baillif, George.= =Ch= Recollet missionary, 87; goes to France, as delegate from colony, 136. =Lebel, J. G.= =E= Commissioner under Seigniorial Tenure law, 187. =Le Ber, Jeanne=, daughter of Jacques Le Ber, of Montreal. =Index=: =L= Birth, baptism, and virtues of, 91; mortifications practised by, 92. =Le Ber, Pierre.= =L= House of charity established by, 245. =Le Ber de Senneville, Jacques= (1633-1706). One of the principal merchants of Montreal; married in 1658 Jeanne, sister of Charles Le Moyne. In 1673 engaged with Aubert de la Chesnaye in the fur trade at Cataraqui, and aroused the hostility of Governor Perrot of Montreal, who was also interested in the fur trade. In 1675 sold out his rights at Cataraqui to La Salle; and four years later acquired the seigniory of Senneville. Mentioned in 1691 as in a fur-trading partnership with Frontenac. =Index=:
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