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- Railways, European and North American, proposed, 168;
- its progress, 186;
- completed to Shediac, 187, 188;
- Intercolonial, building of, proposed, 168, 195;
- delegations sent to England to obtain assistance, 169, 196-8;
- discussed in parliament, 187;
- a meeting held in Quebec to consider the offer of the British government, 198;
- a committee is sent to England to arrange the terms of the guarantee but fail to come to an agreement, 199, 200;
- its construction secured by confederation, 264
- Reade, Alfred, appointed provincial secretary, 76;
- Reciprocity treaty, discussed, 170, 171;
- bill passed, 175
- Ritchie, Hon. William J., member for the county of St. John, 152;
- Robinson, F. P., auditor of the king's casual revenue, 34
- Russell, Lord John, colonial secretary, 53;
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- Salaries, official, 61;
- reduction proposed by Wilmot, 62
- Saunders, Hon. John Simcoe, advocate-general, 34
- Simonds, Hon. Charles, a delegate to England with the grievances of New Brunswick, 24;
- Skinner, Hon. C. N., favours confederation, 227;
- member for St. John city, 251
- Smith, Hon. Albert J., joins the Fisher government, 175;
- Smith, William O., mayor of St. John, 149
- Stanley, Lord, colonial secretary, 53;
- Steadman, Hon. James, postmaster-general, 193
- Steeves, Hon. William H., joins the Fisher government, 175
- Street, Hon. George F., solicitor-general, 34;
- a delegate to England in connection with the Civil List Bill, 45
- Street, Hon. John Ambrose, attorney-general, 161
- Street-Partelow government, defeated, 173
- Sutton, Richard, 249
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- Tilley, James, grandfather of Sir Leonard, 145
- Tilley, Lady, 284;
- her charitable work, 285
- Tilley, Samuel, great-grandfather of Sir Leonard, 143
- Tilley, Samuel Leonard, birth and ancestry, 143;
- at the Madras School, 147;
- at the grammar school, 147;
- removes to St. John, 149;
- enters a drug store as clerk, 149;
- becomes a total abstainer, 150;
- begins business on his own account, 150;
- elected to the House of Assembly as member for St. John, 152;
- resigns his seat, 166;
- reëlected for St. John, 172;
- becomes provincial secretary, 174;
- defeated on the prohibition question, 183;
- again elected for St. John, 185;
- a delegate to England in regard to the Intercolonial Railway, 196;
- a delegate to Quebec to consider the offer of the British government, 198;
- second delegation to England, 199;
- at the Quebec conference, 219-22;
- defeated in St. John city, 231;
- resigns with his colleagues, 232;
- declines to form a new government, 247;
- becomes provincial secretary, 247;
- reëlected for St. John city, 251;
- his efforts for confederation, 252;
- his ability as a speaker, 255;
- supports the confederation resolutions, 258, 259;
- confederation delegate to England, 262;
- presented to Her Majesty, 266;
- becomes minister of customs, 272;
- elected to parliament for St. John city, 273;
- made a Companion of the Bath, 274;
- his standing in the House of Commons, 274;
- becomes minister of finance, 275;
- elected to the second parliament, 275;
- appointed lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick, 275;
- resigns the governorship, 278;
- again becomes finance minister, 279;
- introduces a protectionist tariff, 279;
- again appointed lieutenant-governor, 280;
- resides in St. John, 281;
- his simple habits, 281;
- his popularity, 282;
- a member of the Church of England, 282;
- made a K.C.M.G., 283;
- his marriages, 284;
- visits Her Majesty at Osborne, 284;
- his children, 284;
- suffers from an incurable disease, 285;
- his last illness, 286;
- death, 287;
- funeral, 288;
- tributes of respect, 288
- Tilley, Thomas Morgan, father of Sir Leonard, 145
- Trent affair, 197
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- United States, their attitude towards Canada, 254
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- Vankoughnet, Hon. P. M., a delegate to England in regard to the Intercolonial Railway, 197
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- Wark, David, his bounty resolutions, 118
- Watters, Hon. Charles, an advocate of confederation, 226
- Weldon, Hon. John W., speaker of the assembly, 65;
- Wetmore, Hon. A. R., opposes confederation, 226;
- William IV., objects to alienation of Crown lands, 22;
- dismisses the Liberal government, 37
- Williston, Hon. Edward, solicitor-general, 247;
- reëlected for Northumberland, 249
- Wilmot, Benjamin, first of the name in America, 3
- Wilmot, Hon. Robert Duncan, 152;
- his change of principle, 156;
- supports the government, 160;
- becomes surveyor-general, 165;
- reëlected in St. John, 166;
- becomes provincial secretary, 183;
- opposes confederation, 227;
- dissatisfied with the government, 235;
- resigns in January, 1866, 236;
- forms a new government with Mitchell, 247;
- reëlected for St. John County, 251;
- confederation delegate to England, 262
- Wilmot, Lemuel, grandfather of L. A. Wilmot, 3
- Wilmot, Lemuel Allan, birth, 2;
- ancestry, 3;
- education, 10;
- studies law, 11;
- his interest in politics, 11;
- his knowledge of French, 12;
- an officer of militia, 12;
- elected to the assembly for York, 31;
- takes his seat, 32;
- his eloquence, 33;
- zeal for reform, 34;
- on custom house salaries, 38;
- a delegate to the colonial office in connection with provincial affairs, 41;
- arranges terms with the British government, 43;
- second delegation to England, 46;
- reëlected for York, 47;
- engaged in the reform of King's College charter, 49-52;
- bill rejected by council, 52;
- resolutions thereon, 54;
- the college bill passed, 56;
- proposes a reduced scale of salaries, 62, 63;
- nominated for the speakership, 66;
- reëlected for York, 66;
- becomes a member of the government, 72, 73;
- resigns in consequence of the Reade appointment, 76;
- his reasons, 77;
- advocates improved schools, 88;
- in favour of free schools, 90;
- an advocate of the initiation of money grants, 91, 94-7;
- bids farewell to the House, 102;
- reëlected for York, 103;
- his speech on the want of confidence resolution, 103-11;
- becomes attorney-general, 116;
- his oratory, 119;
- at the Portland Railway Convention, 120;
- his views on railway legislation, 126;
- opposes the Shediac Railway, 127;
- his bill for the reduction of salaries defeated in the legislative council, 127;
- decline of popularity, 128;
- appointed a judge, 130;
- Fenety's estimate of, 131;
- appointed lieutenant-governor, 133;
- his religious views, 133;
- as a lecturer, 134;
- takes part in the Aroostook War, 135;
- his love of flowers, 136;
- illness and death, 137;
- character and achievements, 137-9
- Wilmot, William, father of L. A. Wilmot, 3;