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JOHNSON, Sir JOHN
HOWE, JOSEPH
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WARE, JOHN
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MOWAT, Sir OLIVER
THAYENDANEGEA
FRASER, SIMON
GUYART, MARIE, named de l’Incarnation (Martin)
ABBOTT, ANDERSON RUFFIN
SMITH, DONALD ALEXANDER, 1st Baron STRATHCONA and MOUNT ROYAL
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