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PEARSON, LESTER BOWLES
SCOTT, THOMAS (d. 1870)
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RADISSON, PIERRE-ESPRIT
CHAUVIGNY, MARIE-MADELEINE DE (Gruel de La Peltrie)
RIEL, LOUIS (1844-85)
NICOLLET DE BELLEBORNE, JEAN
HOWE, JOSEPH
HÉBERT, LOUIS
BETHUNE, HENRY NORMAN
STEELE, Sir SAMUEL BENFIELD
COLES, GEORGE
INGERSOLL, LAURA (Secord)
CAVELIER DE LA SALLE, RENÉ-ROBERT
SHAWNADITHIT
JENNINGS, EMILY HOWARD (Stowe)
THOMPSON, DAVID (1770-1857)
GUYART, MARIE, named de l’Incarnation (Martin)
McGEE, THOMAS D’ARCY
RICHARD, MAURICE, known as the Rocket
CARTER, Sir FREDERIC BOWKER TERRINGTON
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