Return to an address of the House of Commons, dated 16th April, 1872, for copies of all correspondence with Lieut.-Governor A.G. Archibald, of Manitoba, and Mr. McMicken, Land Commissioner, regarding the Fenian invasion of Manitoba, and the intercourse of the said Lieut.-Governor with Louis Riel, the leader of the rebellion in the territory, and one of the men charged with the murder of Thomas Scott
Return to an address of the House of Commons, dated 16th April, 1872, for copies of all correspondence with Lieut.-Governor A.G. Archibald, of Manitoba, and Mr. McMicken, Land Commissioner, regarding the Fenian invasion of Manitoba, and the intercourse of the said Lieut.-Governor with Louis Riel, the leader of the rebellion in the territory, and one of the men charged with the murder of Thomas Scott
Archibald, Adams George (Sir): 1814-1892. Born in Nova Scotia; proponent of Confederation; Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba and NWT, 1870-1873; Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia, 1873-1883; in House of Commons, 1888-1891; for services in Manitoba created C.M.G., 1872; created K.C.M.G., 1886 (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // McMicken, Gilbert: 1813-1891. Born in London; to Canada, 1832; appointed agent of Dominion lands, manager of Dominion government savings bank, and immigration agent, 1871; claimed he prevented a Métis rising at time of Fenian raid; acting inspector of provincial penitentiary, 1874-1877; speaker of Manitoba Legislature, 1879-1883 (Cochrane, The Canadian album ; Robertson, A political manual of the province of Manitoba ).
