Transportation. B Roads in Upper Canada in 1834, 54; improvement of, advocated by George Brown, 61; Hincks and the Grand Trunk, 64. S Difficulty and cost of, in early times, 109. BL Steamboat and stage travel in 1839, 74-75; improvement of inland navigation provided for in government programme in 1841, 89; interests advanced under second La Fontaine-Baldwin ministry, 282, 286, 287, 301-302; 337. E Vigorous policy of La Fontaine-Baldwin government, 96-101; and of Hincks-Morin ministry, 114-116. See also Railways; Canals; Roads.
Trayes. S Baptist deacon, teaches school at Port Rowan, 167.
Traytorrens, Captain. Hd Correspondent of Haldimand's, 315.
Treaties. See Aix-la-Chapelle; Ashburton; Jay's; Paris; St. Germain-en-Laye; Ryswick; Breda; Utrecht; Suze; Versailles; Oregon; Washington.
Tregatin. Ch Indian, brings news of Kirke's arrival, 176.
Trent Affair. Took place in November, 1861, when Captain C. Wilkes of the United States navy intercepted the British mail steamer Trent sailing from Havana, and arrested two commissioners from the Confederate States who were passengers, and who were accredited to France. They were conveyed to the United States and imprisoned in Boston. The affair caused great excitement; war between Great Britain and the United States seemed imminent, and was averted only by the release of the two commissioners on the demand of Great Britain in January, 1862. Index: C Canada's connection with, leads to reorganization of militia, 87. T Helped along Intercolonial Railway project, 55. Md Storm aroused by seizure of the Trent, 97-98. Bib.: Dent, Last Forty Years; Harris, The Trent Affair; King, Turning on the Light; Roberts, History of Canada.
Trenton (New Jersey). Dr Surrender of Hessians at, 164.
Trinité. Ch French vessel, seized by the English, 222.
Trinity College. College with university powers, established at Toronto. Now affiliated with the University of Toronto. Index: E Established through the efforts of Bishop Strachan, 95-96. BL Founded by Bishop Strachan, 1851, 295-296. Md Founded by Bishop Strachan, 30. Bib.: Clark, The University of Trinity College in Canada: An Ency., vol. 4; Bethune, Memoir of Bishop Strachan.
Troop, J. C. H Delegate of Nova Scotia Anti-Confederate party to England, to demand repeal of British North America Act, 204; receives thanks of Legislature, 218. Bib.: Campbell, History of Nova Scotia.