To avoid unnecessary repetitions, references to sources are abbreviated as follows:—
| Bibaud, Dict. | Dictionnaire Historique des Hommes Illustrés du Canada et de |
| | l'Amerique, par Bibaud. 1857. |
| Bibaud, Pan. Can. | Le Panthéon Canadien, par M. Bibaud. 1858. |
| Canada: An Ency. | Canada: An Encyclopædia of the Country, by J. Castell Hopkins. 1898. |
| Casgrain, Biog. | Biographies Canadiennes, par l'Abbé Casgrain. 1873. |
| Chambers, Biog. Dict. | Chambers's Biographical Dictionary. 1902. |
| Cyc. Am. Biog. | Cyclopædia of American Biography. |
| David, Biog. | Biographies et portraits, par L. O. David. 1876. |
| Dent, Can. Por. | Canadian Portrait Gallery, by John Charles Dent. |
| Dict. Eng. Hist. | Dictionary of English History, edited by Low and Pulling. |
| Dict. Nat. Biog. | Dictionary of National Biography. |
| Morgan, Bib. Can. | Bibliotheca Canadensis, by Henry J. Morgan. 1867. |
| Morgan, Can. Men. | Canadian Men and Women of the Time, by Henry J. Morgan. 1898. |
| Morgan, Cel. Can. | Sketches of Celebrated Canadians, and Persons Connected |
| | with Canada, by Henry J. Morgan. 1862. |
| Morice, Dict. | Dictionnaire Historique des Canadiens et des Métis |
| | Français de l'Ouest, par A. G. Morice. 1908. |
| Rose, Cyc. Can. Biog. | Cyclopædia of Canadian Biography, by George Maclean Rose. 1886. |
| R. S. C. | Royal Society of Canada Transactions. |
| Taché, Men. | Men of the Day, edited by Louis H. Taché. |
| Tassé, Canad. | Les Canadiens de l'Ouest, par J. Tassé. 1882. |
| Taylor, Brit. Am. | Portraits of British Americans, by W. Notman, with |
| | letter press by Fennings Taylor. 1865. |
| Who's Who. | Who's Who. London: 1910. |