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(C) Theses

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McNabb, D.J. "Herman Merivale and the British Empire, 1806-1874, with Special Reference to British North America, South Africa and India". Ph.D. Thesis, University of Lancaster, 1978.

Milloy, J.S. The Era of Civilization: British Policy for the Indians of Canada, 1830-1860", D. Phil. Thesis, Oxford, 1978.

Quealey, F.M. "The Administration of Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada 1818-1828", Ph.D. Thesis, York University, 1968.

Schmalz, P.S., "The Ojibway of Southern Ontario", Ph.D. Thesis, University of Waterloo, 1985.

Slattery, B.J. "The Legal Status and Land Rights of Indigenous Canadian Peoples as Affected by the Crown's Acquisition of Their Territories", D. Phil. Thesis, Oxford University, 1979.

Smith, D.B. "The Mississaugas, Peter Jones and the White Man", Ph.D. Thesis, University of Toronto, 1975.

Surtees, R.J. "Indian Reserve Policy in Upper Canada, 1830-1845", M.A. Thesis, Carleton University, 1966.

Surtees, R.J. "Indian Land Cessions in Ontario, 1763-1862: The Evolution of a System", Ph.D. Thesis, Carleton University, 1982.

Watson, D.M. "Frontier Movement and Economic Development in Northeastern Ontario, 1850-1914", M.A. Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1971.