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papers in connection therewith, which he is said to have drafted, bear the mark of his patriotic and generous mind. The Prince Regent, in expressing his regret at the loss which the country must expe- rience by the death of the Attorney-General, declared that " his zealous co-operation with Sir Isaac Brock would reflect lasting honour on his memory." Like Brock, he died unmarried; like him, too, he was engaged to be married at the time of his death. His fiancee was Miss Powell, daugh- ter of the Chief Justice.

The story is told that at the commencement of the war, before making his will, Colonel Macdonell told Miss Powell that, though he had only a little estate to dispose of, about £300 in money, his books, papers and personal effects, together with ten acres of land on Church Street, Toronto, he wished her to have first choice of either the money and effects, or the land, for herself; the other part to go to a relative. She chose the money and the personalty, and the ten acres of land on Church Street went to his relative and godson, James Macdonell, son of his host, the Hon. Alexander Macdonell, Toronto, in whose family the title still remains.

Colonel Macdonell's father, Colonel Alexander Macdonell, commanded the 2nd Battalion, Glen- garry Militia, in the war, and two of his brothers also had commissions, Duncan Macdonell, as a Cap- tain, commanding a company at Ogdensburg (under Colonel George Macdonell), and Donald Greenfield Macdonell, who also commanded a com- pany at Ogdensburg. Duncan, the elder brother, succeeded his father as Lieutenant-Colonel, com- manding the 2nd Battalion, Glengarry Militia, until 1857, when he received the thanks of the Gov- ernor-General " for his long and valuable services dating from the last war." His son, Lieutenant- Colonel Archibald J. Macdonell, was also command- ing officer of his grandfather's and father's regi-

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