Tuhia he tomokanga mo tenei whitianga - He kaitautoko a te iwi o Upper Canada College, a i mohiotia hoki mo te Anti-Americanism kino; i muri i te tono kia whakaarahia he whakapakoko o George Washington i Westminster Abbey, i whakawehi ia mena ka hangaia, ka haere ia ki reira ki te ruaki. Whai muri i nga whakamatau a nga kaipahua Fenian
I waenganui i te tau 1866 me te tau 1871, i tono a Denison i tētahi hoari Yankee mai i te papa whawhai mō tētahi pūkōro i runga i tōna ahi.