Statutes, Documents and Papers Bearing on the Discussion Respecting the Northern and Western Boundaries of the Province of Ontario, Including the Principal Evidence Supposed to be Either for Or Against the Claims of the Province |
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... Woods , to the said Lake of the Woods ; thence through the said lake to the most north - western point thereof , and from thence on a due west course to the River Mississippi ; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said ...
... Woods , to the said Lake of the Woods ; thence through the said lake to the most north - western point thereof , and from thence on a due west course to the River Mississippi ; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said ...
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... Woods , in the manner mentioned in the Treaty of Peace between His Majesty and the United States ; it is agreed , that measures should be taken in concert with His Majesty's Government in America , and the Government of the United ...
... Woods , in the manner mentioned in the Treaty of Peace between His Majesty and the United States ; it is agreed , that measures should be taken in concert with His Majesty's Government in America , and the Government of the United ...
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... Woods , along the forty - ninth parallel of north latitude , or , if the said point shall not be in the forty - ninth parallel of north latitude , then that a line drawn from the said point due north or south , as the case may be ...
... Woods , along the forty - ninth parallel of north latitude , or , if the said point shall not be in the forty - ninth parallel of north latitude , then that a line drawn from the said point due north or south , as the case may be ...
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... Woods to the said Lake of the Woods ; thence through the said lake to the most north - western point thereof , and from thence on a due west course to the River Mississippi ; and northward to the southern boundary of the territory ...
... Woods to the said Lake of the Woods ; thence through the said lake to the most north - western point thereof , and from thence on a due west course to the River Mississippi ; and northward to the southern boundary of the territory ...
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... Woods . Amongst the slain was Father Anneau , a Jesuit . A party of five Canadian voyageurs discovered their bodies several days after the event . The heads of the Frenchmen were placed upon beaver skins , the greater number of them ...
... Woods . Amongst the slain was Father Anneau , a Jesuit . A party of five Canadian voyageurs discovered their bodies several days after the event . The heads of the Frenchmen were placed upon beaver skins , the greater number of them ...
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Page 47 - Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Page 19 - East, by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source ; and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the St. Lawrence...
Page 19 - Lawrence; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Page 19 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz., New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, to be free sovereign and independent states...
Page 259 - Phelipeaux to the long lake ; thence through the middle of said long Lake and the water communication between it and the lake of the Woods, to the said lake of the Woods ; thence through the said lake to the most North-western point thereof, and from thence on a due West course to the river Mississippi...
Page 22 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean...
Page 136 - A Map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish Settlements adjacent thereto (London 1733).
Page 19 - Mississippi; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude. South by a line to be drawn due east from the determination of the line last mentioned, in the latitude of...
Page 11 - It shall be lawful for the Queen, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate and House of Commons, to make Laws for the Peace, Order and good Government of Canada, in relation to all Matters not coming within the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces...
Page 405 - Date aforesaid to make, ordain and establish within the Land and Territory so admitted as aforesaid all such Laws, Institutions and Ordinances and to constitute such Courts and Officers as may be necessary for the Peace, Order and good Government of Her Majesty's Subjects and others therein...