A Report on the Boundaries of the Province of Ontario: By David Mills |
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... ment of the conclusions at which I had arrived from the investigations that , in so short a period of time as six weeks , I had been able to make . I had reason to believe that further enquiry would confirm the conclusions then reached ...
... ment of the conclusions at which I had arrived from the investigations that , in so short a period of time as six weeks , I had been able to make . I had reason to believe that further enquiry would confirm the conclusions then reached ...
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... ment at home , it is very likely the French would have been much more formidable than they now are in America . Notwithstanding the treaty of neutrality for those parts made in London in 1686 , ought to have secured to Great Britain the ...
... ment at home , it is very likely the French would have been much more formidable than they now are in America . Notwithstanding the treaty of neutrality for those parts made in London in 1686 , ought to have secured to Great Britain the ...
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... ment , which had been established by the English . At the conquest , the French population of Illinois was about three thousand . † At Vincennes , upon the Wabash , there was a colony of between four and five hundred . ‡ Many from the ...
... ment , which had been established by the English . At the conquest , the French population of Illinois was about three thousand . † At Vincennes , upon the Wabash , there was a colony of between four and five hundred . ‡ Many from the ...
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... ment which , to say the least , was in some degree , open to the same objection which Mr. Burke made to the clause of the Bill , as it originally stood . The Solicitor General ( Wedderburn ) said in reply to those who objected to the ...
... ment which , to say the least , was in some degree , open to the same objection which Mr. Burke made to the clause of the Bill , as it originally stood . The Solicitor General ( Wedderburn ) said in reply to those who objected to the ...
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... ment . In the grant of lands , we ought to confine the inhabi- tants to keep them , according to the ancient policy of the country , along the line of the sea and the river . " This was the policy long advocated by Lord Hillsborough ...
... ment . In the grant of lands , we ought to confine the inhabi- tants to keep them , according to the ancient policy of the country , along the line of the sea and the river . " This was the policy long advocated by Lord Hillsborough ...
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REPORT ON THE BOUNDARIES OF TH Ontario Commissioner on the Northern an,David 1831-1903 Mills No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 40 - Nipissim; from whence the said line, crossing the river St. Lawrence, and the lake Champlain, in 45 degrees of North latitude, passes along the High Lands, which divide the rivers that empty themselves into the said river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the sea; and also along the North coast of the Baye des Chaleurs, and the coast of the gulf of St.
Page 154 - Successors as of our Manor of East Greenwich in the County of Kent in free and Common Soccage and not in Capite or by Knights Service.
Page 192 - People so to be summoned as aforesaid, to make, constitute, and ordain Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances for the Public Peace, Welfare, and good Government of our said Colonies, and of the People and Inhabitants thereof, as near as may be agreeable to the Laws of England...
Page 192 - ... all persons inhabiting in, or resorting to, our said colonies, may confide in our royal protection for the enjoyment of the benefit of the laws of our realm of England...
Page 195 - And we do further strictly enjoin and require all persons whatever, who have, either wilfully or inadvertently, seated themselves upon any lands within the countries above described, or upon any other lands which, not having been ceded to, or purchased by us, are still reserved to the said Indians, as aforesaid, forthwith to remove themselves from such settlements.
Page 59 - John, to the south end of the Lake Nipissing, from whence the said line, crossing the river St. Lawrence and the Lake Champlain, in forty-five degrees of north latitude, passes along the Highlands which divide the rivers that empty themselves into the said river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the sea, and also along the north coast of the Bay des Chaleurs and the Coast of the Gulf of St.
Page 192 - And whereas it will greatly contribute to the speedy settling our said new governments, that our loving subjects should be informed of our paternal care for the security of the liberties and properties of those who are and shall become inhabitants thereof; we have thought fit to publish and declare, by this our proclamation, that we have, in the letters patent under our great seal of Great Britain, by which the said governments are constituted, given express power and direction to our governors of...
Page 380 - Ohio; and along the Bank of the said River, Westward, to the Banks of the Mississippi, and Northward to the Southern Boundary of the Territory granted to the Merchants Adventurers of England, trading to Hudson's Bay...
Page 192 - ... so soon as the state and circumstances of the said colonies will admit thereof, they shall, with the advice and consent of the members of our Council, summon and call General Assemblies...
Page 188 - His Britannic Majesty, on his side, agrees to grant the liberty of the Catholic religion to the inhabitants of Canada ; he will, consequently, give the most precise and most effectual orders that his new Roman Catholic subjects may profess the worship of their religion, according to the rites of the Romish Church, as far as the laws of Great Britain permit.