Report on the Boundaries of the Province of Ontario: Containing in Part the Substance of a Report Prepared for the Government of the Province in 1872, by David Mills and Afterwards Revised and Considerably Enlarged by the Author for the Purposes of the Arbitration Between the Dominion of Canada and the Province of Ontario |
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... appears that , in 1728 , M. de la Verendrye , who was then in command at Lake Nepigon , having received , from various sources , accounts of the existence of a river running toward the west , believed that it would lead to the discovery ...
... appears that , in 1728 , M. de la Verendrye , who was then in command at Lake Nepigon , having received , from various sources , accounts of the existence of a river running toward the west , believed that it would lead to the discovery ...
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... appears from Washington's Journal that on the 25th of November he met with a few French deserters , from whom he got intelligence that they were part of 100 men who had been sent with eight canoes , laden with provisions , trom New ...
... appears from Washington's Journal that on the 25th of November he met with a few French deserters , from whom he got intelligence that they were part of 100 men who had been sent with eight canoes , laden with provisions , trom New ...
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... appears to be the boundary between the French and us in that part of the country , and of course becomes our frontiers . As the west side of the Mississippi will , no doubt , be settled by the French , I would offer to your Lordship's ...
... appears to be the boundary between the French and us in that part of the country , and of course becomes our frontiers . As the west side of the Mississippi will , no doubt , be settled by the French , I would offer to your Lordship's ...
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... appears by the extracts of General Gage's and Mr. Croghan's letters , amounts to so considerable a sum annually as to become a national object ; that they will be an effectual check to the intrigues of those nations for gaining the ...
... appears by the extracts of General Gage's and Mr. Croghan's letters , amounts to so considerable a sum annually as to become a national object ; that they will be an effectual check to the intrigues of those nations for gaining the ...
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... appear to us that the extension of the fur trade depends entirely upon the Indians being undisturbed in the possession of their hunting grounds ; that all colonising does in its nature , and must in its consequences , operate to the ...
... appear to us that the extension of the fur trade depends entirely upon the Indians being undisturbed in the possession of their hunting grounds ; that all colonising does in its nature , and must in its consequences , operate to the ...
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Adventurers of England aforesaid Albany Article authority boundary line Bourbon Britain British Canadian ceded Charter claim coast colonies command commences Commissaries Commissioners Company's Council Court Crown discovery Dominion due north east English established extend forts French fur trade Government Governor and Company granted height of land honour Hudson's Bay Company Illinois Illinois country Island jurisdiction King la Verendrye Lake Superior Lake Winnipeg Lawrence leagues letter limits line drawn longitude Lord Lordships Louisiana Lower Canada Majesty Majesty's miles Mississippi Moose N. Y. Hist nations North America North-West Company northern northward Ohio Ontario Paris Parliament peace places Port Nelson possession posts present Province of Quebec Province of Upper Red River River St Rupert's Rupert's Land settled settlement shore Sieur Straits Streights subjects successors thence Treaty of Ryswick Treaty of Utrecht Upper Canada Vaudreuil Verendrye voyage western westward
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Page 39 - Company, and their successors for ever, to be holden of us, our heirs and successors, as of our manor of East Greenwich, in our county of Kent, in free and common soccage, and not in capite...
Page 112 - ... his Britannic Majesty shall, with all convenient speed, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any negroes or other property of -the American inhabitants, withdraw all his armies, garrisons and fleets from the said United States, and from every port, place and harbour within the same...
Page 105 - Superior ; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and 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...
Page 66 - We, therefore, have thought fit, by and with the advice of our Privy Council...
Page 64 - ... with the advice of our privy council, to issue this our royal proclamation, hereby...
Page 29 - ... that a line drawn from the said point due north or south, as the case may be, until the said line shall intersect the said parallel of north latitude...
Page 63 - America; it is agreed, that, for the future, the confines between the dominions of His Britannic Majesty and those of His Most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the River Mississippi, from its source to the River Iberville.
Page 65 - And we do further declare it to be Our Royal Will and Pleasure, for the present as aforesaid, to reserve under Our Sovereignty, Protection and Dominion, for the Use of the said Indians, all the Lands and Territories...
Page 34 - Assemblies can be called as aforesaid, 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 30 - British subjects with their goods and produce, shall be treated on the same footing as citizens of the United States; it being however always understood that nothing in this article shall be construed as preventing, or intended to prevent, the Government of the United States from making any regulations respecting the navigation of the said river or rivers, not inconsistent with the present treaty.