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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... given me the names of these nations whom he has visited , for the most part in their own countries . ” But it was not wholly through the instrumentality of the fur traders that the French authorities , at a very early period , acquired ...
... given me the names of these nations whom he has visited , for the most part in their own countries . ” But it was not wholly through the instrumentality of the fur traders that the French authorities , at a very early period , acquired ...
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... given to him to accomplish his purpose . He was to complete his enterprise within five years . La Salle was to carry on no trade whatever with the savages who had been in the habit of taking their peltries to Mon- treal . The King was ...
... given to him to accomplish his purpose . He was to complete his enterprise within five years . La Salle was to carry on no trade whatever with the savages who had been in the habit of taking their peltries to Mon- treal . The King was ...
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... given the savages all the presents necessary to prevent them going to trade with the English ; that he had met Sieur de la Croix and his two comrades who had been sent by the Governor with despatches for Sieur Chanaut at the River ...
... given the savages all the presents necessary to prevent them going to trade with the English ; that he had met Sieur de la Croix and his two comrades who had been sent by the Governor with despatches for Sieur Chanaut at the River ...
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... given them permission . I do not know whether this is So. It follows that we have not the liberty to send any one upon the Mississippi . ” * It does not seem that D'Iberville's Patent , or Commission , named the boundaries of the ...
... given them permission . I do not know whether this is So. It follows that we have not the liberty to send any one upon the Mississippi . ” * It does not seem that D'Iberville's Patent , or Commission , named the boundaries of the ...
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... given by geographers who have looked rather at the physical features of the country possessed by France in North America , than to those public acts of the King and his Ministers , by which the limits of Canada and Louisiana were ...
... given by geographers who have looked rather at the physical features of the country possessed by France in North America , than to those public acts of the King and his Ministers , by which the limits of Canada and Louisiana were ...
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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.