The importance and advantage of Cape Breton, truly stated [by W. Bollan].Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1746 - History |
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... Difficulty than I at first imagined . I AM fenfible of many Defects in thefe Sheets ; but , as I mean nothing more than to open the Eyes of the Publick on fo impor- tant an Occafion , fo I have only furnished the feveral Hints that ...
... Difficulty than I at first imagined . I AM fenfible of many Defects in thefe Sheets ; but , as I mean nothing more than to open the Eyes of the Publick on fo impor- tant an Occafion , fo I have only furnished the feveral Hints that ...
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... Difficulty of doing this , confifts in two things ; First to find a Confumption or Demand for these Commodities ; and Se- condly , to reduce the Wages of Work of all kinds . This latter Difficulty arifes from the Idlenes before ...
... Difficulty of doing this , confifts in two things ; First to find a Confumption or Demand for these Commodities ; and Se- condly , to reduce the Wages of Work of all kinds . This latter Difficulty arifes from the Idlenes before ...
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... Difficulty would be turned into fome fort of Advantage ; and what is now a Horrour , would be converted into a Beau- ty . As foon as the Country became rich , it would become better worth the prefer- ving : Fortifications ( if needful ) ...
... Difficulty would be turned into fome fort of Advantage ; and what is now a Horrour , would be converted into a Beau- ty . As foon as the Country became rich , it would become better worth the prefer- ving : Fortifications ( if needful ) ...
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... Difficulties in for our Ships , their Voyage to or from our Colonies , or any other part of the Weft Indies , here is a fure and fafe Retreat . Whereas , we had not only the Dangers of the Seas to efcape , but the Hazard of being taken ...
... Difficulties in for our Ships , their Voyage to or from our Colonies , or any other part of the Weft Indies , here is a fure and fafe Retreat . Whereas , we had not only the Dangers of the Seas to efcape , but the Hazard of being taken ...
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... And without it , the Difficulty of preíerv- ing Nova Scotia , will , I am afraid , be greater than is at prefent imagined . The Neceffity V. Neceffity of preferving this Province will CHA P. appear 108 The Importance and Advantage.
... And without it , the Difficulty of preíerv- ing Nova Scotia , will , I am afraid , be greater than is at prefent imagined . The Neceffity V. Neceffity of preferving this Province will CHA P. appear 108 The Importance and Advantage.
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Acadia Advantage againſt alfo almoſt America amongſt Annapolis Royal arifing Article becauſe befides Britain C H A Cafe Canada Canfo Cape Breton CHAP Charlevoix Coafts Colonies confequently Confideration Conqueft Country Courſe deſtroy diſcovered Diſcoveries diſturb Duke of Berry Encreaſe Enemy English Eſtabliſhment Expence faid fame fays fecure fent feveral fhall fhew fhould fince firſt Fiſh Fishery fmall fome foon fortify French fuch fuffered fufficient fupplied fure furniſh Gulph Harbour Ifland of Cape Infurance Iſland itſelf Jefuit King of England King of France land Laurence Leagues leaſt leſs Lewisburg likewife loft Majefty Meaſures moft moſt muſt Nation neceffary Neceffity Newfoundland Nova Scotia Number obferved Occafion Perfon Place poffeffed Port Port-Royal prefent Prefervation Province Publick Purpoſe Quebec RAUDOT Reafon River of St Savages Settlements ſhall Ships ſmall Streights Subjects thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe Thouſand tion took Poffeffion Trade Treaty of Utrecht Uſe Veffels Weft
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Page 36 - ... shall with the same liberty, resort, as they please, to the British and French Colonies, for promoting trade on one side and the other, without any molestation or hindrance, either on the part of the British subjects or of the French. But it is to be exactly and distinctly settled by Commissioners, who are, and who ought to be, accounted the subjects and friends of Britain or of France.
Page 39 - Corpus according to the true intent and meaning of this act, may be directed and run into any county palatine, the cinque ports, or other privileged places within the kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, or town of Berwick upon Tweed, and the islands of Jersey or Guernsey; any law or usage to the contrary notwithstanding.
Page 38 - ... fituated in the Weft Indies, or in any part of America, which the faid King of Great Britain, and his fubjects, do at this prefent...
Page 13 - ... under the jurisdiction of England. Yet, after the restoration, ('tis not easy to say how, or on what account,) the French were permitted to re-enter, and do yet hold the unjust possession of it. From the premises it seems manifest, that the French territories on that part of the continent of America do originally and of right belong to the crown of Great Britain, which is however submitted to better judgments.
Page 37 - ... made between both Nations at Madrid.] And whereas it is insisted on the part of Spain, that certain rights of fishing at the Island of Newfoundland belong to the Guipuscoans, or other Subjects of the Catholic King, Her Britannic Majesty consents and agrees, that all such privileges as the Guipuscoans and other People of Spain are able to make claim to by right, shall be allowed and preserved to them.
Page 18 - A memorial shewing that the French possessions on the River of Canada do originally and of right belong to the Crown of Great Britain and, for other important reasons ought to be restored to the Crown on a treaty of peace...
Page 45 - ... Newfoundland and other posts ; but the offer was rejected. In 1712, under date May 24th, a proposition was made, on behalf of Queen Anne, " That the subjects of His Majesty (Louis XIV.) should enjoy, in common with the Queen's, the island of Cape Breton, and that the islands in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and in the mouth of the river of that name, which are at present possessed by the French, should remain to his most Christian, Majesty, but expressly upon the condition that his said Majesty shall...
Page 30 - ... shall accept and approve the same for ever. And under the same obligation of the word and honour of a king the most Christian king promises that no one besides the queen herself, and her successors according to the series of the said limitation, shall ever by him or by his heirs or successors be acknowledged or reputed to be king or queen of Great Britain. And for adding more ample credit to the said acknowledgment and promises, the most Christian king does engage that whereas the person who,...
Page 34 - Britifh fubjefts, likewife all Nova Scotia or Acadia, with its ancient boundaries, as alfo the city of Port Royal, now called Annapolis Royal, and all other things in thofe parts, which depend /on the faid lands and iflands, together with the dominion, propriety, and...
Page 35 - Moreover, it fhall not be lawful for the fubjects of France to fortify any place in the faid ifland of Newfoundland, or to erect any buildings there, befides ftages made of boards, and huts neceflary and ufual for drying of fifh ; or to refort to the faid ifland, beyond the time necefftiry for fifhing, and drying of fifh.