The History of Canada: Canada under British ruleRoswell & Hutchinson, 1894 - Canada |
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... governor - general only , but depending greatly on the influence they could command in London , passed away from all active direction of our affairs . It is important that we correctly know the working of this control exercised by the ...
... governor - general only , but depending greatly on the influence they could command in London , passed away from all active direction of our affairs . It is important that we correctly know the working of this control exercised by the ...
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... governor's instruc- tions Haldimand's responsibilities Threatened invasion of Canada Influence of D'Estaing's procla mation . • Position of the French Canadians La Valinière La Fayette's address to the In- dians . His false statements ...
... governor's instruc- tions Haldimand's responsibilities Threatened invasion of Canada Influence of D'Estaing's procla mation . • Position of the French Canadians La Valinière La Fayette's address to the In- dians . His false statements ...
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... governor to admit French priests Refusal of request 226 227 . 227 . 228 228 Appeal on the subject to England . 229 The Habeas Corpus . • 229 Its effect on those bound by reli- gious vows 230 206 doning the city • revolution The ...
... governor to admit French priests Refusal of request 226 227 . 227 . 228 228 Appeal on the subject to England . 229 The Habeas Corpus . • 229 Its effect on those bound by reli- gious vows 230 206 doning the city • revolution The ...
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... governor of the lake territory Independence shewn by parties 292 CHAPTER IV . [ 1782-1789 . ] The United States after the peace 324 292 from Kentucky Harmer's campaign Defeat of Harden 292 - 293 293 3rd Nov. Quebec Defeat of United ...
... governor of the lake territory Independence shewn by parties 292 CHAPTER IV . [ 1782-1789 . ] The United States after the peace 324 292 from Kentucky Harmer's campaign Defeat of Harden 292 - 293 293 3rd Nov. Quebec Defeat of United ...
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... governor - general and in command of troops 433 434 CHAPTER II . [ 1798-1799 . ] Prescott's difficulties with the council Portland's views . 456 456 Prescott recalled for explanations 457 In what light proceedings can be considered ...
... governor - general and in command of troops 433 434 CHAPTER II . [ 1798-1799 . ] Prescott's difficulties with the council Portland's views . 456 456 Prescott recalled for explanations 457 In what light proceedings can be considered ...
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Page 172 - Estates, Rights and Properties as may have been confiscated; and that Congress shall also earnestly recommend to the several States a Reconsideration and Revision of all Acts or Laws regarding the Premises, so as to render the said Laws or Acts perfectly consistent not only with Justice and Equity but with that Spirit of Conciliation which on the return of the Blessings of Peace should universally prevail.
Page 172 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons for, or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war ; and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or property...
Page 173 - ... 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 post, place and harbour within the same...
Page 172 - 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 172 - It is agreed that creditors on either side, shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Page 159 - The thirteenth article of the treaty of Utrecht, and the method of carrying on the fishery, which has at all times been acknowledged, shall be the plan upon which the fishery shall be carried on there...
Page 171 - 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 river St. Lawrence...
Page 173 - Papers belonging to any of the said States, or their Citizens, which in the Course of the War may have fallen into the Hands of his Officers, to be forthwith restored and delivered to the proper States and Persons to whom they belong.
Page 172 - American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbors, and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled ; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 427 - I receive orders to that purpose from those I have the honor to serve under, or the fortune of war should oblige me. I must still adhere, sir, to the purport of my letter this morning, to desire that your army, or individuals belonging to it, will not approach within reach of my cannon, without expecting the consequences attending it.