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... mind of Dorchester ; they are in effect his own , and are merely the echo of opinions and senti- ments by which his conduct as governor was con- sistently guided . The weight of his judgment was thrown against the division of the ...
... mind of Dorchester ; they are in effect his own , and are merely the echo of opinions and senti- ments by which his conduct as governor was con- sistently guided . The weight of his judgment was thrown against the division of the ...
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... sole barren recognition which they called forth . He is everywhere mentioned as an officer of rare ability . His mind was alert and his judgment sound ; wit- HIS EARLY DAYS ness this opinion of the importance of 16 JOHN GRAVES SIMCOE.
... sole barren recognition which they called forth . He is everywhere mentioned as an officer of rare ability . His mind was alert and his judgment sound ; wit- HIS EARLY DAYS ness this opinion of the importance of 16 JOHN GRAVES SIMCOE.
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... mind . A few verses of his have been preserved which discover his vein of natural senti- ment if not any remarkable poetic gifts . There is a long piece in four - line stanzas entitled " Clemen- tina , " which proves that he knew by ...
... mind . A few verses of his have been preserved which discover his vein of natural senti- ment if not any remarkable poetic gifts . There is a long piece in four - line stanzas entitled " Clemen- tina , " which proves that he knew by ...
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... mind , body and estate , was the province of Upper Cana- da founded . The Treaty of Paris attempted to provide for the protection of the Royalists and their property . The fourth , fifth , and sixth clauses of the treaty were as follows ...
... mind , body and estate , was the province of Upper Cana- da founded . The Treaty of Paris attempted to provide for the protection of the Royalists and their property . The fourth , fifth , and sixth clauses of the treaty were as follows ...
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... minds of some of the leaders of congress the idea that the articles just quoted were written down in good faith and should be acted upon , and more surely there must have been in the minds of many fair and just men throughout the States ...
... minds of some of the leaders of congress the idea that the articles just quoted were written down in good faith and should be acted upon , and more surely there must have been in the minds of many fair and just men throughout the States ...
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Page 52 - 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 9 - there is a loss of friends. I know the price of my conduct. I have done my duty at the price of my friend. Our friendship is at an end.
Page 53 - Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective states, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights and properties, which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects, and also of the estates, rights and properties of persons resident in districts in the possession of his Majesty's arms, and who have not borne arms against the said United States.
Page 53 - ... now in possession the bona fide price, (where any has been given) which such persons may have paid on purchasing any of the said lands, rights or properties since the confiscation. And it is agreed that all persons who have any interest in confiscated lands, either by debts, marriage-settlements or otherwise, shall meet with no lawful impediment in the prosecution of their just rights.
Page 53 - States, and therein to remain twelve months, unmolested in their endeavours to obtain the restitution of such of their 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,...
Page 93 - The whole retinue of the Governor consisted in a guard of fifty men of the garrison of the fort. Dressed in silk, he entered the hall with his hat on his head, attended by his adjutant and two secretaries. The two members of the Legislative Council gave, by their Speaker, notice of it to the Assembly. Five members of the latter having appeared at the bar, the Governor delivered a speech...
Page 88 - Britain; and that in all Matters of Controversy, relative to Property and Civil Rights, Resort shall be had to the Laws of Canada, as the Rule for the Decision of the same...
Page 53 - United States; and that Persons of any other Description shall have free Liberty to go to any Part or Parts of any of the thirteen United States and therein to remain twelve Months unmolested in their Endeavors to obtain the Restitution of such of their Estates, Rights and Properties as may have been confiscated...
Page 83 - Honourable gentlemen of the Legislative Council and gentlemen of the House of Assembly : — I have summoned you together under the authority of an Act of Parliament of Great Britain, passed in the last year, which has established the British Constitution and all the forms which secure and maintain it in this distant country.
Page 2 - In doing this a considerable degree of attention is due to the prejudices and habits of the French Inhabitants who compose so large a proportion of the community, and every degree of caution should be used to continue to them the enjoyment of those civil and religious Rights which were secured to them by the Capitulation of the Province, or have since been granted by the liberal and enlightened spirit of the British Government.