The Makers of Canada Series, Volume 4William Lawson Grant Oxford University Press, 1926 - Canada |
Common terms and phrases
affairs afterwards American Amherstburg appointed arms army arrived assembly attack August battery boats Britain British Brock wrote brother Canadian Captain chief church Colonel Baynes Colonel Brock Colonel Procter colony command commander-in-chief corps council defence Detroit Duke duty enemy England English expedition fire force Fort Detroit Fort Erie Fort George Fort Niagara France French frontier garrison governor Guernsey guns harbour honour hostilities House hundred Indians Isaac Brock island John July king's Kingston Lake Erie Lake Ontario land letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel lieutenant-governor Lord Dorchester Lower Canada Loyalists Majesty's Major-General March ment Miami miles military militia minister Montreal Napoleon Navy Hall Niagara officers orders-in-council passed peace province Quebec Queen's Rangers Queenston received Regiment river Savery sent settlers ships Simcoe Simcoe's Sir George Prevost Sir James Craig soldiers thought thousand tion town treaty troops United Upper Canada vessels writes York
Popular passages
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 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 - ... 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 28 - I have only one eye — I have a right to be blind sometimes...
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 215 - We can take the Canadas without soldiers ; we have only to send officers into the provinces, and the people, disaffected towards their own government, will rally round our standard.
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 251 - I have no other reply to make, than to inform you that I am prepared to meet any force which may be at your disposal, and any consequences, which may result from any exertion of it you may think proper to make.
Page 108 - Napoleon now issued a decree, appointing " his dearly beloved brother, Joseph Napoleon, King of Naples and Sicily, to the crowns of Spain and the Indies.