The Report and Despatches of the Earl of Durham: Her Majesty's High Commissioner and Governor-general of British North AmericaOther than the folio edition printed by order of the House of Commons of Great Britain, which contains all of the supporting documentation in its appendices, this is the most complete contemporary edition of the report, containing the report itself, and, all of Lord Durham's dispatches to the Colonial Office regarding his activities in Canada and the state of affairs in Canada leading up to his report. |
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Page 296 - Thy people ; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations.
Page 281 - In testimony whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent, and the great seal of our said province of Lower Canada to be affixed thereto.
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