General introduction to Statistical Accounts of Upper Canada: compiled with a view to a grand system of emigration, in connexion with a reform of the Poor Laws |
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... tion of good roads , the first step towards its improvement , ccclxxxvii . Navigation of the St. Lawrence , a great national object , ccclxxxviii . Plan for its improvement , and estimated expense of this , ccclxxxix . Effects of its ...
... tion of good roads , the first step towards its improvement , ccclxxxvii . Navigation of the St. Lawrence , a great national object , ccclxxxviii . Plan for its improvement , and estimated expense of this , ccclxxxix . Effects of its ...
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... tion , but , simply , for not having obeyed the order to quit the Province . This I could not believe possible . In the mean time , I instituted a suit for false imprisonment , and wrote off to various quar- ters for legal advice . From ...
... tion , but , simply , for not having obeyed the order to quit the Province . This I could not believe possible . In the mean time , I instituted a suit for false imprisonment , and wrote off to various quar- ters for legal advice . From ...
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... himself en- * The words printed in capitals were added , those in small type , and enclosed in a circumflex , were omitted in the real peti- tion . titled to all the constitutional privileges of a Bri- tish GENERAL INTRODUCTION . ххіх.
... himself en- * The words printed in capitals were added , those in small type , and enclosed in a circumflex , were omitted in the real peti- tion . titled to all the constitutional privileges of a Bri- tish GENERAL INTRODUCTION . ххіх.
Page xxxvi
... tion of Britain both in form and spirit . The re- corded debates of Parliament , on passing the Quebec Bill , bear ample testimony of this ; and General Simcoe , when he opened the first Parliament of Upper Canada , in his capacity of ...
... tion of Britain both in form and spirit . The re- corded debates of Parliament , on passing the Quebec Bill , bear ample testimony of this ; and General Simcoe , when he opened the first Parliament of Upper Canada , in his capacity of ...
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... transported thither , and comfortably settled . Your Petitioner therefore humbly entreats that the state of Upper Canada , as it concerns emigra- tion , may be taken into the serious consideration of xxxviii GENERAL INTRODUCTION .
... transported thither , and comfortably settled . Your Petitioner therefore humbly entreats that the state of Upper Canada , as it concerns emigra- tion , may be taken into the serious consideration of xxxviii GENERAL INTRODUCTION .
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