Minnesota and the Far WestW. Blackwood and Sons, 1855 - 306 sider Oliphant acted as secretary to Lord Elgin during the negotiation at Washington of the reciprocity treaty with Canada. He then accompanied Lord Elgin to Quebec. There he was appointed superintendent of Indian affairsE, and made a journey to Lake Superior and back by the Mississippi to Chicago. |
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... Upper Canada - Great attractions presented by Canada to the emigrant - Upper and Lower Canada contrasted , CHAPTER V. CANADIAN BACKWOODS . • From Toronto to Lake Simcoe - The Northern Railroad - Grasspoint- Orillia Polling - day - A ...
... Upper Canada - Great attractions presented by Canada to the emigrant - Upper and Lower Canada contrasted , CHAPTER V. CANADIAN BACKWOODS . • From Toronto to Lake Simcoe - The Northern Railroad - Grasspoint- Orillia Polling - day - A ...
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... Upper and Lower Canadians in equal pro- portions . Sir Allan M'Nab , a name celebrated in the history of Canada , is the premier , —he is the leader of the old Conservative party of Upper Canada ; his col- league , Colonel Tachè , is ...
... Upper and Lower Canadians in equal pro- portions . Sir Allan M'Nab , a name celebrated in the history of Canada , is the premier , —he is the leader of the old Conservative party of Upper Canada ; his col- league , Colonel Tachè , is ...
Side 16
... Upper and Lower province , and are thoroughly loyal . In- deed , no better proof of this can be found than in the vote of £ 20,000 recently subscribed to the Patriotic Fund , to be applied in equal proportions to the relief of the ...
... Upper and Lower province , and are thoroughly loyal . In- deed , no better proof of this can be found than in the vote of £ 20,000 recently subscribed to the Patriotic Fund , to be applied in equal proportions to the relief of the ...
Side 17
... Upper House , or Legislative Council , consists of about forty members , appointed by the Queen for life , upon the advice of the colonial government . Their functions are intended to be entirely those of the House of Lords in our own ...
... Upper House , or Legislative Council , consists of about forty members , appointed by the Queen for life , upon the advice of the colonial government . Their functions are intended to be entirely those of the House of Lords in our own ...
Side 18
... Upper Canada , which had their origin in a well - meant attempt to create a Church Establishment at the time when this province first became a colony of Great Britain . These questions were still unsettled , when circum- stances arose ...
... Upper Canada , which had their origin in a well - meant attempt to create a Church Establishment at the time when this province first became a colony of Great Britain . These questions were still unsettled , when circum- stances arose ...
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Side 245 - The proceeds of all lands that have been, or may hereafter be, granted by the United States to the State for the support of a university, shall be and remain a perpetual fund, to be called "The University Fund...
Side 309 - There is no map in this noble Atlas upon which we might not be tempted to write largely. Almost every one suggests a volume of reflection, and suggests it by presenting, in a few hours, accurate truths which it would be the labour of a volume to enforce in words, and by imprinting them, at the name time, upon the memory with such distinctness that their outlines are not likely afterwards to be effaced. The