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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... become im- bued with go - ahead notions , in order to travel pro- fitably in America , a corresponding frame of mind is only to be expected from those who read the results of his experience and observation ; it is indeed always some ...
... become im- bued with go - ahead notions , in order to travel pro- fitably in America , a corresponding frame of mind is only to be expected from those who read the results of his experience and observation ; it is indeed always some ...
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... become the channel of a great transit trade , while they stimulate the pro- ductive capabilities of the districts through which they pass . Similar results may be expected to follow in the adjoining colonies , when , under the operation ...
... become the channel of a great transit trade , while they stimulate the pro- ductive capabilities of the districts through which they pass . Similar results may be expected to follow in the adjoining colonies , when , under the operation ...
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... to the mother country . Now and then the public become suddenly interested in some one department , discover abuses , and raise a cry of administrative reform ; but they are too ill in- 14 THE COMMONS OF CANADA . formed generally to be.
... to the mother country . Now and then the public become suddenly interested in some one department , discover abuses , and raise a cry of administrative reform ; but they are too ill in- 14 THE COMMONS OF CANADA . formed generally to be.
Side 36
... becoming an important place . Great quantities of timber are floated down the Moira and Trent , and con- veyed to Oswego and the American towns upon the south shore of Lake Ontario . A canal is projected across the narrow isthmus which ...
... becoming an important place . Great quantities of timber are floated down the Moira and Trent , and con- veyed to Oswego and the American towns upon the south shore of Lake Ontario . A canal is projected across the narrow isthmus which ...
Side 42
... become very valuable in most of the counties of Upper Canada , it is not yet so precious as to call for an increase of the same ingenuity for rendering it elastic THE NORTHERN RAILROAD - GRASSPOINT . 43 which is practised.
... become very valuable in most of the counties of Upper Canada , it is not yet so precious as to call for an increase of the same ingenuity for rendering it elastic THE NORTHERN RAILROAD - GRASSPOINT . 43 which is practised.
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