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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... emigrant - Upper and Lower Canada contrasted , CHAPTER V. CANADIAN BACKWOODS . • From Toronto to Lake Simcoe - The Northern Railroad - Grasspoint- Orillia Polling - day - A Canadian " Vet . " at the poll - Political apathy of ...
... emigrant - Upper and Lower Canada contrasted , CHAPTER V. CANADIAN BACKWOODS . • From Toronto to Lake Simcoe - The Northern Railroad - Grasspoint- Orillia Polling - day - A Canadian " Vet . " at the poll - Political apathy of ...
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... emigrants of a superior class . A powerful effect in the same direction will no doubt be produced by the completion of the great lines of railway now in course of execution , which will render distant markets more accessible , and cause ...
... emigrants of a superior class . A powerful effect in the same direction will no doubt be produced by the completion of the great lines of railway now in course of execution , which will render distant markets more accessible , and cause ...
Side 38
... emigrant than does Canada at the present moment . With a vast extent of territory , clothed with magnificent forest , and watered by noble rivers , possessing a fertile soil , contiguous to one of the largest markets in the world ...
... emigrant than does Canada at the present moment . With a vast extent of territory , clothed with magnificent forest , and watered by noble rivers , possessing a fertile soil , contiguous to one of the largest markets in the world ...
Side 39
... emigrant . * The two principal sources of employment for un- skilled labourers are upon railways , or in the lumber trade . * Work and Wages . By VERE FOSTER . W. & F. G. Cash , Bishops- gate - without . 40 UPPER AND LOWER CANADA ...
... emigrant . * The two principal sources of employment for un- skilled labourers are upon railways , or in the lumber trade . * Work and Wages . By VERE FOSTER . W. & F. G. Cash , Bishops- gate - without . 40 UPPER AND LOWER CANADA ...
Side 65
... emigrants from Europe , speculators from the States , tourists from all parts of the world , rough backwoodsmen , and myste- rious characters , journeying towards the limits of E 66 PENETANQUISHENE . civilisation , for reasons best known ...
... emigrants from Europe , speculators from the States , tourists from all parts of the world , rough backwoodsmen , and myste- rious characters , journeying towards the limits of E 66 PENETANQUISHENE . civilisation , for reasons best known ...
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