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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Side vii
... important to the interests of humanity , than those that are expected to follow from the war in which we are now engaged — where the ploughshare , and not the sword , is used as the precursor of civilisation . In the course of the ...
... important to the interests of humanity , than those that are expected to follow from the war in which we are now engaged — where the ploughshare , and not the sword , is used as the precursor of civilisation . In the course of the ...
Side viii
... importance of the United States . For the very brief and imperfect manner in which I have done this , I have only to plead the more pressing interests which have since attracted me to another part of the world , and which have so ...
... importance of the United States . For the very brief and imperfect manner in which I have done this , I have only to plead the more pressing interests which have since attracted me to another part of the world , and which have so ...
Side 4
... important character since permission to pass goods in bond through to Canada has been granted . Some idea of its increased extent during the last five years , at Boston , may be formed from the following figures , which show its value ...
... important character since permission to pass goods in bond through to Canada has been granted . Some idea of its increased extent during the last five years , at Boston , may be formed from the following figures , which show its value ...
Side 7
... importance of the reciprocity clauses of the treaty as bearing upon that trade , from the following figures , extracted from Lord Elgin's Report upon the subject , and from which it appears that , of a grand total of exports of Canadian ...
... importance of the reciprocity clauses of the treaty as bearing upon that trade , from the following figures , extracted from Lord Elgin's Report upon the subject , and from which it appears that , of a grand total of exports of Canadian ...
Side 9
... importance of the fish- eries , to a legal participation of which Americans are now admitted , has been considerably over - estimated , while there is every reason to hope that the intro- duction of American enterprise into our ...
... importance of the fish- eries , to a legal participation of which Americans are now admitted , has been considerably over - estimated , while there is every reason to hope that the intro- duction of American enterprise into our ...
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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...
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