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 v
... PRESENT PROSPERITY OF CANADA , AND BY WHOSE ABLE DIPLOMACY THE COMMERCIAL RELATIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN PLACED UPON A BASIS ALIKE HONOURABLE AND ADVANTAGEOUS TO BOTH NATIONS , THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY ...
... PRESENT PROSPERITY OF CANADA , AND BY WHOSE ABLE DIPLOMACY THE COMMERCIAL RELATIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES HAVE BEEN PLACED UPON A BASIS ALIKE HONOURABLE AND ADVANTAGEOUS TO BOTH NATIONS , THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY ...
Side viii
... present condition and prospects of the country , and to convey some idea of those resources whose rapid development will before long exercise a mate- rial influence upon the wealth and importance of the United States . For the very ...
... present condition and prospects of the country , and to convey some idea of those resources whose rapid development will before long exercise a mate- rial influence upon the wealth and importance of the United States . For the very ...
Side xiii
... present European - American liberty of speech - Sympathisers with the Western Powers - Slavery : the Cuba question - A Babel of languages - Pembina and Red River settlers , war - • 266-282 CHAPTER XXIV . STEAMBOAT LIFE ON THE ...
... present European - American liberty of speech - Sympathisers with the Western Powers - Slavery : the Cuba question - A Babel of languages - Pembina and Red River settlers , war - • 266-282 CHAPTER XXIV . STEAMBOAT LIFE ON THE ...
Side 3
... present chiefly of lumber , ice , fish , & c .; but the future mercantile prosperity of Portland depends not on the produce of the State in which it is situated , but upon the transit trade which must pass through it , now that it is ...
... present chiefly of lumber , ice , fish , & c .; but the future mercantile prosperity of Portland depends not on the produce of the State in which it is situated , but upon the transit trade which must pass through it , now that it is ...
Side 12
... present seat of the govern- ment of that province is placed . As , however , its merits have received justice at the hands of innu- merable travellers , I shall present Quebec rather under its political and social than its picturesque ...
... present seat of the govern- ment of that province is placed . As , however , its merits have received justice at the hands of innu- merable travellers , I shall present Quebec rather under its political and social than its picturesque ...
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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