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 3
... produce of the State in which it is situated , but upon the transit trade which must pass through it , now that it is connected with Canada and the Far West by railways , and with Liverpool by steamers . It is situated upon a narrow but ...
... produce of the State in which it is situated , but upon the transit trade which must pass through it , now that it is connected with Canada and the Far West by railways , and with Liverpool by steamers . It is situated upon a narrow but ...
Side 7
... produce of each . Some notion may be formed of the magnitude of the trade between Canada and the United States , and of the importance of the reciprocity clauses of the treaty as bearing upon that trade , from the following figures ...
... produce of each . Some notion may be formed of the magnitude of the trade between Canada and the United States , and of the importance of the reciprocity clauses of the treaty as bearing upon that trade , from the following figures ...
Side 10
... produced by the completion of the great lines of railway now in course of execution , which will render distant markets more accessible , and cause the province to become the channel of a great transit trade , while they stimulate the ...
... produced by the completion of the great lines of railway now in course of execution , which will render distant markets more accessible , and cause the province to become the channel of a great transit trade , while they stimulate the ...
Side 11
... produce generally to Boston , than do those which connect Montreal with that city vid Lake Champlain ( since it is not exposed to the incon- veniences arising from opposing interests ) , a large portion of this increasing trade will be ...
... produce generally to Boston , than do those which connect Montreal with that city vid Lake Champlain ( since it is not exposed to the incon- veniences arising from opposing interests ) , a large portion of this increasing trade will be ...
Side 16
... produced is certainly not an agreeable compound . With this unimportant exception , however , the sen- timents of the Canadian House of Assembly are those of the great mass of the community , both in the Upper and Lower province , and ...
... produced is certainly not an agreeable compound . With this unimportant exception , however , the sen- timents of the Canadian House of Assembly are those of the great mass of the community , both in the Upper and Lower province , and ...
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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