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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... whole Union during the same period . Its exports consist at 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 ...
... whole Union during the same period . Its exports consist at 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 ...
Side 10
... whole , I am inclined to think that , while a certain change in the import and export trade of Canada is likely to take place under the operation of the reciprocity treaty , the admission of the natural products of the province into the ...
... whole , I am inclined to think that , while a certain change in the import and export trade of Canada is likely to take place under the operation of the reciprocity treaty , the admission of the natural products of the province into the ...
Side 15
... whole Clear Grit platform , and a plank or two over . " Mr Hincks , the late premier , is perhaps the most remarkable man in the house : with a strong will , capacious lungs , and a mode of expression more pointed than polished , he ...
... whole Clear Grit platform , and a plank or two over . " Mr Hincks , the late premier , is perhaps the most remarkable man in the house : with a strong will , capacious lungs , and a mode of expression more pointed than polished , he ...
Side 25
... whole appearance and costume will transport him in imagination to a rural district in that country from which their ancestors sprung ; for the descendants of the Norman émigrés have 26 THE USE OF A COMPANION . retained their primitive.
... whole appearance and costume will transport him in imagination to a rural district in that country from which their ancestors sprung ; for the descendants of the Norman émigrés have 26 THE USE OF A COMPANION . retained their primitive.
Side 28
... whole in motion by a vigorous kick from his disengaged leg , which sends the tra- boggin on its downward course with rapidly increas- ing velocity , until it is either upset by bad steering , or buries itself and its occupants in a ...
... whole in motion by a vigorous kick from his disengaged leg , which sends the tra- boggin on its downward course with rapidly increas- ing velocity , until it is either upset by bad steering , or buries itself and its occupants in a ...
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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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