Statutes, Documents and Papers Bearing on the Discussion Respecting the Northern and Western Boundaries of the Province of Ontario, Including the Principal Evidence Supposed to Be Either for or Against the Claims of the Province
Statutes, Documents and Papers Bearing on the Discussion Respecting the Northern and Western Boundaries of the Province of Ontario, Including the Principal Evidence Supposed to Be Either for or Against the Claims of the Province
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 Excerpt: ...to secure the favour of their respective Governments. I do not intend to throw the slightest imputation on the veracity of the very eminent writers whose opinions and arguments have been with so much ability brought forward, but merely to state that reference to them is completely unnecessary, as we have positive Acts ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877 Excerpt: ...to secure the favour of their respective Governments. I do not intend to throw the slightest imputation on the veracity of the very eminent writers whose opinions and arguments have been with so much ability brought forward, but merely to state that reference to them is completely unnecessary, as we have positive Acts of the British Parliament to guide both the examination and decision of the question. But we do not differ at all with our learned friends as to the extent of territory formerly olaimed by the French, and which, undoubtedly, came into the possession of the British Crown at the Treaty of Paris of 1763; but all we submit to the Court is, that the whole of the French possessions did not constitute Canada, but that the country known by the name of Canada, was much more circumscribed in its extent, than my learned friends have described (and, I doubt not, very accurately too, ) the old French possessions to have been. The argument of my learned friend who opened this question is that, in construing this and every other Act of Parliament, we should proceed in a liberal and statesmanlike manner to apply its provisions. If we trace the movements of the British Government, we shall see the impossibility of that construction, which my learned friends contend for, being admitted to be correct. In 1760, these Colonies were conquered, and capitulated to the British forces. By the Treaty of Paris, 1763, the whole conquest was finally ceded to His Majesty. In 1763 a part of this conquest was, by Proclamation, erected into a Province, denominated the Province of Quebec. By the Act of 1774, the Province of Quebec was enlarged. By the Treaty of Peace with the United States of America, the situation and boundaries between the late Colonies and Province of Quebec ..
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8vo, 24cm, ix, 448, [2], 11p., original blue cloth, gilt spine titles, ex library, good to very good sound condition (gar). ~ Subjects include statutes; treaties; proclamations; official and historical descriptions of the boundaries of Canada; documents respecting early French settlements and explorations; Hudson's Bay; Canadian enterprise in the north west after the Conquest; docs and arguments supporting Ontario's claims; etc.
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