A History of the Late Province of Lower Canada, Parliamentary and Political, from the Commencement to the Close of Its Existence as a Separate Province, Band 2T. Cary, 1866 |
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... parties seemed to concur in a desire for unanimity , as essential to the publi security . Soon after his excellency's arrival , majo general Brock was appointed president ar administrator of the government in Upper C nada , instead of ...
... parties seemed to concur in a desire for unanimity , as essential to the publi security . Soon after his excellency's arrival , majo general Brock was appointed president ar administrator of the government in Upper C nada , instead of ...
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... parties and their views , Henry , being acquainted with the country , was select- ed for the mission , and readily accepted of it , proceeding to Boston , where he sauntered away his time in the public houses , writing from time to time ...
... parties and their views , Henry , being acquainted with the country , was select- ed for the mission , and readily accepted of it , proceeding to Boston , where he sauntered away his time in the public houses , writing from time to time ...
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... party of eighteen or twenty indians , who lay concealed in the grass . The enemy , panic struck at their sudden and hideous yell , fled with precipitancy , leaving their arms , accoutrements and haversacks . haversacks . The british ...
... party of eighteen or twenty indians , who lay concealed in the grass . The enemy , panic struck at their sudden and hideous yell , fled with precipitancy , leaving their arms , accoutrements and haversacks . haversacks . The british ...
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... party of two hundred americans under major Vanhorne , on their way from Detroit to the river Raisin , to meet a detachment of volunteers from Ohio under captain Brush , with a convoy of provi- sions for the army . In this affair , a ...
... party of two hundred americans under major Vanhorne , on their way from Detroit to the river Raisin , to meet a detachment of volunteers from Ohio under captain Brush , with a convoy of provi- sions for the army . In this affair , a ...
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... party of sailors , which was continued for upwards of an hour with great effect . Early on the morning of the sixteenth , the cannonade recommenced , while general Brock with about seven hundred regulars and militia , and six hundred ...
... party of sailors , which was continued for upwards of an hour with great effect . Early on the morning of the sixteenth , the cannonade recommenced , while general Brock with about seven hundred regulars and militia , and six hundred ...
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Seite 262 - His Royal Highness the Prince Re-gent, in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty...
Seite 262 - Honourable gentlemen of the Legislative Council and gentlemen of the House of Assembly : — I have...
Seite 26 - This inconsistent and unjustifiable threat of refusing quarter for such a cause as being found in arms with a brother sufferer in defence of invaded rights, must be exercised with the certain assurance of retaliation, not only in the limited operations of war in this part of the King's dominions but in every quarter of the globe, for the national character of Britain is not less distinguished for humanity than strict retributive justice, which will consider the execution of this inhuman threat as...
Seite 233 - Government of this realm, during the continuation of his Majesty's present indisposition, and no longer ; and under the style and title of Prince Regent of Ireland, in the name of...
Seite 55 - Soldiers, you are amply provided for war. You are superior in number to the enemy. Your personal strength and activity are greater. Your weapons are longer. The regular soldiers of the enemy are generally old men, whose best years have been spent in the sickly climate of the West Indies. They will not be able to stand before you when you charge with the bayonet.
Seite 329 - ... the privileges attached to the writ of habeas corpus ; legal and equal security afforded to all, in their person, honour, and property; the right to obey no other laws than those of our own making and choice, expressed through our representatives; all these advantages have become our birthright, and shall, I hope, be the lasting inheritance of our posterity. "To secure them, let us only act as becomes British subjects and free men.
Seite 26 - ... of its first settlers, the intrinsic value of its commerce, and the pretensions of its powerful rival to repossess the Canadas, are pledges that no peace will be established between the United States and Great Britain and Ireland, of which the restoration of these provinces does not make the most prominent condition.
Seite 115 - I am to acquaint you, that his royal highness the prince regent has been pleased, in the name and on the behalf of his majesty, to approve and confirm the finding -and sentence of the court.
Seite 25 - Settled not 30 years by a band of Veterans exiled from their former possessions on account of their loyalty, not a descendant of these brave people is to be found, who under the fostering liberality of their Sovereign, has not acquired a property and means of enjoyment superior to what were possessed by their ancestors.
Seite 175 - Majesty's armies and fleets on the coast of America have received instructions to prosecute the war with unmitigated severity against all Cities, Towns and Villages belonging to the United States, and against the inhabitants thereof, if after this communication shall have been duly made to Major-Gen.