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... territory as part of old Quebec , and now as part of Ontario , which was never legally or constitutionally included prior to this " awaid . But , while I say that , I must add that if the true legal interpretation of the " Act of 1774 ...
... territory as part of old Quebec , and now as part of Ontario , which was never legally or constitutionally included prior to this " awaid . But , while I say that , I must add that if the true legal interpretation of the " Act of 1774 ...
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... territory which , as regards form and extent , could not , in the opinion of the undersigned , have been at all con- templated or intended at the time of passing the Quebec Act . 23. But the undersigned assumes , on the strength of ...
... territory which , as regards form and extent , could not , in the opinion of the undersigned , have been at all con- templated or intended at the time of passing the Quebec Act . 23. But the undersigned assumes , on the strength of ...
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... Territories is generally understood all that portion of country extending from the head of Lake Superior westward to the western shores of America , northward to the frozen ocean and north - westward to the limits of the territory ...
... Territories is generally understood all that portion of country extending from the head of Lake Superior westward to the western shores of America , northward to the frozen ocean and north - westward to the limits of the territory ...
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... territory to the westward and southward of the said line to the utmost extent of the country commonly called or known by the name of Canada . " It will be observed that there is an inconsistency in this proclamation . It does not ...
... territory to the westward and southward of the said line to the utmost extent of the country commonly called or known by the name of Canada . " It will be observed that there is an inconsistency in this proclamation . It does not ...
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... territory ? —I have seen them at the Hudson's Bay posts in considerable numbers ; they come long distances to trade in the spring and early summer , but in the interior , you do not see many in summer . By the Chairman : -- - 173. What ...
... territory ? —I have seen them at the Hudson's Bay posts in considerable numbers ; they come long distances to trade in the spring and early summer , but in the interior , you do not see many in summer . By the Chairman : -- - 173. What ...
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Page 17 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their boundaries...
Page 342 - Superior ; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and Phelipeaux, to the Long Lake ; thence through the middle of said Long Lake, and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods, to the said Lake of the Woods ; thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi...
Page 408 - America, do presume, for the present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey, or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic ocean from the west or north-west...
Page 401 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 401 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario, through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie ; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake...
Page 404 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean...
Page 401 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States...
Page 10 - Commissions; as also that no Governor or Commander in Chief in any of our other Colonies or Plantations in America do presume for the present, and until our further Pleasure be known, to grant Warrants of Survey, or pass Patents for any Lands beyond the Heads or Sources of any of the Rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the West and North West, or upon any Lands whatever, which, not having been ceded to or purchased by Us as aforesaid, are reserved to the said Indians, or any of them.
Page 17 - Erie ; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie : through the middle of said Lake until it arrives at the water communication between that Lake and Lake Huron ; thence along the middle of said water communication into the Lake Huron ; thence through the middle of said Lake to the water communication between that Lake and Lake Superior ; thence through Lake Superior.
Page 340 - Bay; and also all such territories, islands, and countries, which have, since the tenth of February, one thousand seven hundred and sixtythree, been made part of the government of Newfoundland, be, and they are hereby, during His Majesty's pleasure, annexed to, and made part and parcel of the province of Quebec...