The Modern Part of an Universal History,: From the Earliest Account of TimeS. Richardson, T. Osborne, C. Hitch, A. Millar, John Rivington, S. Crowder, P. Davey and B. Law, T. Longman, and C. Ware., 1763 - World history |
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... Louisiana upon lands that were the undoubted property of vernment the crown of England . It ought , therefore , to be no furprize in North if the government of Old England did endeavour to form a America . party amongst the French ...
... Louisiana upon lands that were the undoubted property of vernment the crown of England . It ought , therefore , to be no furprize in North if the government of Old England did endeavour to form a America . party amongst the French ...
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... Louisiana . In the year 1725 , New France enjoyed a tranquillity , that it had feldom known , and which greatly advanced both its populoufnefs and profperity ; but the lofs of the Camel , a French fhip of war , which was wrecked near ...
... Louisiana . In the year 1725 , New France enjoyed a tranquillity , that it had feldom known , and which greatly advanced both its populoufnefs and profperity ; but the lofs of the Camel , a French fhip of war , which was wrecked near ...
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... Louisiana not being com- prehended under the term , Canada , which he had always made ufe of , extended on one fide to the carrying - place of the Miamis , which is the height of the lands , whofe rivers run . into the Ouabache , and on ...
... Louisiana not being com- prehended under the term , Canada , which he had always made ufe of , extended on one fide to the carrying - place of the Miamis , which is the height of the lands , whofe rivers run . into the Ouabache , and on ...
Page 250
... LOUISIANA . WE E fhall confine our account of this country to that part of it which was ceded by France to Great Britain by the treaty of Paris in 1763 , and which is properly called Louisiana , to diftinguish it from Florida , of which ...
... LOUISIANA . WE E fhall confine our account of this country to that part of it which was ceded by France to Great Britain by the treaty of Paris in 1763 , and which is properly called Louisiana , to diftinguish it from Florida , of which ...
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... Louisiana , where the village of Kappas is placed on the fame fide of the Milippi as Akanja ; fo that Joutel feems to be in the right , in making Kappas the most nor- therly village of the Akanfas . ( A ) We can by no means fee the ufe ...
... Louisiana , where the village of Kappas is placed on the fame fide of the Milippi as Akanja ; fo that Joutel feems to be in the right , in making Kappas the most nor- therly village of the Akanfas . ( A ) We can by no means fee the ufe ...
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Page 249 - King cedes and makes over the whole to the said King, and to the Crown of Great Britain, and that in the most ample manner and form, without restriction, and without any liberty to depart from the said cession, and guaranty under any pretence, or to disturb Great Britain in the possessions above mentioned.
Page 360 - America ; it is agreed, that for the future, the confines between the dominions of His Britannic Majesty, and those of His Most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Page 250 - Majesty, and bring away their effects as well as their persons, without being restrained in their emigration, under any pretence whatsoever, except that of debts or of criminal prosecutions : The term limited for this emigration shall be fixed to the space of eighteen months, to be computed from the day of the exchange of the ratifications of the present treaty.
Page 360 - France, in its whole breadth and length, from its source to the sea, and expressly that part, which is between the said island of New Orleans, and the right bank of that River, as well as the passage both in and out of its mouth...
Page 249 - Majesty, in full right, Canada, with all its dependencies, as well as the island of Cape Breton, and all the other islands and coasts in the gulph and river of St Lawrence...
Page 447 - Trustees' cattle. The river is pretty wide, the water fresh, and from the key of the town you see its whole course to the sea, with the island of...
Page 232 - I am able, for the honor of His Majesty and the interest of the nation, in which I am sure of being well seconded by the Admiral and by the generals ; happy if our efforts here can contribute to the success of His Majesty's arms in any other parts of America.
Page 426 - Majesty's most dutiful subjects, having thus humbly presented our opinion of these acts ; we beseech your Majesty to use the most effectual methods to deliver the said province from the arbitrary oppressions under which it now lies, and to order the authors thereof to be prosecuted according to law.
Page 232 - By the list of disabled officers, many of whom are of rank, you may perceive, Sir, that the army is much weakened. By the nature of the river, the most formidable part of this armament is deprived of the power of acting : yet we have almost the whole force of Canada to oppose. In this situation there is such a choice of difficulties that I own myself at a loss how to determine.
Page 249 - His Most Christian Majesty renounces all pretensions which he has heretofore formed or might have formed to Nova Scotia or Acadia in all its parts, and guaranties the whole of it, and with all its dependencies...