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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... hands eight prifoners , out of thirty - five of the Pouteoua- tamis . He then delivered them up to Courcelles , who re- ceived them as the whole , being glad of getting off with fome fhew of credit in fo ticklifh an affair . The ...
... hands eight prifoners , out of thirty - five of the Pouteoua- tamis . He then delivered them up to Courcelles , who re- ceived them as the whole , being glad of getting off with fome fhew of credit in fo ticklifh an affair . The ...
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... hands of the French , it ferved to connect that dangerous chain of forts , which they had raised for 3000 miles , along the frontiers of the British colonies . As to the new general , it is agreed on all hands that he was a man of ...
... hands of the French , it ferved to connect that dangerous chain of forts , which they had raised for 3000 miles , along the frontiers of the British colonies . As to the new general , it is agreed on all hands that he was a man of ...
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... hand , and his friends , with fome juftice perhaps , pretended , that the ftrong liquor trade was abfolutely neceffa ... hands , to engross the management of the colony , and the affections of the natives . Colbert him- felf became at ...
... hand , and his friends , with fome juftice perhaps , pretended , that the ftrong liquor trade was abfolutely neceffa ... hands , to engross the management of the colony , and the affections of the natives . Colbert him- felf became at ...
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... hands of the Sioux , who had made them prifoners ; and afterwards they went down the river as far as the sea , from whence they returned to fortCrevecoeur . Charlevoix , how- ever , treats all the remaining part of this voyage , which ...
... hands of the Sioux , who had made them prifoners ; and afterwards they went down the river as far as the sea , from whence they returned to fortCrevecoeur . Charlevoix , how- ever , treats all the remaining part of this voyage , which ...
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... hands of the English , whose distance from London encouraged them to pay no great regard to the negotiations of that court . As the acquifition of Acadia and the intermediate country was of the utmost confequence to both nations , the ...
... hands of the English , whose distance from London encouraged them to pay no great regard to the negotiations of that court . As the acquifition of Acadia and the intermediate country was of the utmost confequence to both nations , the ...
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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...