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 |
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... garrison of a hundred men ; but being foon after attacked by epidemical diseases , they all died . This misfortune was attributed to the badness of the air ; but it was more probably owing to that of their provifions ; because another ...
... garrison of a hundred men ; but being foon after attacked by epidemical diseases , they all died . This misfortune was attributed to the badness of the air ; but it was more probably owing to that of their provifions ; because another ...
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... garrison . Thofe forts , however , appear to have been only the defencele's houfes of the inhabitants ; and the main fort , notwithstanding all the French writers , who had their information only from those who had an interest in mag ...
... garrison . Thofe forts , however , appear to have been only the defencele's houfes of the inhabitants ; and the main fort , notwithstanding all the French writers , who had their information only from those who had an interest in mag ...
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... garrison , workmen , and all kinds of neceffaries for re - establishing that poft , which he faid was the bulwark of the colony against the favages . The command of the ope- rations was at first bestowed upon the chevalier de Crifafy ...
... garrison , workmen , and all kinds of neceffaries for re - establishing that poft , which he faid was the bulwark of the colony against the favages . The command of the ope- rations was at first bestowed upon the chevalier de Crifafy ...
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... garrison fhould march out with all the ho- of war , without being difarmed . The garrifon confifted more than fifty - two men , of whom feventeen had belong- he Hudson's Bay , and had escaped from the Pelican when wrecked ; but had the ...
... garrison fhould march out with all the ho- of war , without being difarmed . The garrifon confifted more than fifty - two men , of whom feventeen had belong- he Hudson's Bay , and had escaped from the Pelican when wrecked ; but had the ...
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... garrison of St. John's confifted only of two hundred and fifty men , of whom not above ten or twelve had ever feen a gun fired , the reft being poor fishermen ; that they were commanded by an inhabitant of the place , who was appointed ...
... garrison of St. John's confifted only of two hundred and fifty men , of whom not above ten or twelve had ever feen a gun fired , the reft being poor fishermen ; that they were commanded by an inhabitant of the place , who was appointed ...
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Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...