The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... Newfoundland had no resident Governor until 1817. The population , slightly more than 50,000 , was poor and under the economic dominance of merchants of the western fishing ports who equipped the fishing fleet that went out every spring ...
... Newfoundland had no resident Governor until 1817. The population , slightly more than 50,000 , was poor and under the economic dominance of merchants of the western fishing ports who equipped the fishing fleet that went out every spring ...
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... Newfoundland and Honduras . In 1789 Pitt's foreign minister , W. W. Grenville , felt called upon to point out that ... Newfoundland was rejected by the Governor ( 1789 ) on the ground that Newfoundland was " neither a Colony nor a ...
... Newfoundland and Honduras . In 1789 Pitt's foreign minister , W. W. Grenville , felt called upon to point out that ... Newfoundland was rejected by the Governor ( 1789 ) on the ground that Newfoundland was " neither a Colony nor a ...
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... Newfoundland , 297 New South Wales , 285 , 293 , 351-3 , 365 , 421 New Zealand , 356 , 378 ; 687 , 689 Nova Scotia , 19 St Lucia , 48 , 93 San Domingo , 155 Sierra Leone , 637-8 , 645-6 , 649 , 660 , 664 , 665 , 668 South Australia ...
... Newfoundland , 297 New South Wales , 285 , 293 , 351-3 , 365 , 421 New Zealand , 356 , 378 ; 687 , 689 Nova Scotia , 19 St Lucia , 48 , 93 San Domingo , 155 Sierra Leone , 637-8 , 645-6 , 649 , 660 , 664 , 665 , 668 South Australia ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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