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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... assistance . When after a General Election the new Assembly pronounced against them , he sent for the Opposition leaders , with whom Metcalfe had quarrelled , and gave them his full confidence and backing.4 Grey supported Elgin ...
... assistance . When after a General Election the new Assembly pronounced against them , he sent for the Opposition leaders , with whom Metcalfe had quarrelled , and gave them his full confidence and backing.4 Grey supported Elgin ...
Page 458
... assistance rendered to un- fortunates in 1843. In July the Catherine sailed from Tobermory in Mull for Cape Breton and Quebec with about 220 adult passengers on board . After five weeks at sea she put into port at Belfast in a very ...
... assistance rendered to un- fortunates in 1843. In July the Catherine sailed from Tobermory in Mull for Cape Breton and Quebec with about 220 adult passengers on board . After five weeks at sea she put into port at Belfast in a very ...
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... assistance to the West Indian planters , because they lowered the prices of foodstuffs and stores imported from England . It was stated in evidence in 1832 that the average cost of production of sugar in the British West Indies had ...
... assistance to the West Indian planters , because they lowered the prices of foodstuffs and stores imported from England . It was stated in evidence in 1832 that the average cost of production of sugar in the British West Indies had ...
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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