The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 6John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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The five years immediately following confederation were perhaps the most creditable of Macdonald's whole career . ... At the very outset , two of his leading colleagues , Galt and Cartier , took serious umbrage because Macdonald was ...
The five years immediately following confederation were perhaps the most creditable of Macdonald's whole career . ... At the very outset , two of his leading colleagues , Galt and Cartier , took serious umbrage because Macdonald was ...
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When Parliament opened , Lucius Seth Hunt- ington , one of the Liberal leaders , charged Macdonald with having sold the charter for the Pacific Railway to Sir Hugh Allan and his friends in return for very large contributions to the ...
When Parliament opened , Lucius Seth Hunt- ington , one of the Liberal leaders , charged Macdonald with having sold the charter for the Pacific Railway to Sir Hugh Allan and his friends in return for very large contributions to the ...
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Even Macdonald seems to have made up his mind that further assistance was out of the question . It was a critical moment , not only for the Canadian Pacific Railway , but for Canada itself . Fortunately , at the last moment ...
Even Macdonald seems to have made up his mind that further assistance was out of the question . It was a critical moment , not only for the Canadian Pacific Railway , but for Canada itself . Fortunately , at the last moment ...
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Contents
THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND ETHNICAL | 1 |
The Cordillera | 7 |
Cabot John voyages 1718 120 123 Campbell Sir Alexander 352 479 491 | 9 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 6 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Dec 2006 |
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