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Travels through the United States of North America, [electronic resource] : the country of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada, in the years 1795, 1796, and 1797; with an authentic account of Lower Canada. By the Duke de La Rochefoucault Liancourt. ... . containing the tour through the Northern Provinces, Upper Canada, and the Carolinas, with the Account of Lower Canada; and a General Map.
by La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, Fran�cois-Alexandre-Fr�ed�eric, duc de, 1747-1827. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: 1799Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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A short state of the countries and trade of North America. [electronic resource] : Claimed by the Hudson's Bay Company, under pretence of a charter for ever, of lands without bounds or limits, and an exclusive trade to those unbounded seas and countries; Shewing The Illegality of the said Grant, and the Abuse they have made of it; and the great Benefit Britain may obtain by settling those Countries, and extending the Trade amongst the Natives by civilizing and incorporating with them, and laying a Foundation for their becoming Christians and industrious Subjects of Great-Britain; and the Necessity there is of a Parliamentary Enquiry into the pretended Rights and exclusive Monopoly claimed by the said Company, and their Abuse of the Grant. That those Countries may be settled, either by fixing a Company under proper Regulations and Restrictions, or by laying open the Trade to all the British Merchants, and settling them, at the Publick Expence, or by a moderate Tax upon that Trade. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: M,DCC,XLIX. [1749]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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New voyages to North-America. [electronic resource] : Containing an account of the several nations of that vast continent; their customs, commerce, and way of navigation upon the lakes and rivers; the several Attempts of the English and French to dispossess one another; with the Reasons of the Miscarriage of the former; and the various Adventures between the French, and the Iroquese Confederates of England, from 1683 to 1694. A Geographical Description of Canada, and a Natural History of the Country, with Remarks upon their Government, and the Interest of the English and French in their Commerce. Also a Dialogue between the Author and a General of the Savages, giving a full View of the Religion and strange Opinions of those People: With an Account of the Author's Retreat to Portugal and Denmark, and his Remarks on those Courts. To which is added, A Dictionary of the Algonkine Language, which is generally spoke in North-America. Illustrated with twenty-three maps and cuts. Written in French by the Baron Lahontan, Lord Lieutenant of the French Colony at Placentia in Newfoundland, at that Time in England. Done into English.
by Lahontan, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, baron de, 1666-1715?. Edition: The second edition. In two volumes. .. Vol. I.Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: M,DCC,XXXV. [1735]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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A concise account of North America [electronic resource] : containing a description of the several British colonies on that continent, ... as to their situation, extent, climate, ... Also of the interior, or westerly parts of the country, ... To which is subjoined, an account of the ... Indian residing in those parts, ... By Major Robert Rogers.
by Rogers, Robert, 1731-1795. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: 1769Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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An account of the captivity of Elizabeth Hanson, [electronic resource] : now or late of Kachecky; in New-England: who, with four of her children and servant-maid, was taken captive by the Indians, and carried into Canada. Setting forth The various remarkable Occurrences, sore Trials, and wonderful Deliverances which befel them after their Departure, to the Time of their Redemption. Taken in substance from her own mouth, by Samuel Bownas.
by Hanson, Elizabeth, 1684-1737. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: MDCCLX. [1760]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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An accurate description of Cape Breton, [electronic resource] : with respect to its situation, soil, climate, Ports, Harbours, Forces, and Productions both natural and artificial. The political Reasons, that induced the French Ministry to settle and fortify it. From all which may be seen, its great Importance to France, but of how much greater it might have been to England. With a Circumstantial Account of the Taking and Surrendering of the City and Garrison by the New-England Forces, &c. commanded by General Pepperell in 1745. A Work, especially at this critical Juncture, the more interesting, as the French seem to be ardently desirous of dispossessing us of Nova Scotia also. Illustrated with an exact map of the island, and a plan of the city and port of Louisbourg, taken from an actual Survey, and References to the Journal of the Siege. To which are added notes and observations by a gentleman, who resided there several years. Most humbly inscribed to the Hon. Edward Boscawen, Esq;. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: 1755Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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Anno regni Georgii III. Regis Magn? Britanni?, Franci?, & Hiberni?, vicesimo sexto. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the eighteenth day of May Anno Domini 1784, in the twenty-fourth year of the reign of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c. And from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Twenty fourth Day of January 1786; being the Third Session of the Sixteenth Parliament of Great Britain [electronic resource].
by Great Britain. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: 1797Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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A compleat history of the late war, [electronic resource] : or annual register of its rise, progress, and events, in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America. And Exhibiting The State of the Belligerent Powers at the Commencement of the War; their Interests and Objects in its Continuance: Interspersed with The Characters of the able and disinterested Statesmen, to whose Wisdom and Integrity, and of the Heroes, to whose Courage and Conduct we are indebted for that Naval and Military Success, which is not to be equalled in the Annals of this or any other Nation. Illustrated with a variety of heads, plans, maps, and charts. By J. Wright, Gent. In two volumes.
by Wright, J. (John), fl. 1761-1765 | Burke, Edmund, 1729?-1797. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: MDCCLXV. [1765]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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