Author: William SmithPublisher:
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Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Diary and Selected Papers of Chief Justice William Smith, 1784-1793
Author: William SmithThe Diary and Selected Papers of Chief Justice William Smith, 1784-1793
Author: William SmithThe Diary and Selected Papers of Chief Justice William Smith, 1784-1793, Volume 1
Author: William SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The Diary and Selected Papers of Chief Justice William Smith, 1784-1793
Author: William SmithPublisher:
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Category : Canada History 1763-1867 Sources
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
The Diary and Selected Papers of Chief Justice William Smith, 1784-1793, Volume 2
Author: William SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
The Diary and Selected Papers, 1784-1793
Author: William SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Judges
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
Author: Bartlett Jere WhitingPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674219816
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 626
Book Description
p.B. J. Whiting savors proverbial expressions and has devoted much of his lifetime to studying and collecting them; no one knows more about British and American proverbs than he. The present volume, based upon writings in British North America from the earliest settlements to approximately 1820, complements his and Archer Taylor's Dictionary of American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, 1820-1880. It differs from that work and from other standard collections, however, in that its sources are primarily not "literary" but instead workaday writings - letters, diaries, histories, travel books, political pamphlets, and the like. The authors represent a wide cross-section of the populace, from scholars and statesmen to farmers, shopkeepers, sailors, and hunters. Mr. Whiting has combed all the obvious sources and hundreds of out-of-the-way publications of local journals and historical societies. This body of material, "because it covers territory that has not been extracted and compiled in a scholarly way before, can justly be said to be the most valuable of all those that Whiting has brought together," according to Albert B. Friedman. "What makes the work important is Whiting's authority: a proverb or proverbial phrase is what BJW thinks is a proverb or proverbial phrase. There is no objective operative definition of any value, no divining rod; his tact, 'feel, ' experience, determine what's the real thing and what is spurious."
The Old Province of Quebec
Author: A. L. BurtPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780771097379
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Through two volumes, Professor Burt traces events leading to old Quebec's collapse: the influx of the Loyalists; the troubled and often brilliant administrations of a succession of British governors; and finally the extinction, by constitutional act, of the old province of Quebec.
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Author: Francess G. HalpennyPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9780802033987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1084
Book Description
The Dictionary of Canadian Biography is the definitive biographical reference work in Canadian history. "No serious student of Canada's past can function without access to this thorough, balanced and reliable source." R. Hall, Globe and Mail.
Asylum for Mankind
Author: Marilyn C. BaselerPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1501722093
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Ever since the Age of Discovery, Europeans have viewed the New World as a haven for the victims of religious persecution and a dumping ground for social liabilities. Marilyn C. Baseler shows how the New World's role as a refuge for the victims of political, as well as religious and economic, oppression gradually devolved on the thirteen colonies that became the United States.She traces immigration patterns and policies to show how the new American Republic became an "asylum for mankind." Baseler explains how British and colonial officials and landowners lured settlers from rival nations with promises of religious toleration, economic opportunity, and the "rights of Englishmen," and identifies the liberties, disabilities, and benefits experienced by different immigrant groups. She also explains how the exploitation of slaves, who immigrated from Africa in chains, subsidized the living standards of Europeans who came by choice.American revolutionaries enthusiastically assumed the responsibility for serving as an asylum for the victims of political oppression, according to Baseler, but soon saw the need for a probationary period before granting citizenship to immigrants unexperienced in exercising and safeguarding republican liberty. Revolutionary Americans also tried to discourage the immigration of those who might jeopardize the nation's republican future. Her work defines the historical context for current attempts by municipal, state, and federal governments to abridge the rights of aliens.