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The legislature of the united provinces passed an act during its first session to extend compensation to losses occasioned in Upper Canada by violence on the part of persons
Lord Elgin Bourinot, John G 1903
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The legislature of the united provinces passed an act during its first session to extend compensation to losses occasioned in Upper Canada by violence on the part of persons "acting or assuming to act" on Her Majesty's behalf
Lord Elgin John George Bourinot 1869
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The states, desirous of engaging Elizabeth still further in their defence, and knowing the interest which Leicester possessed with her, conferred on him the title of governor and captain-general of the united provinces, appointed a guard to attend him, and treated him in some respects as their sovereign.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. David Hume 1743
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