Excerpt from The Administration of Sir James Craig: A Chapter to Canadian History Craig lost no time in strengthening tne defences of Quebec. The old walls were repaired and new works built. A powerful battery was built on the highest ground within the Citadel and several mautelb towers were constructed on commanding points without. A line of telegraph stations was established connecting the Citadel of Quebec with Bic Six regular 6mm were appointed inspecting field billeers of militia, and put in charge of the several ...
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Excerpt from The Administration of Sir James Craig: A Chapter to Canadian History Craig lost no time in strengthening tne defences of Quebec. The old walls were repaired and new works built. A powerful battery was built on the highest ground within the Citadel and several mautelb towers were constructed on commanding points without. A line of telegraph stations was established connecting the Citadel of Quebec with Bic Six regular 6mm were appointed inspecting field billeers of militia, and put in charge of the several districts into which the province was divided. Preparations were made to embody one-film oi the militia, but were not carried into effect. The expenditure of zpuhlio money upon the fortifications of the city created considerable industrial activity, and the governor-general himself maintained a much greater retinue of servants than his predecessors in oillee. And enter tatued liberally. During the summer of 1808. He resided at the Powell House, near Wolfe's Cove, four or five miles from the city, where, from time to time, he invited most of the principal inhabitants to breakfast with him in the open air. He kept a large number of homes and gave his patronage to rates, which were held on the Plains of Abraham. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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