New Brunswick; with notes for emigrants. Comprehending the early history, an account of the Indians, settlement ... / By Abraham Gesner.

  • Abraham Pineo Gesner
Date:
1847
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: New Brunswick; with notes for emigrants. Comprehending the early history, an account of the Indians, settlement ... / By Abraham Gesner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    before the British Public, for whom this Work is chiefly de- signed, a correct account of the Province, the resources of which offer a wide field for Emigration, and the advantageous employ- ment of British capital cannot fail to be useful to the country itself, and to the Empire of which it forms a part. The value and resources of the British North American Colo- nies are still imperfectly known: their vast extent, the variety of climate, and the almost unexplored forests, will constantly yield some new and valuable objects of enterprise to which the energies of the redundant population and dormant wealth of the Mother-country may be applied, and thereby increase individual happiness and national prosperity. Many of the errors that have been committed in negotiations with Foreign States, and in establishing a system of Colonial policy, have arisen from an imperfect knowledge of the Pro- vinces. To extend sound information of all the Colonies is very desirable, and more especially is it so for New Brunswick, of which comparatively little is known on the opposite side of the Atlantic. Notwithstanding the inhabitants of Great Britain have ex- pended sums almost beyond computation in public improve- ments both at.home and abroad, such is the elevated state of the nation, that she still abounds in wealth, and new sources of riches and prosperity are yearly unfolding themselves to her subjects. Accumulations of money have been to many the origin of uneasiness, and to discover how they may be safely employed has called forth the exercise of much ability and ingenuity. There can be no doubt that the Colonies offer the best and most productive field for the application of the inactive capital of the Parent-country, and also for her overflowing population. Happily, the value of the British North American Colonies to the Empire is becoming more and more apparent; nor can they be too highly estimated for affording strength and security to the nation, an outlet for her stagnant population and manu-
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