[107] Can. Arch. Report, 1906, 120-121.
[108] Franklin's Works, (Sparks Ed.) IV, 303-323. "I conceive that to procure all the commerce it will afford and at as little expense to ourselves as we can is the only object we should have in view in the interior Country for a century to come." Gage to Hillsborough, Nov. 10, 1770, Pub. Rec. Office, A. & W. I., Vol. 126. It may be noted, however, that some members of the government had serious doubts as to this policy. Such men as Shelburne favored an early opening of the country to colonization.
[109] Alvord, Gen. of the Proc. of 1763, Mich. Pion. & Hist. Coll., Vol.
[110] Alvord, Gen. of Proc. of 1763, Mich. Pion. & Hist. Coll.
[111] Can. Arch. Report, 1906, p 122.
[112] See supra ch. III.
[113] Can. Arch. Report, 1904, pp 242-246. The plan is here presented in full.
[114] Franklin's Works, V, 38. Coffin, Quebec Act and the American Revolution, p 415, quoting from Knox, Justice and Policy of the Quebec Act, London, 1774.
[115] The failure to successfully carry out this plan would of course leave the country a dead weight on the empire.
[116] Johnson MSS, Vol. X, No. 190.