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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Canning
Britannica 11thCANNING. GEORGE). The duke of Portland resigned at the same time, and in the reconstruction of the ministry, under Perceval as premier, Lord Wellesley became foreign secretary, while Lord Liverpool, with Palmerston as his undersecretary, succeeded Castlereagh ...
Vol. 9, pp. 555-555
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Europe
Britannica 11th... to his projects. The first note of opposition to Napoleon's plans was struck by Canning, when in 1807 he carried off the Danish fleet to England. Then the British fleet conveyed to Brazil in safety the Portuguese royal family when Portugal was invaded by Junot ...
Vol. 9, pp. 907-952
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United States
Britannica 11th... ce. Great Britain had been drifting steadily away from the alliance, and George Canning, the new secretary, determined to call in the weight of the transatlantic power as a check upon it. A hint to the American minister was followed by a few pregnant passages ...
Vol. 27, pp. 612-735
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Utah
Britannica 11th... in 1905, $1,466,549; confectionery, in 1900, $403,379, and in 1905, $1,004,601; canning and preserving fruit and vegetables in 1900, $300,349, and in 1905, $801,958. The value of the products of industries of lesser importance in 1905 were : slaughtering and m ...
Vol. 27, pp. 813-818
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