A Letter from Major Robert Carmichael-Smyth to His Friend, the Author of 'The…
"A Letter from Major Robert Carmichael-Smyth to His Friend, the Author of 'The Clockmaker'" by Robert Carmichael-Smyth is a historical discourse likely written in the mid-19th century. The work presents a detailed proposal advocating for the establishment of a British colonial railway system that would connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, specifically from Halifax, Nova Scotia, to the mouth of Frazer's River in British Columbia. The central theme revolves around the potentialeconomic, social, and political benefits of such a railway, emphasizing connectivity and development within the British Empire. The opening of the letter illustrates Major Carmichael-Smyth’s reflections on a past journey with friends across the Atlantic, invoking a sense of nostalgia and camaraderie. He then transitions to a passionate argument for a railway that would not only facilitate trade and communication but also enhance Britain's colonial interests across North America. He garners historical context by highlighting past achievements in steam navigation and emphasizes the pressing need for progress, citing the rise of other nations as a motivating factor for Britain to invest in its colonies. The text sets a tone of urgency and ambition, suggesting that the proposed railway could bolster economic growth and solidify the ties between Great Britain and its North American territories. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Read now or download (free!)
| Choose how to read this book | Url | Size | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read online (web) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25075.html.images | 188 kB | ||||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25075.epub3.images | 1.3 MB | ||||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25075.epub.images | 1.3 MB | ||||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25075.epub.noimages | 137 kB | ||||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25075.kf8.images | 1.4 MB | ||||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25075.kindle.images | 1.3 MB | ||||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25075.txt.utf-8 | 166 kB | ||||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/25075/pg25075-h.zip | 1.5 MB | ||||
| There may bemore files related to this item. | ||||||
Similar Books
About this eBook
| Author | Carmichael-Smyth, Robert, 1800?-1888 |
|---|---|
| Title | A Letter from Major Robert Carmichael-Smyth to His Friend, the Author of 'The Clockmaker' |
| Note | Reading ease score: 42.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Credits | Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, The Philatelic Digital Library Project at http://www.tpdlp.net, Anne Storer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | HE: Social sciences: Transportation and communications |
| Subject | Haliburton, Thomas Chandler, 1796-1865 |
| Subject | Railroads -- Canada |
| Subject | Transportation -- Canada |
| Subject | Great Britain -- Colonies -- America |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 25075 |
| Release Date | Apr 15, 2008 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 117 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |
