Letters and Papers Relating to the Alaska FrontierEdwin Swift Balch |
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... Anglo - Russian Convention of 1825 , upon which the title of the United States to their Alaskan territory is founded ; and that , in con- sequence of this erroneous assumption , Canada has been deprived of a large extent of territory ...
... Anglo - Russian Convention of 1825 , upon which the title of the United States to their Alaskan territory is founded ; and that , in con- sequence of this erroneous assumption , Canada has been deprived of a large extent of territory ...
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Edwin Swift Balch. were ignominiously driven away by Russian naval forces ... Britain be- fore we consider arbitration as in question at all . Secondly ... Anglo- Muscovite Treaty of 1825 ) , no matter whether the " The Nation ...
Edwin Swift Balch. were ignominiously driven away by Russian naval forces ... Britain be- fore we consider arbitration as in question at all . Secondly ... Anglo- Muscovite Treaty of 1825 ) , no matter whether the " The Nation ...
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... British Empire did not challenge the interpretation placed upon the Anglo - Russian treaty of 1825 by Russia , and later by the United States , that Russia , and , after the cession of Alaska in 1867 , the United ' Editorial from the ...
... British Empire did not challenge the interpretation placed upon the Anglo - Russian treaty of 1825 by Russia , and later by the United States , that Russia , and , after the cession of Alaska in 1867 , the United ' Editorial from the ...
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... Anglo - Russian treaty of 1825 . He shows that England wished to obtain from Russia a disclaimer of the ukase of 1821 , that Bering Sea and certain portions of the Pacific were to be held as Rus- sian waters exclusively . Russia would ...
... Anglo - Russian treaty of 1825 . He shows that England wished to obtain from Russia a disclaimer of the ukase of 1821 , that Bering Sea and certain portions of the Pacific were to be held as Rus- sian waters exclusively . Russia would ...
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Edwin Swift Balch. simple and undeniable proposition that we now own what Russia once owned in that region . Just that and no more nor less . What Russia owned is to be determined from the Anglo - Russian treaty of 1825 . T. W. Balch ...
Edwin Swift Balch. simple and undeniable proposition that we now own what Russia once owned in that region . Just that and no more nor less . What Russia owned is to be determined from the Anglo - Russian treaty of 1825 . T. W. Balch ...
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Admiralty Chart Alaska Frontier Alaskan boundary question Alasko-Canadian Frontier American contention Anglo-Russian treaty April arbitration boundary line boundary treaty Britain British Admiralty British Empire British Government British possessions Canadian Government Canadian map Clarence Straits coast line COCHRAN commission Commissioners continent Count Nesselrode crest degrees forty minutes dispute Dominion Editorial EDWIN SWIFT BALCH England entitled facts fifty-four degrees forty fiords forty minutes north Franklin Institute Henri Bourassa Hudson Bay Company inlets January Letter line of demarcation Lynn Canal mainland March ment minutes north latitude monograph Mount Saint Elias mountains Nation negotiations northwest official Petersburg Philadelphia port Portland Canal Portland Channel published Quebec Conference referred run parallel Russia Russian America Secretary settlement shore sinuosities Sir George Simpson Skagway sovereignty strait strip of territory T. W. Balch thirty miles Thomas Willing Balch tion treaty of 1825 tribunal unbroken lisière unbroken strip United Vancouver Washington
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Page 109 - ... shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia, as above mentioned, shall be formed by a line parallel to the windings of the coast, and which shall never exceed the distance of ten marine leagues therefrom.
Page 108 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and the 133d degree of west longitude, (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Page 5 - ... (c) In determining the boundary line, if territory of one party be found by the Tribunal to have been at the date of this Treaty in the occupation of the subjects or citizens of the other party, such effect shall be given to such occupation as reason, justice, the principles of international law and the equities of the case shall, in the opinion of the Tribunal, require.
Page 81 - ... begin with what is clear and beyond question. I refer to the boundaries fixed by the treaty. Commencing at the parallel of 54° 40' north latitude, so famous in our history, the line ascends Portland channel to the mountains, which it follows on their summits to the point of intersection with the 141° west longitude, which line it ascends to the Frozen ocean, or, if you please, to the north pole. This is the eastern boundary, separating this region from the British possessions, and it is borrowed...
Page 70 - It remains only, in recapitulation, to remind you of the origin and principles of this whole negotiation. It is not, on our part, essentially a negotiation about limits. It is a demand of the repeal of an offensive and unjustifiable arrogation of exclusive jurisdiction over an ocean of unmeasured extent...
Page 15 - And, further, the United States surveys of the coast could be advantageously used to locate the coast line in deciding the mouths of the rivers in question, as points from whence the necessary triangulation surveys should commence, in order to determine the ten marine leagues back, and might further be agreed on "USCC App., 50.
Page 32 - ... (meridian of Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude; from this last-mentioned point, the line of demarcation shall follow the summit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast...
Page 81 - In endeavoring to estimate its character I am glad to begin with what is clear and beyond question. I refer to the boundaries fixed by the treaty. Commencing at the parallel of 54° 40...
Page 7 - Wales, lequel point se trouve sous la parallèle du 54-me degré 40 minutes de latitude Nord. et entre le 131-me et le 133-me degré de longitude Ouest (méridien de Greenwich) la dite ligne remontera au Nord le long de la passe dite Portland Channel...
Page 108 - That, wherever the summit of the mountains which extend in a direction parallel to the coast, from the fifty-sixth degree of north latitude to the point of intersection of the one hundred and forty-first degree of west longitude...