Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Part 2, Volume 3; Part 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1874 - United States |
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... imprisonment of British subjects by the authorities of the United States ; seventy - seven covered claims for damages by reason of the alleged unlawful capture and condemnation or detention of British ves- sels , their cargoes , & c ...
... imprisonment of British subjects by the authorities of the United States ; seventy - seven covered claims for damages by reason of the alleged unlawful capture and condemnation or detention of British ves- sels , their cargoes , & c ...
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... imprisonment , and for appropriation and destruction of property , the proofs showed that the claimant was born in the British province of New Brunswick in 1813. His father , Daniel Scott , was born in the then province of Maine , in ...
... imprisonment , and for appropriation and destruction of property , the proofs showed that the claimant was born in the British province of New Brunswick in 1813. His father , Daniel Scott , was born in the then province of Maine , in ...
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... imprisonment and appropriation of the claimant's property at New Orleans , it appeared that claimant , a native of Ireland , had been for several years domiciled in New Orleans . She there married in 1838 a citizen of the United States ...
... imprisonment and appropriation of the claimant's property at New Orleans , it appeared that claimant , a native of Ireland , had been for several years domiciled in New Orleans . She there married in 1838 a citizen of the United States ...
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... imprisoned several citizens of the United States ; fired shots at sundry citizens ; by such shooting killed the ... imprison- ing the officers of such banks , and seized and appropriated the securities and moneys from the safes of said ...
... imprisoned several citizens of the United States ; fired shots at sundry citizens ; by such shooting killed the ... imprison- ing the officers of such banks , and seized and appropriated the securities and moneys from the safes of said ...
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... imprisonment . These claims were one hundred in number , and the total amount of damages claimed , in all , was nearly $ 10,000,000 , exclusive of interest ; or , adding interest at the rate allowed by the commission , say $ 16,000,000 ...
... imprisonment . These claims were one hundred in number , and the total amount of damages claimed , in all , was nearly $ 10,000,000 , exclusive of interest ; or , adding interest at the rate allowed by the commission , say $ 16,000,000 ...
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Page 412 - ... which it is at peace ; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use. Secondly, not to permit or suffer either belligerent to make use of its ports or waters as the. base of naval operations against the other, or for the purpose of the renewal or augmentation of military supplies or arms, or the recruitment...
Page 282 - And the United States hereby renounce forever any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish, on or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbors, of his Britannic Majesty's dominions in America, not included within the above-mentioned limits.
Page 412 - A neutral Government is bound— " First. To use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a Power with which it is at peace...
Page 282 - Parties, that the inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind...
Page 282 - Labrador ; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 424 - Washington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. in faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
Page 419 - The commissioners so named shall meet at Washington at the earliest convenient period after they shall have been respectively named, and shall, before proceeding to any business, make and subscribe a solemn declaration that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide, to the best of their judgment, and according to justice and equity...
Page 413 - And the high contracting parties agree to observe these rules as between themselves in future, and to bring them to the knowledge of other maritime Powers and to invite them to accede to them.
Page 280 - American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours, and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled ; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 271 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.