The Oregon Territory, Its History and Discovery: Including an Account of the Convention of Th Escurial, Also, the Treaties and Negotiations Between the United States and Great Britain, Held at Various Times for the Settlement of a Boundary Line ; and an Examination of the Whole Question in Respect to Facts and the Law of Nations |
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... proposed by the Commission- ers of the United States . The author would apologise for discussing so trifling a circumstance , had not the authorities of the United States considered the fact of sufficient importance to ground a serious ...
... proposed by the Commission- ers of the United States . The author would apologise for discussing so trifling a circumstance , had not the authorities of the United States considered the fact of sufficient importance to ground a serious ...
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... proposed to government to establish a post in some of those parts , about the Straits of Anian , which having been discovered by Sir Francis Drake , of course be- long to the English . " The account of his travels , from the ...
... proposed to government to establish a post in some of those parts , about the Straits of Anian , which having been discovered by Sir Francis Drake , of course be- long to the English . " The account of his travels , from the ...
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... proposed to intrust to Jayme Juan , for the discovery of the Straits of Anian . It is true that the Arch- bishop is stated to have consulted Gali upon his project , but the author of the " Introduction " specially alludes to Lind ...
... proposed to intrust to Jayme Juan , for the discovery of the Straits of Anian . It is true that the Arch- bishop is stated to have consulted Gali upon his project , but the author of the " Introduction " specially alludes to Lind ...
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... proposal . Two copies of this memoir are supposed to exist ; one of these being preserved in the library of the Duke of Infantado at Madrid , the other in the Ambrosian Library at DESCUBIERTA AND ATREVIDA . 65 Milan . The former of 64 ...
... proposal . Two copies of this memoir are supposed to exist ; one of these being preserved in the library of the Duke of Infantado at Madrid , the other in the Ambrosian Library at DESCUBIERTA AND ATREVIDA . 65 Milan . The former of 64 ...
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... proposed by Señor Quadra , the Spanish commandant , and despatched Lieutenant Mudge , by way of China , to England , for more explicit instructions . Lieutenant Broughton was subsequently directed to proceed home in 1793 , with a ...
... proposed by Señor Quadra , the Spanish commandant , and despatched Lieutenant Mudge , by way of China , to England , for more explicit instructions . Lieutenant Broughton was subsequently directed to proceed home in 1793 , with a ...
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Page 205 - 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 167 - The two high contracting parties agree to cede and renounce all their rights, claims -and pretensions, to the territories described by the said line, that is to say: the United States hereby cede to his Catholic Majesty, and renounce forever, all their rights, claims, and pretensions, to the territories lying west and south...
Page 251 - ... be free and open, for the term of ten years from the date of the Signature of the Present Convention, to the Vessels, Citizens, and Subjects of the Two Powers: it being well understood that this Agreement is not to be construed to the Prejudice of any Claim, which either of the Two High Contracting Parties may have to any part of the said Country, nor shall it be taken to affect the Claims of any other Power or State to any part of the said Country; the only object of the High Contracting Parties,...
Page 251 - ... that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America westward of the Stony Mountains shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two powers...
Page 150 - America ; it is agreed, that for the future, the confines between the dominions of His Britannic Majesty, and those of His Most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Page 17 - Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound, Save his own dashings — yet — the dead are there. And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep — the dead reign there alone.
Page 141 - All territory, places and possessions whatsoever taken by either party from the other during the War, or which may be taken after the signing of this Treaty excepting only the Islands hereinafter mentioned shall be restored without delay...
Page 132 - It is agreed that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy, unmolested, the right to take fish of any kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Page 147 - ... the said point due north or south, as the case may be, until the said line shall intersect the said parallel of north latitude, and from the point of such intersection due west along and with the said parallel, shall be the line of demarcation between the territories of the United States...
Page 145 - ... present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers: it being well understood, that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim, which either of the two high contracting parties may have to any part of the said country, nor shall it be taken to affect the claims of any other Power or State to any part of the said country; the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, being to prevent disputes and differences amongst themselves.