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... course of construction on an island near Eastport , Maine , having fallen upon the British territory at Campobello , I have the honor to enclose , in reply , a copy of a communication of the 8th instant from the War Department , from ...
... course of construction on an island near Eastport , Maine , having fallen upon the British territory at Campobello , I have the honor to enclose , in reply , a copy of a communication of the 8th instant from the War Department , from ...
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... course of the shot in its flight , and succeeded in finding it . I assured the inhabitants , at the same time , that it was purely accidental on my part , and in the future I would avoid a repetition of the offence . They appeared ...
... course of the shot in its flight , and succeeded in finding it . I assured the inhabitants , at the same time , that it was purely accidental on my part , and in the future I would avoid a repetition of the offence . They appeared ...
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... course , and found the shot in an adjoining pasture . The other two shots I found on the beach under the Head . I was treated very kindly by Mr. Parker and others whom I met while on the island , and to whom I apologized , assuring them ...
... course , and found the shot in an adjoining pasture . The other two shots I found on the beach under the Head . I was treated very kindly by Mr. Parker and others whom I met while on the island , and to whom I apologized , assuring them ...
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... course , be at liberty also to increase her naval force on the lakes at the expiration of the six months after notice , if she shall think fit so to do . But it is to be hoped that when peace is restored the former agreement , which was ...
... course , be at liberty also to increase her naval force on the lakes at the expiration of the six months after notice , if she shall think fit so to do . But it is to be hoped that when peace is restored the former agreement , which was ...
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... course than to punish and disarm the Daimio Prince of Nagata . That course had these three separate advantages : 1. It gave the best promise of concurrence of the four powers , as France , Holland and the United States had all been ...
... course than to punish and disarm the Daimio Prince of Nagata . That course had these three separate advantages : 1. It gave the best promise of concurrence of the four powers , as France , Holland and the United States had all been ...
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