Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings of Congress, from the First Meeting Thereof to the Dissolution of the ConfederationThomas B. Wait., 1821 - Constitutional history |
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... peace will be full of difficulties , and that it will probably be neces sary , in pretensions as well as proceedings , to be very cautious , and to act so as to remove those difficulties , and every thing which might increase the ...
... peace will be full of difficulties , and that it will probably be neces sary , in pretensions as well as proceedings , to be very cautious , and to act so as to remove those difficulties , and every thing which might increase the ...
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... peace . The count de Vergennes remarks , that Congress will be finally con- vinced that it is only by arms and the most vigorous exertions that our independence can be extorted from the court of London , and not at all by negotiation or ...
... peace . The count de Vergennes remarks , that Congress will be finally con- vinced that it is only by arms and the most vigorous exertions that our independence can be extorted from the court of London , and not at all by negotiation or ...
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... peace , upon principles coinciding with the liberty and sovereignty of the United States , and for the important succours lately administered to our necessities . We shall also instruct him to inform your majesty of the arrangements ...
... peace , upon principles coinciding with the liberty and sovereignty of the United States , and for the important succours lately administered to our necessities . We shall also instruct him to inform your majesty of the arrangements ...
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... peace , and two years in time of war . If , however , within those terms , the creditor shall call upon the lawful representative or successor to the property of the deceased , by a proper legal pro- cess , and prove his title to the ...
... peace , and two years in time of war . If , however , within those terms , the creditor shall call upon the lawful representative or successor to the property of the deceased , by a proper legal pro- cess , and prove his title to the ...
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... peace , and two years in time of war . If , however , within that time the creditors shall call upon the lawful representative or successor to the property of the deceased , by a proper legal process , and prove his title to the money ...
... peace , and two years in time of war . If , however , within that time the creditors shall call upon the lawful representative or successor to the property of the deceased , by a proper legal process , and prove his title to the money ...
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allies America amity and commerce appointed ARTICLE Benjamin Franklin Britain Britannick majesty British catholick majesty charter christian majesty citizens commission committee Congress assembled Connecticut consuls or vice contraband count de Vergennes court of Versailles department of foreign Duane Ellery enemy esquire Etats Unis Europe foreign affairs Franklin Gerry governour granted gress hereby high mightinesses honourable Howell inhabitants instructed Jersey John Adams king of Sweden letter of credence liberty livres livres tournois Lord Madison majesty's Maryland Massachusetts merchandises minister of France minister plenipotentiary motion nations nays being required negotiating North peace Pennsylvania persons ports President publick question to agree ratified received referred a letter resolution Resolved respective Rhode Island Rutledge secretary for foreign ships South Carolina Spaight stipulated subjects superintendent of finance thereof thousand seven hundred tion transmitted treaty of amity United Netherlands vessels vice consuls Virginia Williamson yeas and nays
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Page 332 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 334 - It is agreed, that the people of the United Stales shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every 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 357 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons for, or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war; and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or\ property...
Page 438 - Britannic Majesty's dominions in America ; and that the 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...
Page 335 - ... perfectly consistent, not only with justice and equity, but with that spirit of conciliation which, on the return of the blessings of peace, should universally prevail.
Page 333 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 335 - ... belonging to real British subjects, and also of the estates, rights and properties of persons resident in districts in the possession. of his majesty's arms, and who have not borne arms against the said United States ; and that.
Page 333 - Lawrence: comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotiu on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia. "ART. 3. It is agreed, that the people of the United...
Page 439 - Properties which have been confiscated belonging to real British Subjects; and also of the Estates Rights and Properties of Persons resident in Districts in the Possession of his Majesty's Arms, and who have not borne Arms against the said United States. And that Persons of any other Description shall have free Liberty to go to any Part or Parts of any of the thirteen United States and therein to remain twelve Months unmolested in their Endeavours to obtain the Restitution of such of their Estates...
Page 336 - His Britannic Majesty shall with all convenient speed, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any Negroes or other property of the American Inhabitants...