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Page vii
... respect to the colony of Assiniboia , which will be noticed further on . Mr. McMahon , Q.C. , who at one time acted as counsel for the Dominion , was not examined because his engagements in important cases before the courts would not ...
... respect to the colony of Assiniboia , which will be noticed further on . Mr. McMahon , Q.C. , who at one time acted as counsel for the Dominion , was not examined because his engagements in important cases before the courts would not ...
Page viii
... respect for the " Arbitrators , two of whom I have known well and esteemed highly , and the other of " whom , occupying a diplomatic position that commands the confidence and respect of " two great nations , is entitled to the highest ...
... respect for the " Arbitrators , two of whom I have known well and esteemed highly , and the other of " whom , occupying a diplomatic position that commands the confidence and respect of " two great nations , is entitled to the highest ...
Page xii
... respect to the northern boundary . If you will permit me , I will explain " my view of it by reference to this map . In the first place , I think as a matter of " law , we must admit to - day , for I think the courts will hold that the ...
... respect to the northern boundary . If you will permit me , I will explain " my view of it by reference to this map . In the first place , I think as a matter of " law , we must admit to - day , for I think the courts will hold that the ...
Page xix
... respect to the Oregon question , they might be made available on the other side of " the mountains . However that was , they were sent there . After that , when I was " sworn in as Governor in 1855 , after the retirement of Colonel ...
... respect to the Oregon question , they might be made available on the other side of " the mountains . However that was , they were sent there . After that , when I was " sworn in as Governor in 1855 , after the retirement of Colonel ...
Page xx
... respect to which they reserved " to themselves the right to establish , of their prerogative , Courts of Justice ... respecting the northern and western boundaries " of the Province of Ontario , compiled by direction of the Government of ...
... respect to which they reserved " to themselves the right to establish , of their prerogative , Courts of Justice ... respecting the northern and western boundaries " of the Province of Ontario , compiled by direction of the Government of ...
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Page 17 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their boundaries...
Page 342 - Superior ; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and Phelipeaux, to the Long Lake ; thence through the middle of said Long Lake, and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods, to the said Lake of the Woods ; thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi...
Page 408 - America, do presume, for the present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey, or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic ocean from the west or north-west...
Page 401 - 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 401 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario, through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie ; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake...
Page 404 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean...
Page 401 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States...
Page 10 - Commissions; as also that no Governor or Commander in Chief in any of our other Colonies or Plantations in America do presume for the present, and until our further Pleasure be known, to grant Warrants of Survey, or pass Patents for any Lands beyond the Heads or Sources of any of the Rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the West and North West, or upon any Lands whatever, which, not having been ceded to or purchased by Us as aforesaid, are reserved to the said Indians, or any of them.
Page 17 - Erie ; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie : through the middle of said Lake until it arrives at the water communication between that Lake and Lake Huron ; thence along the middle of said water communication into the Lake Huron ; thence through the middle of said Lake to the water communication between that Lake and Lake Superior ; thence through Lake Superior.
Page 340 - Bay; and also all such territories, islands, and countries, which have, since the tenth of February, one thousand seven hundred and sixtythree, been made part of the government of Newfoundland, be, and they are hereby, during His Majesty's pleasure, annexed to, and made part and parcel of the province of Quebec...