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... March 8 , 1782,8 in which the writer In the Baxter MSS . , Volumes XIV - XX , such reports and letters by Colonel Allan will be found . 2 Ib . , XVI , 364 ; XVIII , 62 . 8 The preliminary treaty of peace was signed November 30 , 1782 ...
... March 8 , 1782,8 in which the writer In the Baxter MSS . , Volumes XIV - XX , such reports and letters by Colonel Allan will be found . 2 Ib . , XVI , 364 ; XVIII , 62 . 8 The preliminary treaty of peace was signed November 30 , 1782 ...
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... March , however , the king was compelled to yield , and peace negotiations , in the face of many hindrances , were at length commenced . The representatives of the United States in these negotiations were John Adams , Benjamin Franklin ...
... March , however , the king was compelled to yield , and peace negotiations , in the face of many hindrances , were at length commenced . The representatives of the United States in these negotiations were John Adams , Benjamin Franklin ...
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... . Tidings concerning the signing of the provisional articles of peace did not reach the United States until late in March , 1783.7 of the St. Croix River to the Highlands ; along 888 MAINE IN THE BOUNDARY CONTROVERSY . 28.
... . Tidings concerning the signing of the provisional articles of peace did not reach the United States until late in March , 1783.7 of the St. Croix River to the Highlands ; along 888 MAINE IN THE BOUNDARY CONTROVERSY . 28.
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... March 9th the Senate committee , to which these communications were referred , recommended that a representation of the case should be made to the court of Great Britain . If the matter could not be amicably adjusted , a proposi- tion ...
... March 9th the Senate committee , to which these communications were referred , recommended that a representation of the case should be made to the court of Great Britain . If the matter could not be amicably adjusted , a proposi- tion ...
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... March 7th , 1795 , however , that the treaty was delivered to the secretary of state for the United States . As might have been expected , in this country as well as in Great Britain , there was criticism and objection when the ...
... March 7th , 1795 , however , that the treaty was delivered to the secretary of state for the United States . As might have been expected , in this country as well as in Great Britain , there was criticism and objection when the ...
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Page 81 - 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 Scotia 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.
Page 29 - 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 29 - 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...
Page 7 - York, his heirs and assigns, all that part of the main land of New England, beginning at a certain place called or known by the name of St. Croix, next adjoining to New Scotland in America...
Page 91 - Whereas neither that point of the highlands lying due north from the source of the river St. Croix, and designated in the former treaty of peace between the two Powers as the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, nor the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River, has yet been ascertained...
Page 92 - And in the event of the said two Commissioners differing or both or either of them refusing, declining or wilfully omitting to act such reports, declarations or statements shall be made by them or either of them and such reference to a friendly Sovereign or State shall be made in all respects as in the latter part of the fourth Article is contained and in as full a manner as if the same was herein repeated.
Page 61 - And the three commissioners so appointed, shall be sworn, impartially to examine and decide the said question, according to such evidence as shall respectively be laid before them on the part of the British government and of the United States.
Page 88 - Senate thereof, and the said two commissioners so appointed shall be sworn impartially to examine and decide upon the said claims according to such evidence as shall be laid before them on the part of His Britannic Majesty and of the United States respectively.
Page 75 - ... have not even cleared your own territory on the point of attack. You cannot on any principle of equality in negotiation claim a cession of territory excepting in exchange for other advantages which you have in your power. . . . Then if this reasoning be true, why stipulate for the uti possidetis? You can get no territory; indeed, the state of your military operations, however creditable, does not entitle you to demand any.
Page 91 - Cataraguy, has not yet been surveyed : it is agreed, that for these several purposes two commissioners shall be appointed, sworn, and authorized to act exactly in the manner directed with respect to those mentioned in the next preceding article, unless otherwise specified in the present article.