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... taken possession of ter- ritory farther north , moving inland by way of the waters of the St. Lawrence - England was by no means unmindful of the oppor- tunities for colonization which the discovery of the new world 1 Prince Society Ed ...
... taken possession of ter- ritory farther north , moving inland by way of the waters of the St. Lawrence - England was by no means unmindful of the oppor- tunities for colonization which the discovery of the new world 1 Prince Society Ed ...
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... taken . By the treaty of Paris , February 10 , 1763 , France , as the clos- ing act in a long , losing conflict , ceded to Great Britain the whole of her North American possessions except two small islands , which were " to serve as a ...
... taken . By the treaty of Paris , February 10 , 1763 , France , as the clos- ing act in a long , losing conflict , ceded to Great Britain the whole of her North American possessions except two small islands , which were " to serve as a ...
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... taken refuge at Penobscot , now Castine , near the mouth of the Penobscot , were drawn thither not only because it was a British military stronghold , but from their belief that the close of the war would find the whole Penobscot ...
... taken refuge at Penobscot , now Castine , near the mouth of the Penobscot , were drawn thither not only because it was a British military stronghold , but from their belief that the close of the war would find the whole Penobscot ...
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... taken seriously . Mr. Oswald , however , was ready to grant complete independence to the thirteen colonies , with the Penobscot River as the boundary between the two countries , and with provision for the security of the Loyalists and ...
... taken seriously . Mr. Oswald , however , was ready to grant complete independence to the thirteen colonies , with the Penobscot River as the boundary between the two countries , and with provision for the security of the Loyalists and ...
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... taken possession of St. Andrew's Point , twenty miles eastward of St. Croix . ' ' 2 Two public surveyors were there for the purpose of laying out the township , and townships in the vicinity . In fact , conditions were such that Colonel ...
... taken possession of St. Andrew's Point , twenty miles eastward of St. Croix . ' ' 2 Two public surveyors were there for the purpose of laying out the township , and townships in the vicinity . In fact , conditions were such that Colonel ...
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šResolves of Maine 25th Congress action adopted agreement American angle of Nova appointed arbitration Aroostook assent August authority Bay of Fundy boundary controversy boundary line boundary matters Boundary MSS Britain British agent British government British minister Brunswick Canada Chipman Colonel Barclay committee consideration conventional line Croix commission Croix River Daveis decision disputed territory documents due north line expressed Governor Fairfield Grand Manan highlands John Baker jurisdiction king land Lawrence letter Library lieutenant governor Lord Ashburton Lord Palmerston Madawaska Magaguadavic Maine commissioners Maine Historical Society Maine's Massachusetts ment Mitchell's map Moose Island negotiations Netherlands Northeastern Boundary northwest angle Nova Scotia opinion Papers parties Passamaquoddy Bay peace Penobscot Portland possession Preble president proceedings proposed province question received reference reply Resolves river St secretary Senate settlement survey surveyors Thomas Barclay tion treaty of 1783 treaty of Ghent United Ward Chipman Washington Webster William
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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.