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Page 1959
... Treasury impose upon me the indispensable obligation of again inviting your most serious attention to the condition of the finances . Fortunately for myself in thus bringing this important subject to your view for a deliberate and ...
... Treasury impose upon me the indispensable obligation of again inviting your most serious attention to the condition of the finances . Fortunately for myself in thus bringing this important subject to your view for a deliberate and ...
Page 1960
... Treasury submitted to Congress at the commencement of the present session it is estimated that after exhausting all the probable resources of the year there will remain a deficit of about $ 14,000,000 . With a view partly to a permanent ...
... Treasury submitted to Congress at the commencement of the present session it is estimated that after exhausting all the probable resources of the year there will remain a deficit of about $ 14,000,000 . With a view partly to a permanent ...
Page 1962
... Treasury , would cause it to be regarded as an unwise alienation of the best security of the public creditor , which would with difficulty be excused and could not be justified . Causes of no ordinary character have recently depressed ...
... Treasury , would cause it to be regarded as an unwise alienation of the best security of the public creditor , which would with difficulty be excused and could not be justified . Causes of no ordinary character have recently depressed ...
Page 1963
... Treasury be authorized out of the surplus of the proceeds of such sales to purchase the stock , when it can be procured on such terms as will render it beneficial in that way , to extinguish the debt and prevent the accumulation of such ...
... Treasury be authorized out of the surplus of the proceeds of such sales to purchase the stock , when it can be procured on such terms as will render it beneficial in that way , to extinguish the debt and prevent the accumulation of such ...
Page 2005
... Treasury and bears date the 12th of April instant , and the other to myself , dated the 20th of this month . From the former you will learn that a most interesting portion of the inquiry instituted by this Department ( viz , that ...
... Treasury and bears date the 12th of April instant , and the other to myself , dated the 20th of this month . From the former you will learn that a most interesting portion of the inquiry instituted by this Department ( viz , that ...
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Page 1979 - 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 1980 - 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.