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Page 1977
... United States has , with some small exceptions , been thoroughly examined , and its prolongation as far as the north ... United States in the treaty of 1783 has been uniformly maintained on the part of the United States , and is not ...
... United States has , with some small exceptions , been thoroughly examined , and its prolongation as far as the north ... United States in the treaty of 1783 has been uniformly maintained on the part of the United States , and is not ...
Page 1978
... United States on the reception of that report . While , however , it is due to the honor of the United States to declare that no desire of undue aggrandizement has been felt , no claim advanced beyond what a strict construction of their ...
... United States on the reception of that report . While , however , it is due to the honor of the United States to declare that no desire of undue aggrandizement has been felt , no claim advanced beyond what a strict construction of their ...
Page 1988
United States. President James Daniel Richardson. and the latter is word for word the same with the description of the eastern bound- ary of the United States in the same treaty . Moreover , a northwest angle has been assigned to the ...
United States. President James Daniel Richardson. and the latter is word for word the same with the description of the eastern bound- ary of the United States in the same treaty . Moreover , a northwest angle has been assigned to the ...
Page 1993
... united current of the other two . In this case the latter is the Connecticut River of the treaty of 1783 , and Halls Stream , which has not yet joined it , must be excluded . The parallel , as corrected by the united operations of the ...
... united current of the other two . In this case the latter is the Connecticut River of the treaty of 1783 , and Halls Stream , which has not yet joined it , must be excluded . The parallel , as corrected by the united operations of the ...
Page 1994
United States. President James Daniel Richardson. any apparent absurdity in preferring it which would not find its parallel in one or other of the positions they assume . In this view of the history of this part of the line it becomes ...
United States. President James Daniel Richardson. any apparent absurdity in preferring it which would not find its parallel in one or other of the positions they assume . In this view of the history of this part of the line it becomes ...
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accompanying adopted American amount annexation appointed Army authority Bay of Chaleurs boundary Britain British citizens claims commerce commissioners communicate herewith compliance Congress consideration Constitution convention copy Croix December deemed Department duties established Executive existing favor force foreign Grand Falls Halls Stream herewith a report herewith transmit highlands honor House of Representatives important Indian instant interests JAMES JAMES K JOHN TYLER Lake laws March measures ment Metis Mexican Government Mexico military minister nations Navy necessary negotiation northwest angle Nova Scotia object officers party peace POLK portage portion ports possession present President proper protection public lands ratification recommend relations Republic Republic of Texas request resolution respect revenue Rhode Island Rimouski river St Secretary Secretary of War Senate session submitted survey territory Texas tion transmit herewith Treasury treaty of 1783 treaty of Ghent Union United vessels WASHINGTON
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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.