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Page 1970
... believed that this , although of small elevation , was a dividing ridge , and that it might correspond to one construction which has , although inaccurately , been put on the treaty of 1783 . This belief was speedily removed , for the ...
... believed that this , although of small elevation , was a dividing ridge , and that it might correspond to one construction which has , although inaccurately , been put on the treaty of 1783 . This belief was speedily removed , for the ...
Page 1974
... believed to be as accurate as the method of the barometer is susceptible of . This height of the termination of that line is estimated by Messrs . Featherston- haugh and Mudge at no more than 388 feet , and that of the lake at no more ...
... believed to be as accurate as the method of the barometer is susceptible of . This height of the termination of that line is estimated by Messrs . Featherston- haugh and Mudge at no more than 388 feet , and that of the lake at no more ...
Page 1975
... believed to terminate in an eminence , which from its imposing appearance has been called by the Scotch settlers at its foot Ben Lomond . This was measured during the opera- tions of the summer of 1840 , and found to rise from the tide ...
... believed to terminate in an eminence , which from its imposing appearance has been called by the Scotch settlers at its foot Ben Lomond . This was measured during the opera- tions of the summer of 1840 , and found to rise from the tide ...
Page 1980
... believed that any uncertainty in respect to the adjacent territory existed it would not have been neglected . Nay , more ; all the settlements lying within the line claimea by Great Britain before the commission created by the treaty of ...
... believed that any uncertainty in respect to the adjacent territory existed it would not have been neglected . Nay , more ; all the settlements lying within the line claimea by Great Britain before the commission created by the treaty of ...
Page 1984
... believed that this is the first instance in which the term narrow has ever been applied to a triangle almost right angled and nearly isosceles , and it is not a little remarkable that this very expression was relied upon in the ...
... believed that this is the first instance in which the term narrow has ever been applied to a triangle almost right angled and nearly isosceles , and it is not a little remarkable that this very expression was relied upon in the ...
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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.