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Page 1960
... continue to increase under existing laws , unless we consent to give up or impair all our defenses in war and peace . But this is a thought which I am persuaded no patriotic mind would for a moment entertain . Without affecting an alarm ...
... continue to increase under existing laws , unless we consent to give up or impair all our defenses in war and peace . But this is a thought which I am persuaded no patriotic mind would for a moment entertain . Without affecting an alarm ...
Page 1962
... continue it in force while there is no such surplus to distribute and when it is manifestly necessary not only to increase the duties , but at the same time to borrow money in order to liquidate the public debt and disem- barrass the ...
... continue it in force while there is no such surplus to distribute and when it is manifestly necessary not only to increase the duties , but at the same time to borrow money in order to liquidate the public debt and disem- barrass the ...
Page 1972
... continues unchanged in its features until it is cut off by the deep channel of the St. Lawrence . Opportunities for observations of this character were most frequent on the Tem- iscouata portage and on the banks of the St. Lawrence ...
... continues unchanged in its features until it is cut off by the deep channel of the St. Lawrence . Opportunities for observations of this character were most frequent on the Tem- iscouata portage and on the banks of the St. Lawrence ...
Page 1989
... continue to do as far as the point where they merge in the line admitted by both parties . These highlands have all ... continues to the sources of the Etchemin . It there assumes for a short space the character of a rolling country , no ...
... continue to do as far as the point where they merge in the line admitted by both parties . These highlands have all ... continues to the sources of the Etchemin . It there assumes for a short space the character of a rolling country , no ...
Page 1999
... continuing in the same direction , a deep inlet of the St. Lawrence is figured . The latter does not exist , but this map shows that it was believed to exist at the time of the grant , and must be the " statio navium " of that ...
... continuing in the same direction , a deep inlet of the St. Lawrence is figured . The latter does not exist , but this map shows that it was believed to exist at the time of the grant , and must be the " statio navium " of that ...
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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.