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Page 1968
... fact nearly an island , for the Presque Isle and Gissiguit rivers , running the one to the north and the other to the south of it , have branches which take their rise in the same swamp on its north- western side . To the north of the ...
... fact nearly an island , for the Presque Isle and Gissiguit rivers , running the one to the north and the other to the south of it , have branches which take their rise in the same swamp on its north- western side . To the north of the ...
Page 1969
... facts it would have been the most fatal argument that has ever been adduced against the American claim , for he would ... fact that no part of the American argument laid before the King of the Netherlands was founded on this or any other ...
... facts it would have been the most fatal argument that has ever been adduced against the American claim , for he would ... fact that no part of the American argument laid before the King of the Netherlands was founded on this or any other ...
Page 1970
... fact , at this place a gap 5 or 6 miles in breadth in the great system of mountains which extend from the Gulf of St. Lawrence at the Bay des Chaleurs to the river St. Lawrence near the Temiscouata portage . At the northern verge of the ...
... fact , at this place a gap 5 or 6 miles in breadth in the great system of mountains which extend from the Gulf of St. Lawrence at the Bay des Chaleurs to the river St. Lawrence near the Temiscouata portage . At the northern verge of the ...
Page 1972
... fact that the formations are continuous . From these data it would appear probable that the rocks are a prolongation of the western slope of the great range called by Mr. Featherstonhaugh , in his report as United States geologist , the ...
... fact that the formations are continuous . From these data it would appear probable that the rocks are a prolongation of the western slope of the great range called by Mr. Featherstonhaugh , in his report as United States geologist , the ...
Page 1973
... fact that it crosses the summit and occupies the eastern slope of the highlands claimed by the United States . Notwithstanding this , the difference in their elevation is not such as to give it any decided superiority in its highland ...
... fact that it crosses the summit and occupies the eastern slope of the highlands claimed by the United States . Notwithstanding this , the difference in their elevation is not such as to give it any decided superiority in its highland ...
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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.