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Page 1958
... question . While I shall ever evince the greatest readi- ness to communicate to the House of Representatives all proper infor- mation which the House shall deem necessary to a due discharge of its constitutional obligations and ...
... question . While I shall ever evince the greatest readi- ness to communicate to the House of Representatives all proper infor- mation which the House shall deem necessary to a due discharge of its constitutional obligations and ...
Page 1964
... question , if the public defenses be broken down or weakened , if the whole administration of public affairs be embarrassed for want of the nec- essary means for conducting them with vigor and effect , I trust that this department of ...
... question , if the public defenses be broken down or weakened , if the whole administration of public affairs be embarrassed for want of the nec- essary means for conducting them with vigor and effect , I trust that this department of ...
Page 1972
... question , the primitive carbonate of lime has exactly the same relation to the slaty rocks which it bears in the latter locality . The formations which have been spoken of appear to occupy the whole extent of the country explored by ...
... question , the primitive carbonate of lime has exactly the same relation to the slaty rocks which it bears in the latter locality . The formations which have been spoken of appear to occupy the whole extent of the country explored by ...
Page 1976
... question a range of eminences the highest of which is no more than 1,206 feet above the level of the sea . These , on the authority of a distinguished officer of Her Britannic Majesty's navy , † are named the " high- lands of Bic ...
... question a range of eminences the highest of which is no more than 1,206 feet above the level of the sea . These , on the authority of a distinguished officer of Her Britannic Majesty's navy , † are named the " high- lands of Bic ...
Page 1978
... question . Any inference to be drawn from the language of the report under consideration is contradicted by the official declarations of the British Government , and may therefore be considered as the individual act of the authors , not ...
... question . Any inference to be drawn from the language of the report under consideration is contradicted by the official declarations of the British Government , and may therefore be considered as the individual act of the authors , not ...
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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.