A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents, Volume 5

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Bureau of National Literature, Incorporated, 1897 - United States - 7116 pages

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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.
Page 2108 - An act to appropriate the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, and to grant preemption rights...
Page 2160 - In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed, having signed the same -with my hand.

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