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Page 1958
... taken of this 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 ...
... taken of this 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 ...
Page 1960
... taken . Congress accordingly provided for an issue of Treas- ury notes to the amount of $ 5,000,000 , but subject to the condition that they should not be paid away below par . No measure connected with the last of the two objects above ...
... taken . Congress accordingly provided for an issue of Treas- ury notes to the amount of $ 5,000,000 , but subject to the condition that they should not be paid away below par . No measure connected with the last of the two objects above ...
Page 1971
... taken with the camera lucida , is like- wise submitted . About a quarter of a mile to the south of the point where the Temiscouata portage crosses Mount Biort the highlands may be seen at the head of Rimouski , bearing nearly east ...
... taken with the camera lucida , is like- wise submitted . About a quarter of a mile to the south of the point where the Temiscouata portage crosses Mount Biort the highlands may be seen at the head of Rimouski , bearing nearly east ...
Page 1973
... taken as the point of bifurcation , whence waters run to the Penobscot , the St. John , and the St. Lawrence . On the American line from the Metjarmette portage to Lake Etchemin — The maximum height is ...... The minimum height is Feet ...
... taken as the point of bifurcation , whence waters run to the Penobscot , the St. John , and the St. Lawrence . On the American line from the Metjarmette portage to Lake Etchemin — The maximum height is ...... The minimum height is Feet ...
Page 1974
... taken on Lake Johnson . The height of the latter was calculated at 1,007 feet from a series of observations continued for seventeen days , and is believed to be as accurate as the method of the barometer is susceptible of . This height ...
... taken on Lake Johnson . The height of the latter was calculated at 1,007 feet from a series of observations continued for seventeen days , and is believed to be as accurate as the method of the barometer is susceptible of . This height ...
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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.