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... once won triumphs , Dupleix , instead of welcoming him , treated him as an intruder who might in some way diminish his own credit , pursuing him until La Bourdon- nais lay in the Bastile , though few men of that time deserved better of ...
... once won triumphs , Dupleix , instead of welcoming him , treated him as an intruder who might in some way diminish his own credit , pursuing him until La Bourdon- nais lay in the Bastile , though few men of that time deserved better of ...
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... once she was utterly dispossessed ! At the same moment the empire founded by Dupleix and Bussy in the Orient crumbled to pieces . Failure in both hemispheres was due to the same causes —the brilliant , adventurous leaders were sus ...
... once she was utterly dispossessed ! At the same moment the empire founded by Dupleix and Bussy in the Orient crumbled to pieces . Failure in both hemispheres was due to the same causes —the brilliant , adventurous leaders were sus ...
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... , from a friendly understanding once brought about with a foreign country , gained the curious title " Prince of Peace , " by which he is more commonly known - was Prime Minister of Spain from 1792 34 History of The Louisiana Purchase.
... , from a friendly understanding once brought about with a foreign country , gained the curious title " Prince of Peace , " by which he is more commonly known - was Prime Minister of Spain from 1792 34 History of The Louisiana Purchase.
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... eignty of Tuscany , the retrocession of Loui siana to France was to be at once carried out . But , as before , the king's signature was withheld ; and Godoy baffled Napoleon's other scheme of 38 History of The Louisiana Purchase.
... eignty of Tuscany , the retrocession of Loui siana to France was to be at once carried out . But , as before , the king's signature was withheld ; and Godoy baffled Napoleon's other scheme of 38 History of The Louisiana Purchase.
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... once coming to naught ; while Nel- son's victory at Copenhagen , on April 9th , took from him the Danish fleet on whose aid he had counted . He angrily demanded im- mediate possession of Louisiana ; but Godoy , as Mr. Adams says , cool ...
... once coming to naught ; while Nel- son's victory at Copenhagen , on April 9th , took from him the Danish fleet on whose aid he had counted . He angrily demanded im- mediate possession of Louisiana ; but Godoy , as Mr. Adams says , cool ...
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Page 217 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the Federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Page 216 - Republic has an incontestable title to the domain and to the possession of the said territory, the First Consul of the French Republic, desiring to give to the United States a strong proof of his friendship, doth hereby cede to the said United States, in the name of the French Republic...
Page 221 - Shall be ratified in good and due form and the ratifications Shall be exchanged in the Space of Six months after the date of the Signature by the Ministers Plenipotentiary or Sooner if possible.
Page 218 - ... that the French ships coming directly from France or any of her Colonies, loaded only with the produce or manufactures of France or her said Colonies, and the ships of Spain coming directly from Spain or any of her Colonies, loaded only with the produce or manufactures of Spain or her Colonies, shall be admitted during the space of twelve years in the...
Page 215 - October, 1795, between His Catholic Majesty and the said United States, and willing to strengthen the union and friendship which at the time of the said convention was happily re-established between the two nations, have respectively named their Plenipotentiaries...
Page 217 - There shall be sent by the Government of France a commissary to Louisiana, to the end that he do every act necessary, as well to receive from the officers of His Catholic Majesty the said country and its...
Page 216 - ARTICLE II In the cession made by the preceding article are included the adjacent islands belonging to Louisiana, all public lots and squares, vacant lands, and all public buildings, fortifications, barracks and other edifices which are not private property. The archives, papers, and documents, relative to the domain and sovereignty of Louisiana and its dependences, will be left in the possession of the commissaries of the United States, and copies will be afterwards given in due form to the magistrates...
Page 218 - Spain, so far as relates to the importations that the French and Spanish shall make into the said ports of the United States, without in any sort affecting the regulations that the United States may make concerning the exportation of the produce and merchandize of the United States, or any right they may have to make such regulations.
Page 216 - Parma, the Colony or Province of Louisiana, \with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it ; and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States...
Page 216 - His Catholic Majesty promises and engages on his part to retrocede to the French Republic, six months after the full and entire execution of the conditions and stipulations herein relative to his royal highness, the Duke of Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent...