The Duplicate Letters, the Fisheries and the Mississippi: Documents Relating to Transactions at the Negotiation of Ghent |
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... intended review of the other boundaries be- tween the British and American territories , with the view to pre- vent future uncertainty and dispute , the undersigned propose the reference of the whole subject to commissioners and they ...
... intended review of the other boundaries be- tween the British and American territories , with the view to pre- vent future uncertainty and dispute , the undersigned propose the reference of the whole subject to commissioners and they ...
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... intended to restrain the hostilities , and to prevent the employment , of the savages in war , and one reciprocally granting a general amnesty . The only other subjects which have been presented by the un- dersigned as suitable for ...
... intended to restrain the hostilities , and to prevent the employment , of the savages in war , and one reciprocally granting a general amnesty . The only other subjects which have been presented by the un- dersigned as suitable for ...
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... intended to operate against the enemy of Great Britain , and which fell almost exclusively on a country , which was no party to the war . The United States have never ceased , and at this time continue to demand , from France ...
... intended to operate against the enemy of Great Britain , and which fell almost exclusively on a country , which was no party to the war . The United States have never ceased , and at this time continue to demand , from France ...
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... intended to enforce a decision within some limited time , and to con- tain a slight alteration in the third clause , by substituting in the place of the words " intermediate possession , " the words , " as to such possession . " [ So ...
... intended to enforce a decision within some limited time , and to con- tain a slight alteration in the third clause , by substituting in the place of the words " intermediate possession , " the words , " as to such possession . " [ So ...
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... intended to be raised to an equa- lity with the general right of fishing within the common jurisdic- tion of all nations , which accrued to us as a member of the great national family . On the contrary , the distinction between the spe ...
... intended to be raised to an equa- lity with the general right of fishing within the common jurisdic- tion of all nations , which accrued to us as a member of the great national family . On the contrary , the distinction between the spe ...
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25th December abrogated Adams agreed American mission American plenipotentiaries asserted Bay of Fundy believed Boston Statesman boundary Brent Britain Britannic majesty British government British jurisdiction British plenipotentiaries British right British subjects citizens claim Clay coast colleagues commissioners communicated consent considered copy cure fish declaration Department discussion doctrine duplicate enjoyed equivalent exclusive fisheries fishermen fishing liberties fishing privilege Floyd free navigation Gallatin grant Gulf of St House of Representatives independence instructions intended interest islands JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Jonathan Russell Labrador Lake letter from Paris majority ment nations navigate the Mississippi negotiations at Ghent never Newfoundland object offer opinion original paper parties possession President principle proposed proposition ratification recognised resolution respect right to navigate rights and liberties Russell's letter says Secretary stipulation surrender taken territories third article tion treaty of 1783 treaty of Ghent treaty of peace treaty of Utrecht undersigned Union United vessels vote whole words
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Page 29 - The said commissioners shall meet at St. Andrews, in the province of New Brunswick, and shall have power to adjourn to such other place or places, as they shall think fit.
Page 26 - His Britannic majesty and the United States of America, desirous of terminating the war which has unhappily subsisted between the two countries, and of restoring, upon principles of perfect reciprocity, peace, friendship, and good understanding between them, have, for that purpose, appointed their respective plenipotentiaries, that is to say...
Page 33 - ... authorized, upon their oaths impartially to fix and determine, according to the true intent of the said treaty of peace, of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, that part of the boundary between the dominions of the two powers, which extends from the water communication between Lake Huron and Lake Superior, to the most north-western point of the lake of the Woods...
Page 96 - It is agreed that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank and on all the other banks of Newfoundland; also in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish.
Page 186 - I am in blood Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted, ere they may be scann'd.
Page 19 - 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; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Page 31 - And in the event of the said two Commissioners differing, or both or either of them refusing, declining or wilfully omitting to act, such reports, declarations or statements shall be made by them, or either of them, and such reference to a friendly sovereign or State shall be made in all respects as in the latter part of the fourth article is contained, and in as full a manner as if the same was herein repeated.
Page 24 - Spain; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Washington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
Page 28 - 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 236 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 22 - Majesty, and his subjects, upon the ratification of the present treaty being notified to such tribes or nations, and shall so desist accordingly.