The Duplicate Letters, the Fisheries and the Mississippi: Documents Relating to Transactions at the Negotiation of Ghent |
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... stood before the war , and as stipulated by the treaty of 1783 , had been offered to the British plenipotentiaries , not by me , but by the whole American mission , every one of whom had subscribed to it . That the proposal to.
... stood before the war , and as stipulated by the treaty of 1783 , had been offered to the British plenipotentiaries , not by me , but by the whole American mission , every one of whom had subscribed to it . That the proposal to.
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... proposal to make this of- fer had been made to the mission not by me , but by a citizen of the Western Country : that it was warranted , and as I believed , ab- solutely required by the instructions to the mission at the time when the ...
... proposal to make this of- fer had been made to the mission not by me , but by a citizen of the Western Country : that it was warranted , and as I believed , ab- solutely required by the instructions to the mission at the time when the ...
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... proposal made to the British plenipotentiaries relating to the Mississippi and the fisheries was contained . But all the Ame- rican plenipotentiaries had been present at that conference , and on the face of the protocol it appeared that ...
... proposal made to the British plenipotentiaries relating to the Mississippi and the fisheries was contained . But all the Ame- rican plenipotentiaries had been present at that conference , and on the face of the protocol it appeared that ...
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... proposal had been made ; but that it was by the concur- rent act of all the American plenipotentiaries . They also showed that upon the expediency of making the proposal , there had pre- viously been taken a vote , on which occasion Mr ...
... proposal had been made ; but that it was by the concur- rent act of all the American plenipotentiaries . They also showed that upon the expediency of making the proposal , there had pre- viously been taken a vote , on which occasion Mr ...
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... proposal to the British plenipotentiaries of 1st December , 1814 , had been made ; the reasoning by which it had been discussed with them , the counter - proposition which they had offered as a substitute for it , and their final ...
... proposal to the British plenipotentiaries of 1st December , 1814 , had been made ; the reasoning by which it had been discussed with them , the counter - proposition which they had offered as a substitute for it , and their final ...
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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.