Consideration of the Claims and Conduct of the United States: Respecting Their North Eastern Boundary, and of the Value of the British Colonies in North America |
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... reason perhaps , that he styled the statesmen of that period , as too ignorant to judge , and too proud to learn ; for he was able to obtain of our Ministry terms , which exceeded the expectation of his own Coun- trymen , and astonished ...
... reason perhaps , that he styled the statesmen of that period , as too ignorant to judge , and too proud to learn ; for he was able to obtain of our Ministry terms , which exceeded the expectation of his own Coun- trymen , and astonished ...
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... reason to claim , nor ability to enforce , a pretence to any thing more . Their ally , the King of France , it is now known , was well disposed , both to confine them to narrower limits , and to exclude them from the fisheries . But Mr ...
... reason to claim , nor ability to enforce , a pretence to any thing more . Their ally , the King of France , it is now known , was well disposed , both to confine them to narrower limits , and to exclude them from the fisheries . But Mr ...
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... reason the Heads of all Rivers that reached it were assigned to the United States . In this understanding the object of the treaty , in de- scribing the High Lands , appears obvious , its principle rational , and advantages reciprocal ...
... reason the Heads of all Rivers that reached it were assigned to the United States . In this understanding the object of the treaty , in de- scribing the High Lands , appears obvious , its principle rational , and advantages reciprocal ...
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... reason , ( viz . Rivers flowing into and through our actual Territories , ) ought they not to be intended to fall within the same division ? Besides , what is it to the Americans , where the rivers north of the High Lands discharge ? It ...
... reason , ( viz . Rivers flowing into and through our actual Territories , ) ought they not to be intended to fall within the same division ? Besides , what is it to the Americans , where the rivers north of the High Lands discharge ? It ...
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... reason and basis of the division . These considerations have not been men- tioned so much with any view of setting ... reasons , but rather to discover the aims and disposition of the United States , and introduce and explain the late ...
... reason and basis of the division . These considerations have not been men- tioned so much with any view of setting ... reasons , but rather to discover the aims and disposition of the United States , and introduce and explain the late ...
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Page 9 - Superior; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and Phelipeaux to the Long Lake; thence through the middle of said Long Lake and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods, to the said Lake of the Woods; thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi...
Page 9 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 9 - Mississippi ; thence by a line to be drawn along 79 the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude. South, by a line to be drawn due east from the determination of the line last mentioned, in the latitude of...
Page 8 - 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 8 - ... from the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, viz., that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north, from the source of 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 13 - Whereas reciprocal advantages and mutual convenience are found by experience to form the only permanent foundation of peace and friendship between States, it is agreed to form the articles of the proposed treaty on such principles of liberal equity and reciprocity, as that partial advantages (those seeds of discord) being excluded, such a beneficial and satisfactory intercourse between the two countries may be established as to promise and secure to both perpetual peace and harmony.
Page 10 - 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 10 - ... 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 8 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication between that lake and Lake Huron; thence along the middle of said water communication into the Lake Huron, thence through the middle of said lake to the water communication between that...
Page 29 - February and the llth of June last, directed the Land Agent, in conjunction with the Land Agent of Maine, " forthwith to take effectual measures to ascertain the extent of the depredations committed on the lands belonging to this Commonwealth and the State of Maine; by whom the same have been committed; and under what authority, if any, such depredations have been made; and all other facts necessary to bring the Offenders to justice: also, to make and execute good and sufficient Deeds, conveying...