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Page 54
... grant , which gave him " in full property " a strip of cultivable land one Spanish league in breadth , running " from the Bay of Boca [ sic ] del Toro as far as the limits of the first Concession . " The purpose of this second grant was ...
... grant , which gave him " in full property " a strip of cultivable land one Spanish league in breadth , running " from the Bay of Boca [ sic ] del Toro as far as the limits of the first Concession . " The purpose of this second grant was ...
Page 55
... grant was described as extending from Salsipuedes Point ten and one - half ( presumably Spanish ) leagues " towards the north , " then fourteen and three- fourths leagues " towards the east , " and then " the whole length of a line ...
... grant was described as extending from Salsipuedes Point ten and one - half ( presumably Spanish ) leagues " towards the north , " then fourteen and three- fourths leagues " towards the east , " and then " the whole length of a line ...
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... grant but are a declaration of the induce- ment prompting the Republic of Panama to make the grant . " Asserting that the great object of the United States was to construct and operate the Canal , he added that the right to exercise ...
... grant but are a declaration of the induce- ment prompting the Republic of Panama to make the grant . " Asserting that the great object of the United States was to construct and operate the Canal , he added that the right to exercise ...
Contents
RUDOLPH J TAUSSIG | 1 |
No Fortifications for the Panama Canal Reprinted from American Review of Reviews | 13 |
FESSENDEN N OTIS | 25 |
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