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By Article I of the contract , " Mr. Gabriel Lafond and his Associates " were granted " twelve Leagues of cultivable ... The following year Lafond obtained an additional grant , which gave him " in full property " a strip of cultivable ...
By Article I of the contract , " Mr. Gabriel Lafond and his Associates " were granted " twelve Leagues of cultivable ... The following year Lafond obtained an additional grant , which gave him " in full property " a strip of cultivable ...
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By the “ Declaration of the Act of Taking Possession of the Conceded Territory , ” dated June 24 , 1850 , the original grant was described as extending from Salsipuedes Point ten and one - half ( presumably Spanish ) leagues “ towards ...
By the “ Declaration of the Act of Taking Possession of the Conceded Territory , ” dated June 24 , 1850 , the original grant was described as extending from Salsipuedes Point ten and one - half ( presumably Spanish ) leagues “ towards ...
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If this grant was thus unlimited in point of time , its purpose was nevertheless carefully defined . The Panaman Government did not grant the terris tory in perpetuity . It granted “ the use , occupation and control " of the territory .
If this grant was thus unlimited in point of time , its purpose was nevertheless carefully defined . The Panaman Government did not grant the terris tory in perpetuity . It granted “ the use , occupation and control " of the territory .
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RUDOLPH J TAUSSIG | 1 |
FESSENDEN N OTIS | 25 |
PAUL J SCHEIPS | 53 |
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