Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings of Congress, from the First Meeting Thereof to the Dissolution of the Confederation: Foreign affairsThomas B. Wait., 1820 - Constitutional history |
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... Britain , before the commence- ment of the present war , protected , defended and se- cured the people and inhabitants of the said United States , then called British colonies in America , their vessels and effects , against all such ...
... Britain , before the commence- ment of the present war , protected , defended and se- cured the people and inhabitants of the said United States , then called British colonies in America , their vessels and effects , against all such ...
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... Britain should declare war against the most christian king , the said United States shall not assist Great Bri- tain in such war , with men , money , ships , or any of the articles in this treaty denominated contraband goods . ARTICLE ...
... Britain should declare war against the most christian king , the said United States shall not assist Great Bri- tain in such war , with men , money , ships , or any of the articles in this treaty denominated contraband goods . ARTICLE ...
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... Britain , or any of them , or any dominions of the said king or crown , in any other parts of the world , the subjects , people and inhabitants of the said United States , and every of them , shall enjoy the same rights , liberties ...
... Britain , or any of them , or any dominions of the said king or crown , in any other parts of the world , the subjects , people and inhabitants of the said United States , and every of them , shall enjoy the same rights , liberties ...
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... Britain ; nor grant to that nation any exclusive trade , or any advantages , or privileges in trade , more than to his most christian majesty ; neither shall any treaty for terminating the present war between the king of Great Britain ...
... Britain ; nor grant to that nation any exclusive trade , or any advantages , or privileges in trade , more than to his most christian majesty ; neither shall any treaty for terminating the present war between the king of Great Britain ...
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... Britain may be the conse- quence of a delay . Should Spain be disinclined to our cause , from an apprehension of danger to his dominions in South America , you are empowered to give the strongest assurances , that that crown will ...
... Britain may be the conse- quence of a delay . Should Spain be disinclined to our cause , from an apprehension of danger to his dominions in South America , you are empowered to give the strongest assurances , that that crown will ...
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Page 20 - ... to trade with the same liberty and security from the places, ports and havens of those who are enemies of both, or either party, without any opposition or disturbance whatsoever, not only directly from the places of the enemy aforementioned to neutral places, but also from one place belonging to an enemy...
Page 139 - 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 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 154 - ... forever against all other powers, to wit: The United States to his most Christian Majesty, the present possessions of the crown of France in America, as well as those which it may acquire by the future treaty of peace : and his most Christian Majesty guarantees on his part to the United States, their liberty, sovereignty and independence, absolute and unlimited...
Page 74 - This liberty of navigation and commerce shall extend to all kinds of merchandises, excepting those only which are distinguished by the name of contraband, and under this name of contraband, or prohibited goods, shall be comprehended — "1st.
Page 5 - That a committee of five be appointed for the sole purpose of corresponding with our friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world, and that they lay their correspondence before Congress when directed.
Page 139 - Equator, to the middle of the river Apalachicola or Catahouche; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint River; thence straight to the head of St. Mary's River; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's River to the Atlantic Ocean.
Page 69 - The two contracting parties agree, that the term of two months being passed after the declaration of war, their respective subjects, from whatever part of the world they come, shall not plead the ignorance mentioned in this article.
Page 234 - Majesty guarantees, on his part, to the United States, their liberty, sovereignty, and independence, absolute and unlimited, as well in matters of government as commerce, and also their possessions, and the additions or conquests that their confederation may obtain during the war, from any of the dominions now or heretofore possessed by Great Britain in North America...
Page 16 - It shall be lawful for the ships of war and privateers belonging to the said parties respectively to carry whithersoever they please the ships and goods taken from their enemies...
Page 14 - Sentence pronounced, have confiscated the same: saving always as well the Ship itself as any other Goods found therein, which by this Treaty are to be esteemed free: neither may they be detained on pretence of their being as it were infected by the prohibited Goods, much less shall they be confiscated as lawful Prize...