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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... respect for service ; that as these ships may be useful in proportion to the quickness with which they may reach North America , the commissioners be di- rected to expedite this negotiation with all possible diligence . Mr. Jefferson ...
... respect for service ; that as these ships may be useful in proportion to the quickness with which they may reach North America , the commissioners be di- rected to expedite this negotiation with all possible diligence . Mr. Jefferson ...
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... respect- ing neutrality , and to report their opinion , whether the conduct of the king of Portugal , in forbidding the ves- sels of the United States to enter his ports , and or- dering those already there to depart at a short day , is ...
... respect- ing neutrality , and to report their opinion , whether the conduct of the king of Portugal , in forbidding the ves- sels of the United States to enter his ports , and or- dering those already there to depart at a short day , is ...
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... respect , an acknowledg- ment of the independence of these states , and the publick reception of their commissioner as the repre- sentative of sovereign states . The measures you may take in the premises , and the occurrences of your ne ...
... respect , an acknowledg- ment of the independence of these states , and the publick reception of their commissioner as the repre- sentative of sovereign states . The measures you may take in the premises , and the occurrences of your ne ...
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... trade between Tuscany and North America . You will seize the first favourable moment to solicit , with firmness and respect , an acknowledgment of the independence of these states , and the publick recep- tion 1777. ] 53 FOREIGN AFFAIRS .
... trade between Tuscany and North America . You will seize the first favourable moment to solicit , with firmness and respect , an acknowledgment of the independence of these states , and the publick recep- tion 1777. ] 53 FOREIGN AFFAIRS .
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... respecting navigation and commerce , those interiour regulations which it shall find most convenient to itself , and by founding the advantage of commerce solely upon reciprocal utility and the just rules of free inter- course ...
... respecting navigation and commerce , those interiour regulations which it shall find most convenient to itself , and by founding the advantage of commerce solely upon reciprocal utility and the just rules of free inter- course ...
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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...