The Duplicate Letters, the Fisheries and the Mississippi: Documents Relating to Transactions at the Negotiation of Ghent |
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... was only a declaratory recognition of that same principle , applied to the British right of navigating the Mississippi , as well as to our fishery rights and liberties . 3. That , considered even on the narrow ground of 10.
... was only a declaratory recognition of that same principle , applied to the British right of navigating the Mississippi , as well as to our fishery rights and liberties . 3. That , considered even on the narrow ground of 10.
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... ground of conflicting sectional interests , this article and amendment proposed to place the East and the West in the same state as before the war ; without gain to one or loss to the other . 4. That the objection , by the minority ...
... ground of conflicting sectional interests , this article and amendment proposed to place the East and the West in the same state as before the war ; without gain to one or loss to the other . 4. That the objection , by the minority ...
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... grounds , than upon the aversion of the minority to principles which they nevertheless did sanction ; and upon their arguments against measures to which they did subscribe their names . The majority have asked for no discrimination . As ...
... grounds , than upon the aversion of the minority to principles which they nevertheless did sanction ; and upon their arguments against measures to which they did subscribe their names . The majority have asked for no discrimination . As ...
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... observe , that these having been issued solely on the ground of retaliation against France , and their object having altogether ceased , it is just to indemnify the citizens of the United States for losses experienced by the 16.
... observe , that these having been issued solely on the ground of retaliation against France , and their object having altogether ceased , it is just to indemnify the citizens of the United States for losses experienced by the 16.
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... grounds upon which their respective opinions have been formed ; or the grounds upon which they , or either of them , have so refused , declined , or omitted to act . And his Bri- tannic majesty , and the govern- ment of the United ...
... grounds upon which their respective opinions have been formed ; or the grounds upon which they , or either of them , have so refused , declined , or omitted to act . And his Bri- tannic majesty , and the govern- ment of the United ...
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25th December abrogated Adams agreed American mission American plenipotentiaries asserted Bay of Fundy believed Boston Statesman boundary Brent Britain Britannic majesty British government British jurisdiction British plenipotentiaries British right British subjects citizens claim Clay coast colleagues commissioners communicated consent considered copy cure fish declaration Department discussion doctrine duplicate enjoyed equivalent exclusive fisheries fishermen fishing liberties fishing privilege Floyd free navigation Gallatin grant Gulf of St House of Representatives independence instructions intended interest islands JOHN QUINCY ADAMS Jonathan Russell Labrador Lake letter from Paris majority ment nations navigate the Mississippi negotiations at Ghent Newfoundland object offer opinion original paper parties possession President principle proposed proposition ratification recognised resolution respect right to navigate rights and liberties Russell's letter says Secretary stipulation surrender taken territories third article tion treaty of 1783 treaty of Ghent treaty of peace treaty of Utrecht undersigned Union United vessels vote whole words
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Page 33 - ... authorized, upon their oaths impartially to fix and determine, according to the true intent of the said treaty of peace, of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three, that part of the boundary between the dominions of the two powers, which extends from the water communication between Lake Huron and Lake Superior, to the most north-western point of the lake of the Woods...
Page 96 - It is agreed that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank and on all the other banks of Newfoundland; also in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish.
Page 186 - For mine own good All causes shall give way. I am in blood Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er.
Page 185 - Act to restrain the trade and commerce of the provinces of Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire, and colonies of Connecticut and Rhode Island, and Providence Plantation, in North America, to Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Islands in the West Indies; and to prohibit such provinces and colonies from carrying on any fishery on the banks of Newfoundland, and other places therein mentioned, under certain conditions and limitations.
Page 20 - Woods, to decide to which of the two parties the several islands lying in the lakes, water communications and rivers, forming the said boundary, do respectively belong, in conformity with the true intent of the said treaty of peace of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three; and to cause such parts of the said boundary as require it to be surveyed and marked.
Page 47 - Whereas the traffic in slaves is irreconcilable with the principles of humanity and justice, and whereas both His Majesty and the United States are desirous of continuing their efforts to promote its entire abolition, it is hereby agreed that both the contracting parties shall use their best endeavors to accomplish so desirable an object.
Page 22 - Indians with whom he may be at war at the time of such ratification, and forthwith to restore to such tribes or nations respectively all the possessions, rights, and privileges which they may have enjoyed or been entitled to in one thousand eight hundred and eleven, previous to such hostilities...
Page 30 - 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...
Page 18 - ... or other private property. And all archives, records, deeds, and papers, either of a public nature or belonging to private persons, which, in the course of the war, may have fallen into the hands of the officers of either party, shall be, as far as may be practicable, forthwith restored and delivered to the proper authorities and persons to whom they respectively belong.
Page 31 - Croix to the river Iroquois or Cataraquy, to be surveyed and marked according to the said provisions. The said Commissioners shall make a map of the said boundary, and annex to it a declaration under their hands and seals, certifying it to be the true map of the said boundary, and particularizing the latitude and longitude of the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, of the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River, and of such other points of the said boundary as they may deem proper. And both parties...