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... persons thus impressed , but he was unable to secure from the British Govern- ment any assurance of the discontinuance of the practice . When , in 1794 , Jay was engaged in the negotiations relating to a convention for indemnities and ...
... persons thus impressed , but he was unable to secure from the British Govern- ment any assurance of the discontinuance of the practice . When , in 1794 , Jay was engaged in the negotiations relating to a convention for indemnities and ...
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... persons , originally British subjects , who had resided in the United States for five years and had been formally admitted to the rights of citizenship according to the laws of the United States . Inasmuch as sailors were likely to lose ...
... persons , originally British subjects , who had resided in the United States for five years and had been formally admitted to the rights of citizenship according to the laws of the United States . Inasmuch as sailors were likely to lose ...
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... persons as might be duly authorized to make requisition on their behalf , provided proof were made that the deserters so demanded were actually part of the crew of the vessel in question . Consuls of those who had deserted from their ...
... persons as might be duly authorized to make requisition on their behalf , provided proof were made that the deserters so demanded were actually part of the crew of the vessel in question . Consuls of those who had deserted from their ...
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... persons as might have deserted.19 This proposal would have appeared to recognize the pretensions of the British claims to impressment with reference to merchant vessels . The American Secre- tary of State , being desirous of acceding to ...
... persons as might have deserted.19 This proposal would have appeared to recognize the pretensions of the British claims to impressment with reference to merchant vessels . The American Secre- tary of State , being desirous of acceding to ...
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... persons claimed as deserters shall only be made by the free and voluntary consent of the military officers em- ployed in the land service , or the commanders of the public or private ships or vessels of the two parties , or in pursuance ...
... persons claimed as deserters shall only be made by the free and voluntary consent of the military officers em- ployed in the land service , or the commanders of the public or private ships or vessels of the two parties , or in pursuance ...
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Page 469 - Parties, that the inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind on that part of the southern coast of Newfoundland which extends from Cape Ray to the Rameau Islands, on the western and northern coast of Newfoundland, from the said Cape Ray to the Quirpon Islands...
Page 457 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 470 - And the United States hereby renounce forever, any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof, to take, dry, or cure fish on, or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbours of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 340 - 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 319 - All prisoners of war taken on either side, as well by land as by sea, shall be restored as soon as practicable after the ratifications of this treaty, as hereinafter mentioned, on their paying the debts which they may have contracted during their captivity. The two contracting parties respectively engage to discharge, in specie, the advances which may have been made by the other for the sustenance and maintenance of such prisoners.
Page 426 - ... from the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, viz., that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of 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 169 - ... respective offices, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, in case he shall think it necessary, to authorize any person or persons...
Page 226 - ... without any molestation from the United States; but when those tribes, or any of them, shall be disposed to sell their lands, or any part of them, they are to be sold only to the United States; and until such sale, the United States will protect all the said Indian tribes in the quiet enjoyment of their lands against all citizens of the United States, and against all other white persons who intrude upon the same. And the said Indian tribes again acknowledge themselves to be under the protection...
Page 258 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 470 - Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled; but so soon as the same, or either of them, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such...