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... longer ! Aye , and that every future parliament should sit for seven years instead of three ; though the declaration against the STUARTS stated , that " new parlia- ments SKETCH . so that, soon after the accession of George I....
... longer ! Aye , and that every future parliament should sit for seven years instead of three ; though the declaration against the STUARTS stated , that " new parlia- ments SKETCH . so that, soon after the accession of George I....
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... Declarations touch.- ing the Conduct of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales : We do hereby authorize , empower , and direct , the said Thomas Lord Erskine , Our Chancellor ; Our right trusty and right well - beloved Cousin and ...
... Declarations touch.- ing the Conduct of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales : We do hereby authorize , empower , and direct , the said Thomas Lord Erskine , Our Chancellor ; Our right trusty and right well - beloved Cousin and ...
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... declarations , as the necessary foundation of all our proceedings , we found that they consisted in certain statements , which had been laid before his royal highness the Prince of Wales , respecting the conduct of her royal highness ...
... declarations , as the necessary foundation of all our proceedings , we found that they consisted in certain statements , which had been laid before his royal highness the Prince of Wales , respecting the conduct of her royal highness ...
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... declarations from other persons , who had not indeed spoken to the important facts of the pregnancy or delivery of her royal highness , but had related other particulars , in them- selves extremely suspicious , and still more so when ...
... declarations from other persons , who had not indeed spoken to the important facts of the pregnancy or delivery of her royal highness , but had related other particulars , in them- selves extremely suspicious , and still more so when ...
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... declare your majesty our perfect conviction that there is no foundation whatever for believing that the child now with the princess is the child of her royal highness , or that she was delivered of any child in the year 1802 ; nor has ...
... declare your majesty our perfect conviction that there is no foundation whatever for believing that the child now with the princess is the child of her royal highness , or that she was delivered of any child in the year 1802 ; nor has ...
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Page 393 - In faith whereof, we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Paris, the tenth day of December, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-eight.
Page 386 - ... and which shall remain therein upon the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, or any slaves 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 387 - 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 236 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 389 - Andrews, in the province of New Brunswick, and shall have power to adjourn to such other place or places as they shall think fit. The said commissioners shall, by a declaration or report under their hands and seals, decide to which of the two contracting parties the several islands aforesaid do respectively belong, in conformity with the true intent of the said treaty of peace of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three.
Page 387 - Scotia ; and whereas the several islands in the bay of Passamaquoddy, which is part of the bay of Fundy, and the island of Grand Menan in the said bay of Fundy, are claimed by the United States as being comprehended within their aforesaid boundaries, which said islands...
Page 389 - ... cause the boundary aforesaid, from the source of the river St. 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 north westernmost head of Connecticut River, and of such other...
Page 16 - Our inclinations are not in our power, nor should either of us be held answerable to the other, because nature has not made us suitable to each other. Tranquil and comfortable society is, however, in our power, let our intercourse, therefore, be restricted to that...
Page 391 - ... 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 eightythree, 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 northwestern point of the Lake of the Woods...
Page 109 - That the promissory notes of the said company have hitherto been, and are at this time, held in public estimation to be equivalent to the legal coin of the realm, and generally accepted as such in all pecuniary transactions to which such coin is lawfully applicable.
Page 92 - ... hands, and constitute a part of my government. With such support, and aided by a vigorous and united administration, formed on the most liberal basis, I shall look with additional confidence to a prosperous issue of the most arduous contest in which Great Britain was ever engaged.