Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15: With an Atlas |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 47
Page 14
... pass of Barataria , which has from nine to ten feet of water . Within this pass , about two leagues from the open sea , lies the only secure harbour on all that coast , and accordingly this is the harbour fre- quented by the privateers ...
... pass of Barataria , which has from nine to ten feet of water . Within this pass , about two leagues from the open sea , lies the only secure harbour on all that coast , and accordingly this is the harbour fre- quented by the privateers ...
Page 17
... pass . She fired a gun at a vessel about to enter and forced her to run aground ; she then tacked and shortly after came to an anchor at the entrance of the pass . It was not easy to un- derstand the intentions of this vessel , who ...
... pass . She fired a gun at a vessel about to enter and forced her to run aground ; she then tacked and shortly after came to an anchor at the entrance of the pass . It was not easy to un- derstand the intentions of this vessel , who ...
Page 21
... pass , waiting for the return of the officers . Early the next morn- ing , Mr. Lafitte caused them to be released from their confinement , and saw them safe aboard their pinnace , apologizing for the disagreeable treatment they had ...
... pass , waiting for the return of the officers . Early the next morn- ing , Mr. Lafitte caused them to be released from their confinement , and saw them safe aboard their pinnace , apologizing for the disagreeable treatment they had ...
Page 23
... pass for several days . Mr. Lafitte now wrote a second letter to Mr. Blanque , urging him to send him an answer and instructions . ( See Appendix No. 6. ) In the mean- time he appeared not to perceive the return of the sloop of war ...
... pass for several days . Mr. Lafitte now wrote a second letter to Mr. Blanque , urging him to send him an answer and instructions . ( See Appendix No. 6. ) In the mean- time he appeared not to perceive the return of the sloop of war ...
Page 31
... passes at the entrance of the bay , and consequently the navigation of the rivers which empty into it ; that on the eastern side it commands the species of archipelago which extends in a paral- lel direction as far as the passes Mariana ...
... passes at the entrance of the bay , and consequently the navigation of the rivers which empty into it ; that on the eastern side it commands the species of archipelago which extends in a paral- lel direction as far as the passes Mariana ...
Other editions - View all
Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15 A Lacarriere LaTour No preview available - 2014 |
Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15: With ... A Lacarriere LaTour No preview available - 2018 |
Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15: With ... Arsène Lacarrière LaTour No preview available - 2022 |
Common terms and phrases
admiral Cochrane American anchor ANDREW JACKSON Appendix arms army arrived artillery attack Barataria barges battery bayou Bienvenu boats Bowyer brave brigade British camp cannon captain carronades Chef-Menteur citizens coast Coffee's colonel command commander-in-chief commodore Patterson Congreve rockets corps crew Dauphine island December defence detachment directed ditch division Edward Livingston effect encamped enemy enemy's fire flag force fort St garrison governor gun-boats guns honour hundred yards Jackson's lines January killed Lacoste's lake lake Borgne Lambert land Laronde's letter levée lieutenant Louisiana militia major major-general major-general Jackson ment miles military militia Mississippi Morgan morning mounted musketry neral night o'clock officers Orleans Pensacola plantation Plauché's battalion position prisoners re-enforce received redoubt regiment returned right bank Rigolets river schooner secretary of war sent shells ship shore shot sloop of war soldiers stationed thousand tion troops twelve-pounder United vessels volunteer whole wood wounded
Popular passages
Page c - 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 cvi - Washington within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. 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 xcix - Passamaquoddy as are claimed by both parties, shall remain in the possession of the party in whose occupation they may be at the time of the exchange of the Ratifications of this Treaty, until the decision respecting the title to the said Islands shall have been made, in conformity with the Fourth Article of this Treaty.
Page cii - And in the event of the said two Commissioners differing, or both or either of them refusing, declining or wilfully omitting to act, such reports, declarations or statements shall be made by them, or either of them, and such reference to a friendly sovereign or State shall be made in all respects as in the latter part of the fourth article is contained, and in as full a manner as if the same was herein repeated.
Page xcix - ... armies, squadrons, officers, subjects, and citizens, of the two powers, to cease from all hostilities; and to prevent all causes of complaint, which might arise on account of the prizes which may be taken at sea after the said ratifications of this treaty, it is reciprocally agreed, that all vessels...
Page ciii - shall be, and they are hereby, authorized upon their oaths impartially to fix and determine, according to the true intent of the said treaty of peace of 1783, 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 lxxxvii - All territory, places and possessions whatsoever taken by either party from the other during the War, or which may be taken after the signing of this Treaty excepting only the Islands hereinafter mentioned shall be restored without delay...
Page ci - Commissioners, refusing or declining, or wilfully omitting to act as such they shall make jointly or separately, a report or reports as well to the Government of His Britannic Majesty as to that of the United States, stating in detail the points on which they differ and the 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 Britannic Majesty & the Government of the United States...
Page c - 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 c - 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...