The Diplomacy of the United States: Being an Account of the Foreign Relations of the Country, from the First Treaty with France, in L778, to the Treaty of Ghent, in 1814, with Great Britain |
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... Vessels taken by Algerines as early as '85 -Before revolution protected by British passes Number of captives in '93 -Humphreys sent to Lisbon in '91 -Freire to this country - Legation suspended in 1801- Smith in '97 -No commercial or ...
... Vessels taken by Algerines as early as '85 -Before revolution protected by British passes Number of captives in '93 -Humphreys sent to Lisbon in '91 -Freire to this country - Legation suspended in 1801- Smith in '97 -No commercial or ...
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... vessels of war to be built or purchased , or the number of land or sea forces to be raised , nor appoint a commander in chief of the army or navy - unless nine states assent to the same . " Each state had one vote ; but no state could ...
... vessels of war to be built or purchased , or the number of land or sea forces to be raised , nor appoint a commander in chief of the army or navy - unless nine states assent to the same . " Each state had one vote ; but no state could ...
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... vessels and cargoes , then existing under the acts of Congress ; and a bill was passed in the House of Representatives particularly enacting the same stipulations as the treaty contained . But it was rejected in Senate , that body ...
... vessels and cargoes , then existing under the acts of Congress ; and a bill was passed in the House of Representatives particularly enacting the same stipulations as the treaty contained . But it was rejected in Senate , that body ...
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... vessels , and in sending military stores to America , with the captain of one of them ( the Amphitrite ) in which part of the stores had been sent , was thrown into the Bas- tille . Caron Beaumarchais , since known in such a variety of ...
... vessels , and in sending military stores to America , with the captain of one of them ( the Amphitrite ) in which part of the stores had been sent , was thrown into the Bas- tille . Caron Beaumarchais , since known in such a variety of ...
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... vessels , and oppressive maritime " ART . 4. The subjects , people , and inhabitants of the said United States , and each of them , shall not pay in the ports , havens , roads , isles , cities , and places under the domination of his ...
... vessels , and oppressive maritime " ART . 4. The subjects , people , and inhabitants of the said United States , and each of them , shall not pay in the ports , havens , roads , isles , cities , and places under the domination of his ...
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Page x - ... the United States, in Congress assembled. The United States, in Congress assembled, shall never engage in a war, nor grant letters of marque and reprisal in time of peace...
Page 165 - 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 32 - Contracting parties, although the whole lading or any part thereof should appertain to the enemies of either, Contraband goods being always excepted. It is also agreed in like manner that the same liberty be extended to persons who are on board a free ship, with this effect that although they be enemies to both or either party, they are not to be taken out of that free Ship, unless they are officers or soldiers and in the actual service of the enemies...
Page 164 - Connecticut river ; thence down along the middle of that river, to the forty-fif1h degree of north latitude ; from thence, by a line due west on said...
Page x - States or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander in chief of the army or navy, unless nine states assent to the same...
Page 165 - ... all other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America; and that the American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled...
Page 105 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 24 - ... engage mutually, not to grant any particular favor to other nations, in respect of commerce and navigation, which shall not immediately become common to the other party, who shall enjoy the same freely, if the concession was freely made, or, on allowing the same compensation, if the concession was conditional.
Page 105 - Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should he after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Page 169 - I am in blood Stepp'd in so far, that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er : Strange things I have in head, that will to hand ; Which must be acted, ere they may be scann'd.