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... persons impressed were British sub- that cause , to which you have devoted your jects ; and that we had a right to impres & life ; and struck , too , at a time , when almost British subjects , being seamen , find them every friend of ...
... persons impressed were British sub- that cause , to which you have devoted your jects ; and that we had a right to impres & life ; and struck , too , at a time , when almost British subjects , being seamen , find them every friend of ...
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... persons having great influence . " ill - organized association , is on the eve The prints of this description , the moment of dissolution ; and the world is speedily Napoleon was down , changed , all at once , " to be delivered of the ...
... persons having great influence . " ill - organized association , is on the eve The prints of this description , the moment of dissolution ; and the world is speedily Napoleon was down , changed , all at once , " to be delivered of the ...
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... person . " Every age and country fur- nish us with proofs , that it is possible for persons of opposite opinions to live in har - likely to be in earnest than they who con- mony together , and with abundant testi- monies that people ...
... person . " Every age and country fur- nish us with proofs , that it is possible for persons of opposite opinions to live in har - likely to be in earnest than they who con- mony together , and with abundant testi- monies that people ...
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... person who wrote against it . These Cobbett , I observe , contend very strenu three anonymous writers , it is pretty well ously against any use of legal prosecutions known , are no other than Sir W. D. towards persons who write against ...
... person who wrote against it . These Cobbett , I observe , contend very strenu three anonymous writers , it is pretty well ously against any use of legal prosecutions known , are no other than Sir W. D. towards persons who write against ...
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... persons condemned to the pil- lory of the same description ? Have we not had that sentence put in execution for mere matters of opinion ? and can it se- It is true that a room is now fitting up riously be said that any person thus ...
... persons condemned to the pil- lory of the same description ? Have we not had that sentence put in execution for mere matters of opinion ? and can it se- It is true that a room is now fitting up riously be said that any person thus ...
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Page 359 - ... 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 357 - It is further agreed, that in the event of the two commissioners differing upon all or any of the matters so referred to them, or in the event of both or either of the said commissioners refusing or declining, or wilfully omitting, to act as...
Page 359 - 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 to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Page 357 - 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 355 - ... 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 359 - 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...
Page 355 - 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 357 - 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 are claimed as belonging to His Britannic Majesty as having been at the time of.
Page 357 - States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof; and the said two commissioners so appointed, shall be sworn impartially to examine and decide upon the said claims, according to such evidence as shall be laid before them on the part of his Britannic Majesty and of the United States respectively.
Page 355 - ... countries, and of restoring, upon principles of perfect reciprocity, peace, friendship, and good understanding between them, have, for that purpose, appointed their respective plenipotentiaries, that is to say: His Britannic Majesty, on his part, has appointed the Right Honourable James Lord Gambier, late Admiral of the White, now Admiral of the Red Squadron of His Majesty's fleet, Henry Goulburn, Esquire, a member of the Imperial Parliament and Under...