Documentary History of the Cession of Louisiana to the United States Till it Became an American Province: With an Appendix |
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... debt of gratitude to France for her aid in the American Revo- lution . The French Revolution of 1789 was one of the momentous results of the American Revolution . Napoleon Bonaparte came into power , when the revolutionary spirit in ...
... debt of gratitude to France for her aid in the American Revo- lution . The French Revolution of 1789 was one of the momentous results of the American Revolution . Napoleon Bonaparte came into power , when the revolutionary spirit in ...
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... debts due to the citizens of the United States by the French Republic , prior to the 30th of September , 1800 ( 8th Vendemiaire , an 9 ) , is approved , and to have its execution in the same manner as if it had been inserted in the ...
... debts due to the citizens of the United States by the French Republic , prior to the 30th of September , 1800 ( 8th Vendemiaire , an 9 ) , is approved , and to have its execution in the same manner as if it had been inserted in the ...
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... debts due by France to citizens of the United States . ARTICLE II . For the payment of sixty millions of francs , mentioned in the preceding article , the United States shall create a stock of eleven millions two hundred and fifty ...
... debts due by France to citizens of the United States . ARTICLE II . For the payment of sixty millions of francs , mentioned in the preceding article , the United States shall create a stock of eleven millions two hundred and fifty ...
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... debts due by France to the citizens of the United States , contracted before the 8th Vendemiaire , ninth year of the French Republic ( 30th September , 1800 ) , shall be paid according to the following regulations , with interest at six ...
... debts due by France to the citizens of the United States , contracted before the 8th Vendemiaire , ninth year of the French Republic ( 30th September , 1800 ) , shall be paid according to the following regulations , with interest at six ...
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... debts but such as are due to citizens of the United States , who have been and are yet creditors of France for supplies , embargoes , and for prizes made at sea , in which the appeal has been properly lodged within the time men- tioned ...
... debts but such as are due to citizens of the United States , who have been and are yet creditors of France for supplies , embargoes , and for prizes made at sea , in which the appeal has been properly lodged within the time men- tioned ...
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30th September 8th Vendemiaire agreed American negotiators April arrived Barbé Marbois Bay Company Bonaparte boundary Britain British Catholic Majesty cession of Louisiana Chicago claims colonies Columbia River commerce Commissioners Congress Consul coun Dear Sir due form emigrants England English envoy Europe exchanged fifth article Florida forty-ninth parallel French Government French Republic 30th friendship full powers Hudson Bay Company Island issue James Buchanan JAMES MONROE King Laussat Livingston Meriwether Lewis Mexico Ministers Plenipotentiary Mississippi river Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte nations navigation October Oregon question Orleans Pacific Coast parallel of north Paris pleni plenipotentiaries have signed potentiaries preceding article present convention present treaty President Jefferson priority of discovery Province of Louisiana purchase of Louisiana ratifications Richard Pakenham Robert RUFUS BLANCHARD Russia San Ildefonso Senate settlement sooner if possible sovereignty Spain Spanish take possession thence Thomas Jefferson tion treaty of Amiens treaty of peace treaty of Utrecht United Washington western
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Page 37 - 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 36 - His Catholic Majesty promises and engages, on his part, to retrocede to the French Republic, six months after the full and entire execution of the conditions and stipulations herein relative to his Royal Highness, the Duke of Parma, the Colony or Province of 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 be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Page 62 - The farms, lands, and other property of every description belonging to the Puget's Sound Agricultural Company, on the north side of the Columbia River, shall be confirmed to the said company. In case, however, the situation of those farms and lands should be considered by the United States to be of public and political importance, and the United States...
Page 61 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean...
Page 35 - THE President of the United States of America and the First Consul of the French Republic, in the name of the French people, desiring to remove all source of misunderstanding relative to objects of discussion, mentioned in the second and fifth articles of the convention of the 8th Vendemiaire, an.
Page 37 - And whereas, in pursuance of the treaty, and particularly of the third article, the French republic has an incontestable title to the domain and to the possession of the said territory. The First Consul of the French republic, desiring to give to the United States a strong proof of his friendship, doth hereby cede to the said United States, in the name of the French republic...
Page 22 - Irresolution and deliberation are no longer in season. I renounce Louisiana. It is not only New Orleans that I will cede, it is the whole colony, without any reservation.
Page 62 - The present Treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by Her Britannic Majesty; and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London, at the expiration of six months from the date hereof, or sooner if possible.
Page 18 - All eyes, all hopes, are now fixed on you ; and were you to decline, the chagrin would be universal, and would shake under your feet the high ground on which you stand with the public. Indeed I know nothing which would produce such a shock, for on the event of this mission depends the future destinies 'of this republic.
Page 40 - America,] by and with the advice and consent of the Senate of the said States, Robert R. Livingston, Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States, and James Monroe, Minister Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraordinary of the said States, near the Government of the French Republic; and the First Consul, in the name of the French people, Citizen Francis Barbe...