Documentary History of the Cession of Louisiana to the United States Till it Became an American Province: With an Appendix |
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... result of its con- quest by Cortez , in 1521 , the northern boundary of which was indefinite . The English owned a narrow strip of land along the Atlantic Coast , where they had first settled at Jamestown , in 1607 , and at Plymouth ...
... result of its con- quest by Cortez , in 1521 , the northern boundary of which was indefinite . The English owned a narrow strip of land along the Atlantic Coast , where they had first settled at Jamestown , in 1607 , and at Plymouth ...
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... result . It terminated in the definitive treaty of peace held at Paris , September 3rd , 1783 . To the consummation ... results of the American Revolution . Napoleon Bonaparte came into power , when the revolutionary spirit in France ...
... result . It terminated in the definitive treaty of peace held at Paris , September 3rd , 1783 . To the consummation ... results of the American Revolution . Napoleon Bonaparte came into power , when the revolutionary spirit in France ...
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... nations under the re- sentful influence of these recriminations began to make pre- parations for war which might result from the breaking of the peace of Amiens . April 10 , 1803 , after having attended the solemnities Louisiana 21.
... nations under the re- sentful influence of these recriminations began to make pre- parations for war which might result from the breaking of the peace of Amiens . April 10 , 1803 , after having attended the solemnities Louisiana 21.
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... result which neither of these powers dared to face in the unsettled condi- tion of Europe at that time . This firm action on the part of the American Congress had its effect upon Spain , who did not dare to take the respon- sibility of ...
... result which neither of these powers dared to face in the unsettled condi- tion of Europe at that time . This firm action on the part of the American Congress had its effect upon Spain , who did not dare to take the respon- sibility of ...
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... result of commercial af- finity . The friendship between the United States and the French , only in part from commercial affinity , is abiding and permanent , because , that it was through her assistance , first , that we gained our ...
... result of commercial af- finity . The friendship between the United States and the French , only in part from commercial affinity , is abiding and permanent , because , that it was through her assistance , first , that we gained our ...
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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...