The Diplomacy of the United States: Being an Account of the Foreign Relations of the Country, from the First Treaty with France, in 1778, to the Present Time, Volume 1Wells and Lilly, 1828 - United States |
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... Majesty the writing , authorizing me to furnish a million of livres for the ser- vice of the English colonies . I add also , the plan of an answer I propose to make to the Sieur Beaumarchais . I solicit your appro- bation to the two ...
... Majesty the writing , authorizing me to furnish a million of livres for the ser- vice of the English colonies . I add also , the plan of an answer I propose to make to the Sieur Beaumarchais . I solicit your appro- bation to the two ...
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... Majesty , the King of France and the people of these States , will be beneficial to both nations ; -Know ye , therefore , that we , confiding in the prudence and integrity of Benjamin Franklin , one of the Delegates in Congress , from ...
... Majesty , the King of France and the people of these States , will be beneficial to both nations ; -Know ye , therefore , that we , confiding in the prudence and integrity of Benjamin Franklin , one of the Delegates in Congress , from ...
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... Majesty , the King of France , or with such person or persons , as shall by him be for that purpose authorized , of and upon a true and sincere friendship , and a firm , inviolable and universal peace for the defence , protection , and ...
... Majesty , the King of France , or with such person or persons , as shall by him be for that purpose authorized , of and upon a true and sincere friendship , and a firm , inviolable and universal peace for the defence , protection , and ...
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... Majesty , in the faithful observance of the trea- ties , that exist with his Britannic Majesty , will permit no act in his own dominions that can derogate from them . Properly affected by the complaints you have been instructed to make ...
... Majesty , in the faithful observance of the trea- ties , that exist with his Britannic Majesty , will permit no act in his own dominions that can derogate from them . Properly affected by the complaints you have been instructed to make ...
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... Majesty had resolved to recognise the independence of , and * Vergennes , before the treaty was signed , addressed his American letters to M. Grand , an individual engaged in a banking house in Paris . Lacretelle , vol . v . to enter ...
... Majesty had resolved to recognise the independence of , and * Vergennes , before the treaty was signed , addressed his American letters to M. Grand , an individual engaged in a banking house in Paris . Lacretelle , vol . v . to enter ...
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Page 397 - 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 108 - Superior ; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and Phelipeaux, to the Long Lake; thence through the middle of said Long Lake, and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods, to the said Lake of the Woods, thence through the said lake to the most north-western point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the River Mississippi...
Page 1 - States in congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in the cases mentioned in the sixth article ; of sending and receiving ambassadors; entering into treaties and alliances, provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective states shall .be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation...
Page 201 - ... upon such evidence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fugitive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his apprehension and commitment for trial, if the crime or offence had there been committed...
Page 7 - STATES, and to consist of one delegate from each state; and to appoint such other committees and civil officers as may be necessary for managing the general affairs of the United States under their direction...
Page 108 - Catahouche ; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint River ; thence straight to the head of St. Mary's River ; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's River to the Atlantic Ocean.
Page 109 - It is agreed that the Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the Legislatures of the respective States, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights, and properties which have been confiscated, belonging to real British Subjects: and also of the estates, rights, and properties of Persons resident in Districts in the possession of His Majesty's arms, and who have not borne arms against the said United States...
Page 38 - ... 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 109 - Properties as may have been confiscated; and that Congress shall also earnestly recommend to the several States a Reconsideration and Revision of all Acts or Laws regarding the Premises, so as to render the said Laws or Acts perfectly consistent not only with Justice and Equity but with that Spirit of Conciliation which on the return of the Blessings of Peace should universally prevail.
Page 109 - ... 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...