Message, Despatches, and Minutes of the Privy Council: Relating to the Treaty of Washington |
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... negotiate with Plenipotentiaries from the United States . VICTORIA R. VICTORIA , by the grace of God , Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , Defender of the Faith , & c . , & c . , & c . , To all and singular to ...
... negotiate with Plenipotentiaries from the United States . VICTORIA R. VICTORIA , by the grace of God , Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , Defender of the Faith , & c . , & c . , & c . , To all and singular to ...
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... negotiations , but they have anxiously considered the questions which concerns Canada ; and they feel confident that the Canadian Government , will agree with them that a satisfactory termination of the difficulties which have arisen ...
... negotiations , but they have anxiously considered the questions which concerns Canada ; and they feel confident that the Canadian Government , will agree with them that a satisfactory termination of the difficulties which have arisen ...
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... negotiation to remove a cause of perpetual irritation and danger to the relations of this country and the Dominion with the United States . 66 The Canadian Government itself took the initiative in suggesting that a Joint British and ...
... negotiation to remove a cause of perpetual irritation and danger to the relations of this country and the Dominion with the United States . 66 The Canadian Government itself took the initiative in suggesting that a Joint British and ...
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... negotiation of this Treaty . Whatever view may be taken in Canada of the merits of the Treaty , it must be an unqualified cause of satisfaction to the Canandians to know that they were represented by a Statesman holding so distinguished ...
... negotiation of this Treaty . Whatever view may be taken in Canada of the merits of the Treaty , it must be an unqualified cause of satisfaction to the Canandians to know that they were represented by a Statesman holding so distinguished ...
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... negotiations then instituted were not brought to a conclusion , and it was not until the 14th of January , 1869 , that a Convention was signed between Lord Clarendon and Mr. Reverdy Johnson for referring the matter to an Arbitrator ...
... negotiations then instituted were not brought to a conclusion , and it was not until the 14th of January , 1869 , that a Convention was signed between Lord Clarendon and Mr. Reverdy Johnson for referring the matter to an Arbitrator ...
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Page 28 - To use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a power with which it is at peace ; and also to use like diligence to prevent the departure from its jurisdiction of any vessel intended to cruise or carry on war as above, such vessel having been specially adapted, in whole or in part, within such jurisdiction, to warlike use.
Page 30 - The commissioners, so named, shall meet at London at the earliest convenient period after they shall have been respectively named; and shall, before proceeding to any business, make and subscribe a solemn declaration that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide, to the best of their judgment, and according to justice and equity...
Page 34 - The Commissioners so named shall meet at Washington at the earliest convenient period after they have been respectively named ; and shall, before proceeding to any business, make and subscribe a solemn declaration, that they will impartially and carefully examine and decide, to the best of their judgment, and according to justice and equity...
Page 33 - Treaty, the amount of any compensation which, in their opinion, ought to be paid by the Government of the United States to the Government of Her Britannic Majesty in return for the privileges accorded to the citizens of the United States under Article XVIII.
Page 35 - River St. Lawrence, ascending and descending, from the forty-fifth parallel of north latitude, where it ceases to form the boundary between the two countries, from, to, and into the sea, shall forever remain free and open for the purposes of commerce to the citizens of the United States, subject to any laws and regulations of Great Britain, or of the Dominion of Canada, not inconsistent with such privilege of free navigation.
Page 37 - ... further until the expiration of two years after either of the High Contracting Parties shall have given notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same...
Page 36 - And it is further agreed that no export duty, or other duty, shall be levied on lumber or timber of any kind cut on that portion of the American territory in the State of Maine watered by the River St. John and its tributaries, and floated down that river to the sea, when the same is shipped to the United States from the province of New Brunswick.
Page 31 - They shall be bound to receive and consider all written documents or statements which may be presented to them by or on behalf of the respective governments in support of or in answer to any claim, and to hear, if required, one person on each side on behalf of each government, as counsel or agent for such government, on each and every separate claim.
Page 35 - States may from time to time prescribe ; and, under like rules, regulations, and conditions, goods, wares, or merchandise may be conveyed in transit, without the payment of duties, from such Possessions through the territory of the United States for export from the said ports of the United States.
Page 36 - States vessels, without payment of duty, goods, wares, or merchandise from one port or place within the possessions of Her Britannic Majesty in North America, to another port or place within the said possessions : Provided, That a portion of such transportation is made through the territory of the United States...