A Full and Correct Account of the Military Occurrences of the Late War Between Great Britain and the United States of America: With an Appendix, and Plates, Volume 2author, 1818 - United States |
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... commenced setting fire to it . Major - general Rial , who found no enemy to contend with , took possession of a 12 and 6 - pounder gun , with travelling carriages , and every thing complete ; also a considerable quantity of small arms ...
... commenced setting fire to it . Major - general Rial , who found no enemy to contend with , took possession of a 12 and 6 - pounder gun , with travelling carriages , and every thing complete ; also a considerable quantity of small arms ...
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... commenced their debarkation ; " when all , " says he , " except O'Neill , an old citizen of Havre de Grace , abandoned their posts ; and , Hist . of the U. S. Vol . III . p . 283 . + Sketches of the War , p . 209 . following the militia ...
... commenced their debarkation ; " when all , " says he , " except O'Neill , an old citizen of Havre de Grace , abandoned their posts ; and , Hist . of the U. S. Vol . III . p . 283 . + Sketches of the War , p . 209 . following the militia ...
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... commenced its attack upon the Junon , then lying becalmed . Captain Sanders warmly returned their fire with his long eighteens ; hoping that they would soon venture to approach within reach of his carronades . This the gun- boats ...
... commenced its attack upon the Junon , then lying becalmed . Captain Sanders warmly returned their fire with his long eighteens ; hoping that they would soon venture to approach within reach of his carronades . This the gun- boats ...
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... commenced perpetrating upon the defenceless inhabitants acts of rapine and violence , which unpitying custom has , in some degree , rendered inseparable from places that have been carried by storm ; but which are as revolting to human ...
... commenced perpetrating upon the defenceless inhabitants acts of rapine and violence , which unpitying custom has , in some degree , rendered inseparable from places that have been carried by storm ; but which are as revolting to human ...
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... to the post ; thus presenting us with a new system of military defence . * Sketches of the War , p . 224. + History of the War , p . 178 . R CHAPTER XIII . Commencement of the campaign of 1814 GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA . 71.
... to the post ; thus presenting us with a new system of military defence . * Sketches of the War , p . 224. + History of the War , p . 178 . R CHAPTER XIII . Commencement of the campaign of 1814 GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA . 71.
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Page 573 - ... 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 Nova Scotia...
Page 575 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario, through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie ; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication between that lake and Lake Huron; thence along the middle of said water communication into the Lake Huron ; thence through the middle of said lake to the water communication between that...
Page 574 - Cataraguy, has not yet been surveyed : it is agreed, that for these several purposes two commissioners shall be appointed, sworn, and authorized to act exactly in the manner directed with respect to those mentioned in the next preceding article, unless otherwise specified in the present article.
Page 573 - The said Commissioners shall, by a declaration or report under their hands and seals, decide to which of the two contracting parties the several islands aforesaid do respectively belong, in conformity with the true intent of the said treaty of peace of one thousand seven hundred and eighty-three.
Page 578 - Washington, or at the seat of government of Mexico, in four months from the date of the signature hereof, or sooner if practicable. In faith whereof, we, the respective plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty of peace, friendship, limits, and settlement; and have hereunto affixed our seals respectively. Done in...
Page 573 - States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from 236 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 575 - ... cause the boundary aforesaid, from the source of the river St. 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 the latitude and longitude of the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, of the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River, and of such other points...
Page 576 - ... The said Commissioners shall, by a report or declaration, under their hands and seals, designate the boundary...
Page 574 - Commissioners to some friendly sovereign or State, to be then named for that purpose, and who shall be requested to decide on the differences which may be stated in the said report or reports, or upon the report of one Commissioner, together with the grounds upon which the other Commissioner shall have refused, declined or omitted to act, as the case may be.
Page 575 - And in the event of the said two commissioners differing, or both, or either of them, refusing, declining or wilfully omitting to act, such reports, declarations or...