The National Register, Volume 7Joel K. Mead, 1819 - Political science |
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... honor to transmit an extract of a letter written by major Vandeventer , chief clerk , Department of War , in reply to general Jackson's letter of the 7th of May , 1818 , and to state that no letter was written by this Department to the ...
... honor to transmit an extract of a letter written by major Vandeventer , chief clerk , Department of War , in reply to general Jackson's letter of the 7th of May , 1818 , and to state that no letter was written by this Department to the ...
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... honor to submit the fol- lowing Report : || our military establishment , it will be necessary to consider it under distinct and proper heads . To ascertain , then , " whether any , and if any what , reductions may be made in the ...
... honor to submit the fol- lowing Report : || our military establishment , it will be necessary to consider it under distinct and proper heads . To ascertain , then , " whether any , and if any what , reductions may be made in the ...
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... honor and defence which contain all the instructions which have is- tracts of letters to the commanding naval officers , of the nation , as has major general Jackson ; but || sued from the Navy Department in pursuance of the more ...
... honor and defence which contain all the instructions which have is- tracts of letters to the commanding naval officers , of the nation , as has major general Jackson ; but || sued from the Navy Department in pursuance of the more ...
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... have succeeded them , we are bound , in interest and in honor , to consecrate their well- carned fame by every rational means within our power . No. 4. ] WASHINGTON CITY , JANUARY 23 , 1819 48 [ No. 3 THE NATIONAL REGISTER .
... have succeeded them , we are bound , in interest and in honor , to consecrate their well- carned fame by every rational means within our power . No. 4. ] WASHINGTON CITY , JANUARY 23 , 1819 48 [ No. 3 THE NATIONAL REGISTER .
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... honor of the memory of When well filled it weighs 69 to 70 lbs per bush - general Washington . el . The sample we saw , which was rather shrunk , weighed about 65 lbs . per bushel . The peculiar properties of this wheat , which is a ...
... honor of the memory of When well filled it weighs 69 to 70 lbs per bush - general Washington . el . The sample we saw , which was rather shrunk , weighed about 65 lbs . per bushel . The peculiar properties of this wheat , which is a ...
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Page 352 - Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendors fly In triumph o'er his closing eye.
Page 83 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers...
Page 83 - ... the same, be free and open, for the term of ten years from the date of the Signature of the Present Convention, to the Vessels, Citizens, and Subjects of the Two Powers: it being well understood that this Agreement is not to be construed to the Prejudice of any Claim, which either of the Two High Contracting Parties may have to any part of the said Country...
Page 83 - Parties, that the inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind...
Page 289 - I shall esteem myself the happiest of men, if I can be instrumental in recommending my country more and more to your Majesty's royal benevolence, and of restoring an entire esteem, confidence, and affection, or, in better words, the old good nature, and the old good humor between people, who, though separated by an ocean, and under different governments, have the same language, a similar religion, and kindred blood.
Page 83 - American fishermen shall also have liberty forever to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbors, and creeks of the southern part of the coast of Newfoundland hereabove described, and of the coast of Labrador; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 102 - The United States of America engage to put an end, immediately after the ratification of the present treaty, to hostilities with all the tribes or nations of Indians with whom they may be at war at the time of such ratification; and forthwith to restore to such tribes or nations, respectively, all the possessions, rights and privileges which they may have enjoyed or been entitled to in one thousand eight hundred and eleven, previous to such hostilities...
Page 352 - When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there; She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure, celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand, The symbol of her chosen land.
Page 83 - Belleisle and thence Northwardly indefinitely along the Coast, without prejudice however, to any of the exclusive Rights of the Hudson Bay Company...
Page 352 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.