 | Stewart B. Nelson - Military oceanography - 1971 - 268 pages
...when Congress in 1807 authorized the President (Jefferson) ". . . to cause a survey to be taken of coasts of the United States in which shall be designated the islands and shoals and places of anchorage . . ." Upon the approval of the American Philosophical Society, Jefferson appointed... | |
 | United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Hydrology - 1971 - 806 pages
...outstripped industry's capacity to meet it. and in 1807 the Congress authorized President Thomas Jefferson to "cause a survey to be taken of the coasts of the...which shall be designated the islands and shoals, with roads or places of anchorage, within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States."... | |
 | Franklin K. Van Zandt - United States - 1976 - 210 pages
...into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence; comprehending 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 beween Nova... | |
 | National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) - Academies and institutes - 1883 - 798 pages
...<Jc., That the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby, authorized and requested to cause a survey to be taken of the coasts of the...twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United Siates; and also the respective courses aud distances between the principal capes, or headlauds, together... | |
 | Coastal ecology - 1983 - 1022 pages
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Lawrence; comprehending 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... 
