A Brief History of the United States Boundary Question, Drawn Up from Official PapersSaunders and Otley, 1839 - 32 páginas |
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... President of the United States , by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof ; and the said two Commissioners so ap- pointed shall be sworn impartially to examine and decide upon the said claims , according to such evidence ...
... President of the United States , by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof ; and the said two Commissioners so ap- pointed shall be sworn impartially to examine and decide upon the said claims , according to such evidence ...
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... President of the United States found himself bound to submit the decision of the King of the Netherlands to the Senate for acceptance or rejection . But he , at the same time , strongly recommended that the award should be agreed to . The ...
... President of the United States found himself bound to submit the decision of the King of the Netherlands to the Senate for acceptance or rejection . But he , at the same time , strongly recommended that the award should be agreed to . The ...
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... President's views should be acceded to . Mr. Preble returned to America while the matter was under consideration : a declaration was made by the Senate that not less than two- thirds of the votes should be considered as finally decisive ...
... President's views should be acceded to . Mr. Preble returned to America while the matter was under consideration : a declaration was made by the Senate that not less than two- thirds of the votes should be considered as finally decisive ...
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... President of the United States would be em- powered to carry any decision into effect , the proposal could not be at all entertained . At the same time he distinctly refused to suffer the question of the navigation of the river St. John ...
... President of the United States would be em- powered to carry any decision into effect , the proposal could not be at all entertained . At the same time he distinctly refused to suffer the question of the navigation of the river St. John ...
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... President , however , put such a proceeding en- tirely out of the question , the power of the Central Government being so limited , and its operations so fettered by the claims of the State of Maine , that he could agree to no other ...
... President , however , put such a proceeding en- tirely out of the question , the power of the Central Government being so limited , and its operations so fettered by the claims of the State of Maine , that he could agree to no other ...
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aforesaid American dominions American Government American Secretary angle of Nova appointed Atlantic Ocean award Bay of Fundy BLATCH AND LAMPERT boundary line BOUNDARY QUESTION Britain and America Britain at Washington Britannic Majesty claimed Commissioners differing Connecticut river Convention of Reference Croix decision declared degree of north disputed points disputed territory executive Government fifth article final and conclusive friendly Sovereign HARVARD COLLEGE head of Connecticut hereby agree Iroquois or Cataraquy King Lake and Lake Lake Huron Lake Superior line of boundary Livingston Lord Palmerston Maine and Massachusets Mary's river matters so referred ment middle nearest possible approach negotiations Netherlands North Latitude North West angle North Westernmost head Nova Scotia omitting to act points of difference Preble President rejected Report or Reports respective river Iroquois river St sioners Sir Charles Vaughan submitted to arbitration survey tain thence tion Treaty of 1783 treaty of Ghent umpire Vth ARTICLE water-communication wilfully omitting
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Página 6 - 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 on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Oeean; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Página 8 - ... to act exactly in the manner directed with respect to those mentioned in the next preceding article, unless otherwise specified in the present article. The said commissioners shall meet at St. Andrews, in the province of New Brunswick, and shall have power to adjourn to such other place or places, as they shall think fit.
Página 10 - Croix, and designated in the former treaty of peace between the two Powers as the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, nor the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River, has yet been ascertained; and whereas that part of the boundary line between the dominions of the two Powers which extends from the source of the river St. Croix directly north to the abovementioned northwest angle of Nova Scotia, thence along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence...
Página 5 - 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...
Página 10 - Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River, thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude ; thence by a line due west on said latitude until it strikes the river Iroquois or Cataraquy, has not yet been surveyed...
Página 30 - In order therefore finally to decide upon these claims it is agreed that they shall be referred to two Commissioners to be appointed in the following manner: viz: One Commissioner shall be appointed by His Britannic Majesty and one by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and the said two Commissioners so appointed shall be sworn impartially to examine and decide upon the said claims according to such evidence as shall be laid before them on...
Página 9 - 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. And if the Commissioner so refusing, declining or omitting to act, shall also wilfully omit to state the grounds upon which he has so done,...
Página 5 - Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the north-westernmost head of Connecticut River ; thence down along the middle of that River, to the 45th degree of north latitude...
Página 10 - Whereas neither that point of the highlands lying due north from the source of the River St. Croix, and designated in the former treaty of peace between the two Powers as the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, nor the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River, has yet been ascertained...