Sketches, Historical and Topographical, of the Floridas: More Particularly of East FloridaC.S. Van Winkle, 1821 - 226 páginas |
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... the land at any time be ceded either to the American or British govern- ment , several sales of small tracts were early made and recorded in the proper public offices . " This tract is said to possess much good land vi PREFACE .
... the land at any time be ceded either to the American or British govern- ment , several sales of small tracts were early made and recorded in the proper public offices . " This tract is said to possess much good land vi PREFACE .
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... ment the exclusive commercial privileges of Louisiana and West Florida ; at this time , there were only about thirty European families in the whole of that country . John Law , a Scotchman , in 1717 , took an active part in creating an ...
... ment the exclusive commercial privileges of Louisiana and West Florida ; at this time , there were only about thirty European families in the whole of that country . John Law , a Scotchman , in 1717 , took an active part in creating an ...
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... ment being effected under their auspices . ( See Appendix . ) The first notice I shall take of this change in the political situation of these provinces , is the temporary command of Major Ogilvie , who , by his impolitic conduct ...
... ment being effected under their auspices . ( See Appendix . ) The first notice I shall take of this change in the political situation of these provinces , is the temporary command of Major Ogilvie , who , by his impolitic conduct ...
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... ment will be considered , in times of peace , I humbly pre- sume , the most proper for regulating the Indian department . Extract of a letter from Governor Tonyn to Lord George Germaine , Secretary of State . St. Augustine , 1780 ...
... ment will be considered , in times of peace , I humbly pre- sume , the most proper for regulating the Indian department . Extract of a letter from Governor Tonyn to Lord George Germaine , Secretary of State . St. Augustine , 1780 ...
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... ment and Spanish emissaries are not wanting to foster dis- content . As the aid of Indians will be of the utmost importance to us in our weak state , I proposed to conciliate and secure their affections by engaging to meet them in ...
... ment and Spanish emissaries are not wanting to foster dis- content . As the aid of Indians will be of the utmost importance to us in our weak state , I proposed to conciliate and secure their affections by engaging to meet them in ...
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Página 209 - But, if the source of the Arkansas river shall be found to fall north or south of latitude 42, then the line shall run from the said source due south or north, as the case may be, till it meets the said parallel of latitude 42, and thence, along the said parallel, to the South Sea...
Página 208 - River; then following the course of the Rio Roxo westward, to the degree of longitude 100 west from London and 23 from Washington ; then crossing the said Red...
Página 185 - America; it is agreed, that, for the future, the confines between the dominions of his Britannic Majesty, and those of his most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Página 215 - ... to make satisfaction for the same, to an amount not exceeding three and one quarter millions of dollars.
Página 185 - France, provided that the navigation of the river Mississippi shall be equally free, as well to the subjects of Great Britain as to those of France, in its whole breadth and length, from its source to the sea, and expressly that part which is between the said island of New Orleans and the right bank of that river, as well as the passage both in and out of its mouth...
Página iv - District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Página 215 - Finally, to all the claims of subjects of his Catholic Majesty upon the government of the United States, in which the interposition of his Catholic Majesty's government has been solicited, before the date of this Treaty, and since the date of the Convention •of i tea, or which may have been made to the Department of Foreign Affairs of his Majesty, or to his Minister in the United States.
Página 221 - The present treaty shall be ratified in due form, by the contracting parties, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in six months from this time, or sooner if possible.
Página 207 - Vendee, knight pensioner of the royal and distinguished Spanish order of Charles the Third, member of the supreme assembly of the said royal order, of the council of his catholic majesty, his secretary, with exercise of decrees, and his envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary near the United States of America.
Página 206 - ... by a Treaty, which shall designate with precision the limits of their respective bordering territories in North America. With this intention the President of the United States has furnished with their full Powers John...