Boundaries of the United States and the Several States: With Miscellaneous Geographic Information Concerning Areas, Altitudes, and Geographic CentersU.S. Government Printing Office, 1976 - 191 páginas |
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... lies " along the bank at the mean level attained by the waters of the river when they reach and wash the bank without overflowing it . " 16 The question has often been asked whether a bound- ary defined by statute or treaty , as on a ...
... lies " along the bank at the mean level attained by the waters of the river when they reach and wash the bank without overflowing it . " 16 The question has often been asked whether a bound- ary defined by statute or treaty , as on a ...
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... lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries beween Nova Scotia on the one part and East Florida on the other , shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; except- ing ...
... lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries beween Nova Scotia on the one part and East Florida on the other , shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; except- ing ...
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... lying near its southern extremity , numbered 79 and 80 ; thence to the south of Grand or Long Island , keeping near its southern shore , and passing to the north of Carlton Island , until it arrives opposite to the southwestern point of ...
... lying near its southern extremity , numbered 79 and 80 ; thence to the south of Grand or Long Island , keeping near its southern shore , and passing to the north of Carlton Island , until it arrives opposite to the southwestern point of ...
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... lying in the western part of said lake ; thence along the said passage , proceeding to the north of Cunningham's ... lying in the rivers , lakes , and water communications , between the before - described boundary line and the adjacent ...
... lying in the western part of said lake ; thence along the said passage , proceeding to the north of Cunningham's ... lying in the rivers , lakes , and water communications , between the before - described boundary line and the adjacent ...
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... lies near the northeastern point of Ile Royale , where the line marked by the Commissioners terminates ; and from the last - mentioned point , southwesterly , through the middle of the sound between Ile Royale and the northwestern ...
... lies near the northeastern point of Ile Royale , where the line marked by the Commissioners terminates ; and from the last - mentioned point , southwesterly , through the middle of the sound between Ile Royale and the northwestern ...
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49th parallel aforesaid appointed approved Arkansas bank bound boundary line Britain ceded cession charter claimed Colorado commission commissioners Congress Connecticut Connecticut River County Dakota defined degree of north Delaware due north due west east eastern enabling act established extending feet Florida Geodetic Georgia Government grant Gulf of Mexico Hampshire included Indian Indiana Territory intersection Jersey jurisdiction Lake Michigan Land Office latitude Legislature line was run longitude Louisiana main channel Maryland Massachusetts meridian middle Mississippi River Missouri River Mountains mouth north boundary North Carolina north latitude northeast northern boundary northwest corner Ocean Ohio parallel of latitude Pennsylvania Red River resurvey Rhode Island river St shore southern southwest square miles Stat stone straight line surveyed and marked Tennessee Territory Texas thence due thence north thereof tion treaty U.S. Cong U.S. Supreme Court United Virginia Washington western boundary York
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Página 27 - 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 River, and running thence, by a line due north, to the river Arkansas; thence, following the course of the southern bank of the Arkansas, to its source, in latitude 42 north; and thence, by that parallel of latitude, to the South Sea.
Página 113 - The western state in the said territory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio and Wabash rivers ; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and post Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, and by the said territorial line to the lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Página 38 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation, and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, and protection of said canal...
Página 12 - 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 Ocean ; excepting such Islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the Limits of the said Province of Nova Scotia.
Página 105 - That in all that Territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of Thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
Página 136 - States, in all respects whatever; and the said State shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at a point on the western boundary of the State of Missouri where the thirty-seventh parallel of latitude crosses the same ; thence west on said parallel to the eastern boundary of.
Página 28 - Rio Bravo del Norte, or Opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea; from thence up the middle of that river, following the deepest channel, where it has more than one, to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico...
Página 14 - ... a line drawn from the said point due north or south as the case may be, until the said line shall intersect the said parallel of north latitude...
Página 29 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and the 133d degree of west longitude, (meridian of Greenwich.) the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Página 28 - Gila, where it unites with the Colorado, to a point on the coast of the Pacific ocean distant one marine league due south of the southernmost point of the port of San Diego, according to the plan of said port made in the year 1782 by Don Juan Pantoja, second...