Boundaries, Areas, Geographic Centers and Altitudes of the United States and Their Several States: With a Brief Record of Important Changes in Their Territory and GovernmentU.S. Government Printing Office, 1932 - 265 páginas |
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Página 28
... possession until several years later . By the treaty of peace of 1763 between Great Britain , France , and Spain , the western boundary of the British possessions in the New World was placed in the center of the Mississippi River , thus ...
... possession until several years later . By the treaty of peace of 1763 between Great Britain , France , and Spain , the western boundary of the British possessions in the New World was placed in the center of the Mississippi River , thus ...
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... possession they remained for several years , but after 1803 the United States also claimed the area west of the Perdido River as part of the Louisiana Purchase . The treaty of 1819 81 put an end to the disputes . Meantime , in 1800 , by ...
... possession they remained for several years , but after 1803 the United States also claimed the area west of the Perdido River as part of the Louisiana Purchase . The treaty of 1819 81 put an end to the disputes . Meantime , in 1800 , by ...
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... possessions of the United States in the northwest as defined by the treaty of 1783 were limited by the Mississippi River and a line extending north from its source ( Lake Itasca 89 ) to an intersection with the Lake of the Woods ...
... possessions of the United States in the northwest as defined by the treaty of 1783 were limited by the Mississippi River and a line extending north from its source ( Lake Itasca 89 ) to an intersection with the Lake of the Woods ...
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... possession of the United States . The clause from the treaty of San Ildefonso quoted on page 29 was interpreted by Jefferson and others in this country to mean the inclusion of West Florida . Their reasoning was this : In 1800 Spain ...
... possession of the United States . The clause from the treaty of San Ildefonso quoted on page 29 was interpreted by Jefferson and others in this country to mean the inclusion of West Florida . Their reasoning was this : In 1800 Spain ...
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... possession of East Florida and appropriating $ 100,000 for carrying the act into effect . In 1812 that portion of ... possessions in the Southwest as fol- lows : ARTICLE III . The boundary line between the two countries , west of the ...
... possession of East Florida and appropriating $ 100,000 for carrying the act into effect . In 1812 that portion of ... possessions in the Southwest as fol- lows : ARTICLE III . The boundary line between the two countries , west of the ...
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49th parallel aforesaid Atlantic Ocean bank boundary line ceded cession chains charter claimed Coast and Geodetic Colorado commissioners Cong Congress Connecticut Connecticut River County degree of longitude degree of north Delaware due north due west east eastern enabling act feet Geodetic Survey Georgia grant Hampshire included Indian Indiana Territory intersection Jersey jurisdiction Lake Lake Michigan Land Office latitude latitude 36 latitude 42 Legislature line was run longitude longitude west Louisiana Purchase main channel Maryland Massachusetts meridian Mexico Michigan middle Mississippi River Missouri River Mountains mouth north boundary North Carolina north latitude northern boundary northwest corner Ocean Ohio parallel of latitude Pennsylvania Red River resurvey Rhode Island river St shore southern Spain square miles Stat stone Supreme Court surveyed and marked Tennessee Territory Texas thence due thence north thereof treaty United Virginia West Florida western boundary York
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Página 186 - State shall be established by, and extend to, a direct line running from the southern extremity of Lake Michigan to the most northerly cape of the Miami Bay, after intersecting the due north line from the mouth of the Great Miami River as aforesaid, thence northeast to the territorial line, and, by the said territorial line, to the Pennsylvania line.
Página 36 - 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 51 - 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 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 Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Página 164 - 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 48 - A line running from west to east along or near the twentieth parallel of north latitude, and through the middle of the navigable channel of Bachi, from the one hundred and eighteenth (118th) to the one hundred and twenty-seventh (127th) degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich...
Página 115 - Island, and bounded on the east part by the main sea and part by Hudson's River, and hath upon the west Delaware Bay or River, and extendeth southward to the main ocean as far as Cape May, at the mouth of Delaware Bay, and to the northward as far as the northernmost...
Página 118 - ... as it doth extend; and from the head of the said river, the eastern bounds are...
Página 37 - 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...
Página 42 - Behring's straits on the parallel of sixty-five degrees thirty minutes north latitude, at its intersection by the meridian which passes midway between the islands of Krusenstern, or Ignalook, and the island of Ratmanpff, or Noonarbook, and proceeds due north, without limitation, into the same Frozen Ocean. The same western limit, beginning at the same initial...