 ... independence, it is proper now to state that this Government neither seeks nor would accept from them any advantage in commerce or otherwise which will not be equally open to all other nations. The colonies will in that event become independent states,...  Cobbett's Weekly Political Register - Página 1931818Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
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...the reasons for this action in his message to Congress. (130) Monroe to Congress, December 2, 1817: In the summer of the present year, an expedition was...claiming to act under the authority of some of the colonies,111 who took possession of Amelia Island, at the mouth of the St. Marys river, near the boundary... | |
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