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... whole territory was ceded to us ex- actly as Spain then held it . 2d . It was ceded to us exactly as France had held it under its monarchy ; but subject to the effect of Spanish treaties made aftor Spain had come into possession . 3d ...
... whole territory was ceded to us ex- actly as Spain then held it . 2d . It was ceded to us exactly as France had held it under its monarchy ; but subject to the effect of Spanish treaties made aftor Spain had come into possession . 3d ...
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... WHOLE length and breadth , from its source to the sea , ( and that part expressly , which is between the said island of New - Orleans and the RIGHT bank of the river ) as well as the passage both in and out of its mouth . It is further ...
... WHOLE length and breadth , from its source to the sea , ( and that part expressly , which is between the said island of New - Orleans and the RIGHT bank of the river ) as well as the passage both in and out of its mouth . It is further ...
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... whole of both sides of the Mississippi , for by consulting No. 5 of the maps , it * The authority for the four assertions in this paragraph will be found in Mr. Ellicott's work as follows : Consult , for Article 1 , his Appendix , p ...
... whole of both sides of the Mississippi , for by consulting No. 5 of the maps , it * The authority for the four assertions in this paragraph will be found in Mr. Ellicott's work as follows : Consult , for Article 1 , his Appendix , p ...
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... whole transaction became established , by the acceptance of Louisiana , under its new limits , on the part of Spain , on the 13th November , 1763 , and also by a ratification of the preliminaries with England , on the 22d of the same ...
... whole transaction became established , by the acceptance of Louisiana , under its new limits , on the part of Spain , on the 13th November , 1763 , and also by a ratification of the preliminaries with England , on the 22d of the same ...
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... whole country ) were fairly made over to England . It is true , that neither France nor Spain named the Floridas in their deeds of ces- sion ; but they described the territory in such clear terms , as would have conveyed it , had it ...
... whole country ) were fairly made over to England . It is true , that neither France nor Spain named the Floridas in their deeds of ces- sion ; but they described the territory in such clear terms , as would have conveyed it , had it ...
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acceptance of Louisiana administration Annual Register April 30 Bayou Manshack belonging to Louisiana Bonaparte's Boundary OF LOUISIANA bounds Bourbon Britain Britannick majesty Catholick Majesty ceded cession of Lou cession of Louisiana cession to England claims Collection of Treaties colonies DANGEROUS MISTAKE Debrett's Collection definitive treaty Delta dispute divided into East Duke of Parma Eastern Boundary Ellicott extend family compact France and Spain France possessed French republick given Gulf of Mexico hands of Spain Iberville isiana island of New-Orleans king of Naples King of Spain lake Maurepas late Major Amos limits Louisiana and New-Orleans Louisiana to Spain Navarre negociations offer of Louisiana Orleans peace possessed of Louisiana preliminaries proceedings proclamation provisional articles publick purchase ratification Register for 1762 remark river Mississippi side sion sippi southern boundary Spanish territory thence tion treaty between Bonaparte treaty of 1795 treaty of 1800 United West Florida western
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Page 8 - 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...
Page 8 - ... 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...
Page 7 - States a strong proof of his friendship, doth hereby cede to the said United States, in the name of the French Republic, forever and in full sovereignty, the said territory, with all its rights and appurtenances, as fully and in the same manner as they have been acquired by the French Republic, in virtue of the above-mentioned treaty, concluded with His Catholic Majesty.
Page 8 - 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...
Page 4 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the tenth day of August, AD 1829, in the fifty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America, JP Dabney, of the said district, has deposited in this office the...
Page 10 - ... to the middle of the river Apalachicola or Catahouche; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint river; thence straight to the head of St Mary's river; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's river to the Atlantic ocean.
Page 6 - His Catholic Majesty promises and engages on his part to cede to the French Republic, six months after the full and entire execution of the conditions and stipulations herein relative to his royal highness, the Duke of Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it ; and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Page 27 - The | impartial inquirer. | Being | a candid examination | of the | conduct of the President of the United States, | in execution of the | powers vested in him, | by | the Act of Congress of May 1, 1810: | to which is added, | some reflections | upon the | invasion of the Spanish Territory | of West-Florida.
Page 25 - Florida, bounded to the southward by the gulf of Mexico, including all islands within six leagues of the coast, from the river Apalachicola to lake Pontchartrain ; to the Westward by the said lake, the lake Maurepas, and the river Mississippi ; to the northward, by a line drawn due east from that part of the river Mississippi which lies in...
Page 7 - Consul shall have been previously obtained, the commissary of the French Republic shall remit all the military posts of New Orleans, and other parts of the ceded territory, to the commissary or commissaries named by the president to take possession ; the troops, whether of France or Spain, who may be there shall cease to occupy any military post from the time of taking possession, and shall be embarked as soon as possible, in the course of three months after the ratification of this treaty.