The Right of the United States of America to the North-eastern Boundary Claimed by Them: Principally Extracted from the Statements Laid Before the King of the Netherlands |
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... Quebec . ] The boundaries of that Government were , by the said proclamation , fixed as follows . " Bounded on the ... act of Parliament of 14th Geo . IIl . Chap . 83. ( 1774 ) commonly called the Quebec act . But those adjacent to Nova ...
... Quebec . ] The boundaries of that Government were , by the said proclamation , fixed as follows . " Bounded on the ... act of Parliament of 14th Geo . IIl . Chap . 83. ( 1774 ) commonly called the Quebec act . But those adjacent to Nova ...
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... Quebec as far as the western extremity of the Bay des Chaleurs , and to the westward , " although our said Province ... act empowering their agent to cede to the Crown all pretence of right or title they may claim under their Charter , to the ...
... Quebec as far as the western extremity of the Bay des Chaleurs , and to the westward , " although our said Province ... act empowering their agent to cede to the Crown all pretence of right or title they may claim under their Charter , to the ...
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... Quebec . ( a ) The southern boundary of the Province , Colony or Government of Quebec is declared , by the Royal proclamation of 1763 , and by the Quebec act of 1774 , to be , along the Highlands which divide the rivers that empty ...
... Quebec . ( a ) The southern boundary of the Province , Colony or Government of Quebec is declared , by the Royal proclamation of 1763 , and by the Quebec act of 1774 , to be , along the Highlands which divide the rivers that empty ...
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... acts of Great Britain , from which the description of the line was borrowed ; and that that defect was corrected by ... Act of Parliment of the year 1774 , declared the Pro- vince of Quebec to be " bounded on the South , by a line from ...
... acts of Great Britain , from which the description of the line was borrowed ; and that that defect was corrected by ... Act of Parliment of the year 1774 , declared the Pro- vince of Quebec to be " bounded on the South , by a line from ...
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... Quebec lay far east of the territories of the United States , and made no part of their boundary as agreed on by the treaty . The point from which , by the Quebec Act , the line along the highlands was to commence , was not on the ...
... Quebec lay far east of the territories of the United States , and made no part of their boundary as agreed on by the treaty . The point from which , by the Quebec Act , the line along the highlands was to commence , was not on the ...
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aforesaid American angle of Nova Bay des Chaleurs Bay of Fundy boun boundary line branch Britain British Agent British Government British Statement Brunswick Canada Chandiere charter claimed clause Colony commission Connecticut River Croix River dary declared described designated divide rivers divide the rivers divide the waters dividing highlands drawn due north due north line east eastern boundary elevation extend Governor grant Gulf of St head of Connecticut height of land highlands which divide intended intersect John Kennebec Lake Lawrence line drawn due Mars Hill Massachusetts miles Mitchell's Map mouth negotiators north-west angle north-westernmost head Nova Scotia parties Penobscot Proclamation of 1763 Province of Quebec Quebec Act respect River St rivers falling rivers that empty Scoodiac southern boundary term Atlantic Ocean territory thence tion treaty of 1783 Treaty of Ghent treaty of peace treaty of Ryswick tributary streams United versus Septentrionem western words
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Page 9 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Page 57 - States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also in the Gulph of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Page 171 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 50 - 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.
Page 8 - Mississippi; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude. South, by a line to be drawn due east from the determination of the line last mentioned, in the latitude of...
Page 7 - Equator, 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 7 - ... from the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, viz, that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Page 72 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their boundaries...
Page 114 - John, to the south end of the Lake Nipissing, from whence the said line, crossing the river St. Lawrence and the Lake Champlain, in forty-five degrees of north latitude, passes along the Highlands which divide the rivers that empty themselves into the said river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the sea, and also along the north coast of the Bay des Chaleurs and the Coast of the Gulf of St.
Page 61 - From the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, viz.: that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of Saint Croix River to the Highlands; along the said Highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...