The Diplomatic and Official Papers of Daniel Webster, While Secretary of State |
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... to exasperate . A crisis had arisen , which the minister of the United States in London ( Mr. Steven- son ) deemed so serious , as to make it his duty to communicate with the commander of the American squadron in the Medi- INTRODUCTION. ...
... to exasperate . A crisis had arisen , which the minister of the United States in London ( Mr. Steven- son ) deemed so serious , as to make it his duty to communicate with the commander of the American squadron in the Medi- INTRODUCTION. ...
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... Communications were accordingly ad- dressed to the governors of the two states . Massachusetts had anticipated the necessity of the measure , and made pro- vision for the appointment of commissioners . The Legislature of Maine was ...
... Communications were accordingly ad- dressed to the governors of the two states . Massachusetts had anticipated the necessity of the measure , and made pro- vision for the appointment of commissioners . The Legislature of Maine was ...
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... communication was , of course , wholly unex- pected to me , I felt no hesitation in expressing the great satis- faction with which I received it . I assured Lord Aberdeen that the President had nothing more at heart than an honorable ad ...
... communication was , of course , wholly unex- pected to me , I felt no hesitation in expressing the great satis- faction with which I received it . I assured Lord Aberdeen that the President had nothing more at heart than an honorable ad ...
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... communication addressed to him this day by Messrs . Lawrence and Mills , commissioners of the commonwealth of Massachusetts . He will be happy to see these gentlemen at this department at half past one o'clock P.M. to - day . Messrs ...
... communication addressed to him this day by Messrs . Lawrence and Mills , commissioners of the commonwealth of Massachusetts . He will be happy to see these gentlemen at this department at half past one o'clock P.M. to - day . Messrs ...
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... communication received this day from Mr. Web- ster , Secretary of State of the United States , that he is ready , on behalf of the United States , and duly authorized , in relation to the question of the northeastern boundary of the ...
... communication received this day from Mr. Web- ster , Secretary of State of the United States , that he is ready , on behalf of the United States , and duly authorized , in relation to the question of the northeastern boundary of the ...
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Page 242 - Whereas doubts have arisen what river was truly intended under the name of the river St. Croix, mentioned in the said treaty of peace, and forming a part of the boundary therein described...
Page 372 - I have received the letter which you did me the honor to address to me, under date of the...
Page 59 - Collins, previously to the year 1774, as the 45th degree of north latitude, and which has been known and understood to be the line of actual division between the States of New York and Vermont on one side, and the British province of Canada on the other; and, from said point of intersection, west, along the said dividing line, as heretofore known and understood, to the Iroquois or St. Lawrence river.
Page 241 - 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 376 - Nor shall any prohibition be imposed on the exportation...
Page 226 - It being understood that all the water communications and all the usual portages along the line from Lake Superior to the Lake of the Woods, and also Grand Portage, from the shore of Lake Superior to the Pigeon River, as now actually used, shall be free and open to the use of the citizens and subjects of both countries.
Page 233 - John, or by its tributaries, of which fact reasonable evidence shall, if required, be produced, shall have free access into and through the said river and its...
Page 183 - In the name of Almighty God : The United States of America and the United Mexican States, animated by a sincere desire to put an end to the calamities of the war which unhappily exists between the two republics, and to establish upon...
Page 85 - A vessel on the high seas, beyond the distance of a marine league from the shore, is regarded as part of the territory of the nation to which she belongs, and subjected, exclusively to the jurisdiction of that nation.
Page 367 - Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana...