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... persons in- habiting in , or resorting to , our said colonies , may confide in our royal protection for the ... person who shall resort thereto , for such lands , tenements and hereditaments , as are now , or hereafter shall be , in our power ...
... persons in- habiting in , or resorting to , our said colonies , may confide in our royal protection for the ... person who shall resort thereto , for such lands , tenements and hereditaments , as are now , or hereafter shall be , in our power ...
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... persons whatever , who have either wilfully or inad vertently seated themselves upon any lands within the countries ... person do presume to make any purchase from the said Indians , of any lands reserved to the said Indians , within ...
... persons whatever , who have either wilfully or inad vertently seated themselves upon any lands within the countries ... person do presume to make any purchase from the said Indians , of any lands reserved to the said Indians , within ...
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... person shall reside ; and also give security to observe such regulations as ... person to whom the same is granted , shall refuse or neglect to observe such ... persons whatever , who standing charged with trea- sons , misprisions of ...
... person shall reside ; and also give security to observe such regulations as ... person to whom the same is granted , shall refuse or neglect to observe such ... persons whatever , who standing charged with trea- sons , misprisions of ...
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... person or persons claiming under that or any other state , in any existing dispute concerning the right , either of soil or of jurisdiction , with the state of Connecticut , or with any person or persons claiming under the state of ...
... person or persons claiming under that or any other state , in any existing dispute concerning the right , either of soil or of jurisdiction , with the state of Connecticut , or with any person or persons claiming under the state of ...
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... person or persons whatsoever , agreeable to law , and within the limits hereby intend- ed to be ceded to the United States , shall have the same force and effect as if such cession had not been made ; and that all and every right of ...
... person or persons whatsoever , agreeable to law , and within the limits hereby intend- ed to be ceded to the United States , shall have the same force and effect as if such cession had not been made ; and that all and every right of ...
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3d March abovementioned act of Congress aforesaid annuity appointed April ARTICLE board of treasury boundary line bounty ceded certificate cession Chickasaw claimants claims to land commissioners compensation confirmed day of January deponent directed disposal district duty east entitled An act established fees Georgia governor heirs heretofore hundred dollars Illinois country Indiana territory intituled James Gunn John Cleves Symmes Kaskaskia Kentucky river laid lake land office lands lying letters patent located lots Louisiana Manasseh Cutler manner ment miles square military Mississippi territory nation north-west paid payment person or persons Piankeshaw plat President public lands public monies purpose quarter townships receiver of public respectively river Ohio salt springs secretary Spanish survey surveyor Tennessee territory of Orleans thence thereof thousand acres thousand eight hundred thousand seven hundred tion town tract of land treaty United Vincennes Virginia Virginia Military Reservation virtue warrants western
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Page 2 - ... to the middle of the river Apalachicola or Cauihouche ; 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 2 - Superior; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and Phelipeaux, to the Long Lake; thence through the middle of said Long Lake, and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods, to the said Lake of the Woods; thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of...
Page 35 - That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states, and the people and states, in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Page 31 - ... and that the States so formed shall be distinct republican States, and admitted members of the Federal Union ; having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence, as the other States.
Page 17 - ... all persons inhabiting in, or resorting to, our said colonies, may confide in our royal protection for the enjoyment of the benefit of the laws of our realm of England...
Page 2 - 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...
Page 13 - In testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of The United States to be hereunto affixed.
Page 5 - 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 19 - And we do further declare it to be our royal will and pleasure, for the present as aforesaid, to reserve under our sovereignty, protection and dominion, for the use of the said Indians...
Page 19 - Company; as also all the lands and territories lying to the westward of the sources of the rivers which fall into the sea from the west and northwest as aforesaid ; and we do hereby strictly forbid, on pain of our displeasure, all our loving subjects from making any purchases or settlements whatever, or taking possession of any of the lands above reserved, without our special leave and license for that purpose first obtained.