State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States, from the Accession of George Washington to the Presidency: Exhibiting a Complete View of Our Foreign Relations Since that Time ...Thomas B. Wait, 1819 - United States |
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... trading under the protection of the laws of nations , and of particular treaties , and suffering shipwreck on the coast of France , has recently been seized by his majes- ty's officers , and adjudged by his council of prizes as fol ...
... trading under the protection of the laws of nations , and of particular treaties , and suffering shipwreck on the coast of France , has recently been seized by his majes- ty's officers , and adjudged by his council of prizes as fol ...
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... trade with their ships and merchandise , with perfect security and liberty , from the countries , ports , and places of those who are enemies of both , or of either party , without any oppo- sition or disturbance whatsoever ; and to ...
... trade with their ships and merchandise , with perfect security and liberty , from the countries , ports , and places of those who are enemies of both , or of either party , without any oppo- sition or disturbance whatsoever ; and to ...
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... trade , arising from this renewed industry , would go to the advantage of England ? Means are certainly not wanting to prevent this consequence . Would it not be entirely avoided by making it a condition of the commerce in question ...
... trade , arising from this renewed industry , would go to the advantage of England ? Means are certainly not wanting to prevent this consequence . Would it not be entirely avoided by making it a condition of the commerce in question ...
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... trade as soon as the aggressions on it shall cease ; and that in a hope that this might happen during the recess of Congress , the President is authorized , in such an event , to suspend , in whole or in part , the several embargo laws ...
... trade as soon as the aggressions on it shall cease ; and that in a hope that this might happen during the recess of Congress , the President is authorized , in such an event , to suspend , in whole or in part , the several embargo laws ...
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... trade will be thrown into the lap of Great Britain . It will be difficult , therefore , to conceive any motive in Great Britain to reject the offer which you will have made , other than the hope of induc- ing , on the part of France , a ...
... trade will be thrown into the lap of Great Britain . It will be difficult , therefore , to conceive any motive in Great Britain to reject the offer which you will have made , other than the hope of induc- ing , on the part of France , a ...
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admiralty aforesaid American government American vessels answer April Armstrong arrangement authority belligerent belonging Berlin decree blockade Britain Britannick majesty British government British orders captain cargo Champagny Chesapeake colonies commanders commerce communication Congress consequence considered consuls copy court declaration despatch disavowal ditto duties of customs embargo enclosed enemy England Erskine execution executive directory exportation favourable foreign France French decree further enacted Gibraltar honour imported instant instructions intended intercourse Jackson JAMES MADISON January letter letters of marque London lord Wellesley majesty's government majesty's treasury Malta measures ment Milan decrees neutral vessels November official orders in council overture Pinkney port or place powers present President principle proceeding proclamation produce proposal publick received regulations relations repeal Republick respect retaliation revocation Secretary ships Smith thereof tion trade transmit treaty United vice admiralty courts violation wares and merchandise wares or merchandise William Pinkney
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Page 229 - An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...
Page 2 - Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the times therein mentioned ; and also to an Act entitled, " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such •Copies during the times therein mentioned...
Page 130 - Issue, and give this Act and the special Matter in Evidence at any Trial to be had thereupon, and that the same was done in pursuance and by the Authority of this Act...
Page 103 - ... vessel after being so warned, or any vessel coming from any such port, after a reasonable time shall have been afforded for receiving information of this his majesty's order, which shall be found proceeding to another such port, shall be captured and brought in, and, together with he cargo, shall be condemned as lawful prize...
Page 371 - I cannot presume it to be unseasonable, to invite your attention to the advantages of superadding, to the means of educfltiori provided by the several states, a seminary of learning, instituted by the national legislature, within the limits of their exclusive jurisdiction; the expense of which might be defrayed, or reimbursed, out of the vacant grounds which have accrued to the nation within those limits.
Page 130 - Discontinuance of his, her or their Action or Suit after the Defendant or Defendants shall have appeared, or if upon Demurrer Judgment shall be given against the Plaintiff...
Page 204 - It is my good fortune, moreover, to have the path in which I am to tread, lighted by examples of illustrious services, successfully rendered in the most trying difficulties, by those who have marched before me. Of those of my immediate predecessor it might least become me here to speak. I may, however, be pardoned for not suppressing the sympathy with which my heart is full, in the rich reward he enjoys in the benedictions of a beloved country, gratefully bestowed for exalted talents, zealously devoted,...
Page 2 - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit...
Page 470 - Sir, that the Decrees of Berlin and Milan are revoked, and that after the first of November they will cease to have effect; it being understood that, in consequence of this declaration, the English shall revoke their Orders in Council, and renounce the new principles of blockade, which they have wished to establish ; or that the United States, conformably to the Act which you have just communicated, shall cause their rights to be respected by the English.
Page 91 - THAT it shall be lawful to stop and detain all vessels !a.den wholly or in part with corn, flour, or meal, bound to any port in France, or any port occupied by the armies of France...