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Page 2 - States, and that the river Mississippi, and the navigable rivers and waters leading into the same, or into the Gulf of Mexico, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said State, as to other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll, therefor, imposed by the said State.
Page 3 - I am with great respect, Sir, your very humble and obedient servant, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
Page 79 - An act in addition to the acts prohibiting the slave trade, " as to the duties of the agents to be appointed on the coast of Africa, I think it proper to state the interpretation which has been given of the act and the measures adopted to carry it into effect, that Congress may, should it be deemed advisable, amend the same before further proceeding is had under it.
Page 11 - Commonwealth ; and that the Senators and Representatives of this State, in the Congress of the United States...
Page 5 - Government against the property of our citizens seized within the jurisdiction of France. I abstain at this time from recommending to the consideration of Congress definitive measures with respect to that nation, in the expectation that the result of unclosed discussions between our minister plenipotentiary at Paris and the French Government will speedily enable Congress to decide with greater advantage on the course due to the rights, the interests, and the honor of our country.
Page 2 - An Act to enable the people of the Territory of Orleans to form a Constitution and /State Government^ and for the admission of said State into the Union on an equal footing with 'the original States, and for other purposes...
Page 80 - ... carrying this act into effect in Africa, in time to meet the delivery of any persons who might be taken by the public vessels and landed there under it. On this view of the policy and sanctions of the law, it has been decided to send a public ship to the coast of Africa with two such agents, who will take with them tools and other implements, necessary for the purposes above mentioned. To each of these agents a small salary has been allowed — fifteen hundred dollars to the principal, and twelve...
Page 32 - This Society shall be called the American Society for colonizing the free people of colour of the United States.
Page 5 - Tegue at on before the sealing and delivery of these presents the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged hath granted bargained and sold...