 The navigation of the river Mississippi from its source to the ocean, shall forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States.  Parliamentary Papers - Page 23by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - British Columbia - 1886 - 848 pages
...provision of the existing convention for joint occupancy of the territory by subjects of Great Britain and citizens of the United States more available than heretofore to the latter." As at the former session, there were a number of petitions to congress from the citizens and legislatures... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1362 pages
...navigation of the River Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States ;" and violated the Treaty of Spain concluded October 27, 1795, which declares : " * * * And his Catholic... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 516 pages
...would enable our citizens to emigrate in comparative safety to the fertile regions below the Falls of the Columbia, and make the provision of the existing...subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United State more available than heretofore to the latter. These posts would constitute places of rest for... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 506 pages
...would enable our citizens to emigrate in comparative safety to the fertile regions below the Falls of the Columbia, and make the provision of the existing...subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United State more available than heretofore to the latter. These posts would constitute places of rest for... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - Northwest, Old - 1888 - 484 pages
...navigation of the river Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States." This provision seems strange, to say the least. Great Britain, according to the terms of the two treaties,... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - Constitutional history - 1889 - 800 pages
...navigation of the Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, should forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States.' When the treaty came to be ratified and published, in 1784, the Spanish government was already acquainted... | |
 | Nathaniel Pitt Langford - Frontier and pioneer life - 1890 - 286 pages
...navigation of the Mississippi from its source to its mouth should be and remain forever free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States. The privilege, sufficient for ordinary purposes in time of peace, was liable at any moment and on almost... | |
 | William Houston - Canada - 1891 - 372 pages
...navigation of the river Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall for ever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States. IX. In case it should so hapjien that any place or territory belonging toGreat Britain, or to the United... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - History - 1893 - 408 pages
...that the navigation of the river, from its source to the ocean, should forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States. But his Catholic Majesty denied absolutely that these treaties gave the United States any rights whatever... | |
 | William Kingsford - Canada - 1894 - 576 pages
...navigation of the river Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall for ever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain, and the citizens of the United States. IX. In case it should so happen that any place or territory belonging to Great Britain, or to the United... | |
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