...eighth article of the treaty of 1783, it was provided that the navigation of the Mississippi River, from its source to the ocean, shall, forever, remain...subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United Slates. In conformity with the ninth article of confederation, Congress issued a proclamation, prohibiting...

...Artiele 8th. The navigation of the river Mississippi, from its wrarce to the ocean, shall for ever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States. Artiele 10th. The solemn ratification of the present treaty, expedited in good and due form, shall...

...Florida. Although the treaty of 1786 provided expressly that the navigation of the Mississippi should forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States, yet, with the exclusive policy characteristic of the Spanish nation, the claim of the United States...

...Florida. Although the treaty of 1786 provided expressly that the navigation of the Mississippi should forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States, yet, with the exclusive policy characteristic of the Spanish nation, the claim of the United States...

...by the eighth article it was provided, that " the navigation of the river Mississippi shall for ever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States." The United States therefore resisted the claim of Spain, taking their stand upon these articles in...

...the eighth article it was provided, that « the navigation of the river Mississippi shall for ever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States." Tho United States therefore resisted the claim of Spain, taking their stand upon these articles in...

...was stipulated, that the navigation of the river, from its source to the ocean, should forever remain open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States. Great Britain has other means of access to her colonial possessions in America, and makes little if...

...proper States and persons to whom they belong. ARTICLE VIII. The navigation of the Mississippi river, from its source to the ocean, shall forever remain...Great Britain and the citizens of the United States. ARTICLE IX. In case it should so happen that any place or territory, belonging to Great Britain or...

...117-119. 3 Executed November 30, 1788. August 22, 1785. Secret Journals, III. 338. ocean, should for ever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States. 1 When the treaty came to be ratified and published, in 1784, the Spanish government was already acquainted...

...l78a),14 "that the navigation of the river Mississippi, from its source to the Ocean, should for ever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States." " The subsequent acquisition," writes Wheaton, " of Louisiana and Florida by the United States having...