 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.  The Congressional Globe - Page 3197by United States. Congress - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Daniel Webster Wilder - History - 1875 - 692 pages
...Mississippi than sell a drop of its waters. A neighbor might as well ask me to sell my street door." 1782. free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States. The western and southern boundary line is declared to be the middle of the Mississippi river from as... | |
 | Thomas Jones - American loyalists - 1879 - 826 pages
...ARTICLE VIII. The 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. ARTICLE IX. In Case it should so happen that any Place or Territory belonging to Great Britain, or... | |
 | 1883 - 998 pages
...waters of the Mississippi. This gave a color to one of the articles inserted in the treaty, by which it was stipulated that "the navigation of the river Mississippi,...Great Britain and the citizens of the United States."* In making the provisional treaty the American Commissioners were at liberty, under the spirit of their... | |
 | 1883 - 994 pages
...waters of the Mississippi. This gave a color to one of the articles inserted in the treatv, by which it was stipulated that ' ' the navigation of the river...Great Britain and the citizens of the United States."* In making the provisional treaty the American Commissioners were at liberty, under the spirit of their... | |
 | Daniel Coit Gilman - Monroe doctrine - 1883 - 506 pages
...The treaty with Great Britain had stipulated that this river from its source 'to its mouth should be open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States. Spain objected. Some parties were ready to surrender this right, but among those who persistently refused... | |
 | Francis Wharton - Constitutional law - 1884 - 882 pages
...States was recognized, it was provided in article 8, that " the navigation of the river Mississippi shall forever remain free and open to the subjects...Great Britain, and the citizens of the United States." But the United States having purchased Louisiana, on April 30, 1803, from France, and Florida from... | |
 | william w williams - 1885 - 754 pages
...and gave him mortal offense. Again the treaty of 1783, by an article which was not secret, declared that '' the navigation of the river Mississippi, from...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,... | |
 | John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1886 - 536 pages
...forthwith restored, and delivered to the proper States and persons to whom they belong. ARTICLE VIII. The navigation of the river Mississippi, from its...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... | |
 | Howard Willis Preston - History - 1886 - 336 pages
...forthwith restored and deliver'd to the proper States and persons to whom they belong. ARTICLE VIII. THE navigation of the river Mississippi, from its...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 to... | |
 | Francis Wharton - Government publications - 1886 - 876 pages
...States was recognized, it was provided in article 8, that 'the navigation of the river Mississippi shall forever remain free and open to the subjects...Great Britain, and the citizens of the United States.' But the United States having purchased Louisiana, on April 30, 1803, from France, and Florida from... | |
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