The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution: Lafayette, Commissioners for Peace, Gerard, and LuzerneN. Hale and Gray & Bowen, 1830 - United States |
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... month back ; they contain all our public news , and some particulars worthy your at- tention . I am , my Dear Sir , & c . ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON . ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON TO M. DE LAFAYETTE . Dear Sir , Philadelphia , November 2d , 1782 ...
... month back ; they contain all our public news , and some particulars worthy your at- tention . I am , my Dear Sir , & c . ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON . ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON TO M. DE LAFAYETTE . Dear Sir , Philadelphia , November 2d , 1782 ...
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... month I shall have the pleasure to meet you at Trenton , and at that time will have the op- portunity of conversing with you on several subjects . No answer from you ever came to hand . I have the honor to be , & c . LAFAYETTE . TO JOHN ...
... month I shall have the pleasure to meet you at Trenton , and at that time will have the op- portunity of conversing with you on several subjects . No answer from you ever came to hand . I have the honor to be , & c . LAFAYETTE . TO JOHN ...
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... months . His nephew is an honest , firm , military man . From the Emperor's temper a war could be feared . But our system is so pacific , and it will be so difficult for England to involve us in a quarrel without acting a part which she ...
... months . His nephew is an honest , firm , military man . From the Emperor's temper a war could be feared . But our system is so pacific , and it will be so difficult for England to involve us in a quarrel without acting a part which she ...
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... month is the appointed time for the sessions of all Provincial Assemblies , an establishment , which will be productive of the best consequences . The liberty I have taken in expressing my opinion on an event not certain , but not ...
... month is the appointed time for the sessions of all Provincial Assemblies , an establishment , which will be productive of the best consequences . The liberty I have taken in expressing my opinion on an event not certain , but not ...
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... months ' fruitless discussion , the Definitive Treaty was signed in the exact words of the Provisional Articles , on the 3d of September , 1783 . As the Commissioners corresponded singly with the Secretary of Foreign Affairs , and the ...
... months ' fruitless discussion , the Definitive Treaty was signed in the exact words of the Provisional Articles , on the 3d of September , 1783 . As the Commissioners corresponded singly with the Secretary of Foreign Affairs , and the ...
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Page 87 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States...
Page 100 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 109 - Superior; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and Phelipeaux to the Long Lake; thence through the middle of said Long Lake and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods, to the said Lake of the Woods; thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi...
Page 93 - ... the northernmost part of the thirtyfirst degree of north latitude. South, by a line to be drawn due east from the determination of the line last mentioned, in the latitude of...
Page 101 - Woods; thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude.
Page 195 - His Britannic Majesty shall with all convenient speed, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any negroes, or other property of the American inhabitants, withdraw all his armies, garrisons, and fleets from the said United States, and from every port, place, and harbour within the same...
Page 176 - If war should arise between the two contracting parties, the merchants of either country, then residing in the other, shall be allowed to remain nine months, to collect their debts and settle their affairs, and may depart freely carrying off all their effects, without molestation or hindrance...
Page 109 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Page 111 - Majesty's arms, and who have not borne arms against the said United States. And that persons of any other description shall have free liberty to go to any part or parts of any of the thirteen United States, and therein to remain twelve months, unmolested in their endeavors to obtain the restitution of such of their estates, rights, and properties as may have been confiscated...
Page 89 - 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.