First Statement on the Part of Great Britain, According to the Provisions of the Convention Concluded Between Great Britain and the United States, on the 29th September, 1827: For Regulating the Reference to Arbitration of the Disputed Points of Boundary Under the Fifth Article of the Treaty of Ghent |
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... tract of country situated on the Madawaska River , and the Lake Temis- quata , at a short distance from the River St. John . That district , laid down . according to the most accurate measurement founded on the documentary au- thority ...
... tract of country situated on the Madawaska River , and the Lake Temis- quata , at a short distance from the River St. John . That district , laid down . according to the most accurate measurement founded on the documentary au- thority ...
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... tract of Country in which that Fief lies , was always considered and treated by the Authorities of Canada as an integral portion of that Province . risdiction in Upon such assumption or assertion alone , however , whatever may be its ...
... tract of Country in which that Fief lies , was always considered and treated by the Authorities of Canada as an integral portion of that Province . risdiction in Upon such assumption or assertion alone , however , whatever may be its ...
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... tract of country . The United States , on the contrary , contend that the term " high- lands " does not imply visible elevations , but simply lands , whether high or low , which cause waters to flow in opposite directions . It is of ...
... tract of country . The United States , on the contrary , contend that the term " high- lands " does not imply visible elevations , but simply lands , whether high or low , which cause waters to flow in opposite directions . It is of ...
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... tract of country , well known at the period of the formation of the Treaty of 1783 , and long before , by the distinctive appellation of " The Height of Land . " That Height of Land had been described in many public documents as ...
... tract of country , well known at the period of the formation of the Treaty of 1783 , and long before , by the distinctive appellation of " The Height of Land . " That Height of Land had been described in many public documents as ...
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... tract of Country through which the Boundary is claimed on the part of the United " States , except the Timiscouata Portage , which , it is contended on the part of " His Majesty , is proved also to be the case from the result of the ...
... tract of Country through which the Boundary is claimed on the part of the United " States , except the Timiscouata Portage , which , it is contended on the part of " His Majesty , is proved also to be the case from the result of the ...
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5th Article acres aforesaid angle of Nova Anne Murray annexed appear Appendix ascertained Atlantic Ocean Bay of Fundy Blondeau Boundary Line branch Britain Britannic Majesty British Brunswick chains Charter Chaudière City of Quebec claimed Commissioners Connecticut River course Croix distance east fall Fief foy et hommage Government grant Hall's Stream head of Connecticut Henry Caldwell hereby highlands Honourable hundred JAMES KEMPT James Murray John Kennebec land Lawrence lieues Line of Boundary livres Lord lot number Lower Canada Madawaska River Malcolm Fraser Mars Hill Massachusetts miles mountains mouth negotiations north latitude north-west angle north-westernmost head Notaries Nova Scotia observations Odell parallel of 45 party Penobscot portage proceeded Province of Lower Province of Quebec Report respective Restigouche Restook ridge River St Rivière du Loup Seigniory Sieur Surveyor territory thence thereof Tiarks tion tract Treaty of 1783 Treaty of Ghent United unto waters
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Page 7 - Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish ; and also, that the inhabitants of the United States shall have liberty to take fish of every kind on such part of the coast of Newfoundland as British fishermen shall use ; (but not to dry or cure the same on that island ;) and also on the coasts, bays, and creeks, of all other of his Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 1 - 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 292 - 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...
Page 6 - It is agreed that Creditors on either Side shall meet with no lawful Impediment to the Recovery of the full Value in Sterling Money of all bona fide Debts heretofore contracted.
Page 4 - Equator, to the middle of the river Apalachicola or Catahouche ; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint River ; thence straight to the head of St. Mary's River ; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's River to the Atlantic Ocean.
Page 3 - 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 8 - That there shall be no future confiscations made, nor any prosecutions commenced against any person or persons for, or by reason of the part which he or they may have taken in the present war; and that no person shall, on that account, suffer any future loss or damage, either in his person, liberty or\ property...
Page 6 - Properties which have been confiscated belonging to real British Subjects; and also of the Estates Rights and Properties of Persons resident in Districts in the Possession of his 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 Endeavours to obtain the Restitution of such of their Estates...
Page 4 - 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, 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 10 - Ghent, that all territory, places, and possessions whatsoever, taken by either party from the other during the war, or which may be taken after the signing of this treaty, excepting only the islands hereinafter mentioned, shall be restored without delay, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any of the artillery or other public property originally captured in the said forts or places, and which shall remain therein upon the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, or any slaves...