Memoirs of the Life and Writings of B.F. ...W. Colburn, 1818 - 450 pages |
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... writing , not caring to trust the post , and not well knowing who else to trust with my letters . But being now assured of a safe conveyance , I venture to write to you , especially as I think the subject such a one as you may receive a ...
... writing , not caring to trust the post , and not well knowing who else to trust with my letters . But being now assured of a safe conveyance , I venture to write to you , especially as I think the subject such a one as you may receive a ...
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... write , my respectful acknowledgments . Your " earnest caution and request that nothing may ever persuade America to throw themselves into the arms of France ; for that times may mend , and that an American must always be a stranger in ...
... write , my respectful acknowledgments . Your " earnest caution and request that nothing may ever persuade America to throw themselves into the arms of France ; for that times may mend , and that an American must always be a stranger in ...
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... write this letter to you notwithstanding , ( which I think I can convey in a less mysterious manner , and think it may come to your hands ) ; I write it because I would let you know our sense of your procedure , which appears as insi ...
... write this letter to you notwithstanding , ( which I think I can convey in a less mysterious manner , and think it may come to your hands ) ; I write it because I would let you know our sense of your procedure , which appears as insi ...
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... writing it so fair it seems as if you intended it . If I do , I shall acquaint you with the result . The bill of which you send me a copy , was an excellent one at the time , and might have had great and good effects , if instead of ...
... writing it so fair it seems as if you intended it . If I do , I shall acquaint you with the result . The bill of which you send me a copy , was an excellent one at the time , and might have had great and good effects , if instead of ...
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... writing to me the 4th instant . I have never known a peace made , even the most advan- tageous , that was not censured as inadequate , and the makers condemned as injudicious or corrupt . " BLESSED are the peace - makers , " is , I 52 ...
... writing to me the 4th instant . I have never known a peace made , even the most advan- tageous , that was not censured as inadequate , and the makers condemned as injudicious or corrupt . " BLESSED are the peace - makers , " is , I 52 ...
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Page 269 - 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 269 - 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 north-western point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi...
Page 270 - Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective States, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights, and 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.
Page 278 - 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 278 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 269 - Mississippi, until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude; south, by a line to be drawn due east from the determination of the line...
Page 278 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the Boundaries of the said united States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their Boundaries...
Page 279 - States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Page 272 - 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.
Page 271 - States a re-consideration and revision of all acts or laws regarding the premises, so as to render the said laws or acts perfectly consistent not only with justice and equity, but with that spirit of conciliation which on the return of the blessings of peace should universally prevail.