Sketches, Historical and Topographical, of the Floridas: More Particularly of East FloridaC.S. Van Winkle, 1821 - 226 էջ |
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... Indians . The town lots are 60 feet wide and 120 feet deep . The water lots are 75 feet wide , and from 160 to 300 feet deep . The swamp land under the bluff is from 70 to 90 feet wide , and is sufficiently firm for excellent ...
... Indians . The town lots are 60 feet wide and 120 feet deep . The water lots are 75 feet wide , and from 160 to 300 feet deep . The swamp land under the bluff is from 70 to 90 feet wide , and is sufficiently firm for excellent ...
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... Indians . He died on the coast , near the river Palmos , by shipwreck ; only ten men returned to Spain to relate the sad catastrophe . In 1539 , Ferdinand de Soto , governor of Cuba , explored the Floridas with from 8 to 900 men , in ...
... Indians . He died on the coast , near the river Palmos , by shipwreck ; only ten men returned to Spain to relate the sad catastrophe . In 1539 , Ferdinand de Soto , governor of Cuba , explored the Floridas with from 8 to 900 men , in ...
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... Indians , after traversing from Tampa Bay , through Apalache , Pensacola , and the Chickasaw country , to the Mis- sissippi . Prior to this event , ( in the year 1534 , ) the Protestants of France sought an asylum in the Floridas , to ...
... Indians , after traversing from Tampa Bay , through Apalache , Pensacola , and the Chickasaw country , to the Mis- sissippi . Prior to this event , ( in the year 1534 , ) the Protestants of France sought an asylum in the Floridas , to ...
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... Indians , made an unsuccessful attack on St. Augustine , leaving , after a campaign of three months , his shipping and stores to the besieged . The Carolinians , in 1704 , possessed themselves of Fort St. Marks , 240 miles from the ...
... Indians , made an unsuccessful attack on St. Augustine , leaving , after a campaign of three months , his shipping and stores to the besieged . The Carolinians , in 1704 , possessed themselves of Fort St. Marks , 240 miles from the ...
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... Indians , accompanied by 200 seamen , under Captain Warren , of the Squirrel , of 50 guns . Two reasons are assigned for the failure of this expedition : one , that the Spaniards were too strong , having 1,000 men ; and the other , that ...
... Indians , accompanied by 200 seamen , under Captain Warren , of the Squirrel , of 50 guns . Two reasons are assigned for the failure of this expedition : one , that the Spaniards were too strong , having 1,000 men ; and the other , that ...
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Sketches, Historical and Topographical, of the Floridas: More Particularly ... James Grant Forbes Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1821 |
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Էջ 209 - But, if the source of the Arkansas river shall be found to fall north or south of latitude 42, then the line shall run from the said source due south or north, as the case may be, till it meets the said parallel of latitude 42, and thence, along the said parallel, to the South Sea...
Էջ 208 - River; then following the course of the Rio Roxo westward, to the degree of longitude 100 west from London and 23 from Washington ; then crossing the said Red...
Էջ 185 - America; it is agreed, that, for the future, the confines between the dominions of his Britannic Majesty, and those of his most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Էջ 215 - ... to make satisfaction for the same, to an amount not exceeding three and one quarter millions of dollars.
Էջ 185 - France, provided that the navigation of the river Mississippi shall be equally free, as well to the subjects of Great Britain as to those of France, in its whole breadth and length, from its source to the sea, and expressly that part which is between the said island of New Orleans and the right bank of that river, as well as the passage both in and out of its mouth...
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Էջ 215 - Finally, to all the claims of subjects of his Catholic Majesty upon the government of the United States, in which the interposition of his Catholic Majesty's government has been solicited, before the date of this Treaty, and since the date of the Convention •of i tea, or which may have been made to the Department of Foreign Affairs of his Majesty, or to his Minister in the United States.
Էջ 221 - The present treaty shall be ratified in due form, by the contracting parties, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in six months from this time, or sooner if possible.
Էջ 207 - Vendee, knight pensioner of the royal and distinguished Spanish order of Charles the Third, member of the supreme assembly of the said royal order, of the council of his catholic majesty, his secretary, with exercise of decrees, and his envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary near the United States of America.
Էջ 206 - ... by a Treaty, which shall designate with precision the limits of their respective bordering territories in North America. With this intention the President of the United States has furnished with their full Powers John...