Sketches, Historical and Topographical, of the Floridas: More Particularly of East FloridaC.S. Van Winkle, 1821 - 226 էջ |
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... land , 15 feet above the river at low water , and within the purchase made by J. Forbes & Co. from the 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 ...
... land , 15 feet above the river at low water , and within the purchase made by J. Forbes & Co. from the 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 ...
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... land called " Forbes ' Purchase , " of which a Map is presented to our readers , is from a source entitled to the fullest cre- dit , and is added in consequence of the emigration which is daily taking place . " That tract of land known ...
... land called " Forbes ' Purchase , " of which a Map is presented to our readers , is from a source entitled to the fullest cre- dit , and is added in consequence of the emigration which is daily taking place . " That tract of land known ...
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... land ; and those who had occasion to examine it , when it was sur- veyed , report it as a body of land much superior to any thing south of New - York , situated so near the sea board . In a tract embracing upwards of a million of acres ...
... land ; and those who had occasion to examine it , when it was sur- veyed , report it as a body of land much superior to any thing south of New - York , situated so near the sea board . In a tract embracing upwards of a million of acres ...
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... lands and preparing them for sale . " Sales to a considerable extent have been made , and many families have already gone , and many more are preparing to go there from the southern states . " " ' The scite of the town of Colinton , is ...
... lands and preparing them for sale . " Sales to a considerable extent have been made , and many families have already gone , and many more are preparing to go there from the southern states . " " ' The scite of the town of Colinton , is ...
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... land discovered in these seas was by Columbus , in 1492 , when he made St. Salvador , or Cat Island , one of the Bahamas . Of this circumstance these islanders are not a little proud ; they have , accordingly , retained the name given ...
... land discovered in these seas was by Columbus , in 1492 , when he made St. Salvador , or Cat Island , one of the Bahamas . Of this circumstance these islanders are not a little proud ; they have , accordingly , retained the name given ...
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Sketches, Historical and Topographical, of the Floridas: More Particularly ... James Grant Forbes Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1821 |
Sketches, Historical and Topographical, of the Floridas: More Particularly ... James Grant Forbes Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1821 |
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...
Էջ iv - District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
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...