Sketches, Historical and Topographical, of the Floridas: More Particularly of East FloridaC.S. Van Winkle, 1821 - 226 էջ |
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... trees from which these unfortunates were suspended , this inscription , " Not as Frenchmen , but as heretics . " For this act of heroism , he was remunerated by a grant of all Florida . But these outrages were soon after met in a re ...
... trees from which these unfortunates were suspended , this inscription , " Not as Frenchmen , but as heretics . " For this act of heroism , he was remunerated by a grant of all Florida . But these outrages were soon after met in a re ...
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... tree , the fragrance and medicinal virtues of which sti- mulated them to more persevering exertions . Monsieur d'Iberville , a distinguished French explorator , was sent to the Mississippi in 1702 , and died off the Havanna . In the ...
... tree , the fragrance and medicinal virtues of which sti- mulated them to more persevering exertions . Monsieur d'Iberville , a distinguished French explorator , was sent to the Mississippi in 1702 , and died off the Havanna . In the ...
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... tree . Such was the confidence in its virtues , confirmed by Doctor Nicholas Mo- navedas , who wrote upon the medicinal properties of plants in the West Indies , that each soldier carried a piece of sassa- fras in his pocket , which he ...
... tree . Such was the confidence in its virtues , confirmed by Doctor Nicholas Mo- navedas , who wrote upon the medicinal properties of plants in the West Indies , that each soldier carried a piece of sassa- fras in his pocket , which he ...
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... trees , do less mischief in this quarter to man or beast than in other parts of the continent . One of the few fatal occurrences cited , is that of Mr. Jesse Fish , Jun . who was found dead in the fields , with his horse , after a ...
... trees , do less mischief in this quarter to man or beast than in other parts of the continent . One of the few fatal occurrences cited , is that of Mr. Jesse Fish , Jun . who was found dead in the fields , with his horse , after a ...
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... trees ( Pride of India ) and a square , with a small fort of eight guns , fronting the water . Several of these houses are two stories high , with galleries , and form a hand- some appearance . In the rear , at a distance between the ...
... trees ( Pride of India ) and a square , with a small fort of eight guns , fronting the water . Several of these houses are two stories high , with galleries , and form a hand- some appearance . In the rear , at a distance between the ...
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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...