Boundaries of the United States and the Several States: With Miscellaneous Geographic Information Concerning Areas, Altitudes, and Geographic CentersU.S. Government Printing Office, 1976 - 191 էջ |
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... formation of the various States and the establishment of their boundaries are presented for their historical and geographical interest and for a reference to those who do not care to take time to go to original source material . Certain ...
... formation of the various States and the establishment of their boundaries are presented for their historical and geographical interest and for a reference to those who do not care to take time to go to original source material . Certain ...
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... formed by a line drawn due north from the source of St. Croix River to the highlands ; along the highlands which ... forming a part of the boundary therein described ; that question shall be referred to the final decision of commissions ...
... formed by a line drawn due north from the source of St. Croix River to the highlands ; along the highlands which ... forming a part of the boundary therein described ; that question shall be referred to the final decision of commissions ...
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... formed part of the Louisiana Purchase . That this claim was baseless is shown not only by what has been already detailed regarding the limits of the pur- chase but also by the direct testimony of the French plenipotentiary , M. Barbe ...
... formed part of the Louisiana Purchase . That this claim was baseless is shown not only by what has been already detailed regarding the limits of the pur- chase but also by the direct testimony of the French plenipotentiary , M. Barbe ...
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... formed no part of the Louisiana Purchase , and that the south- eastern boundary of that purchase consisted of the Iberville River and Lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain . ( See fig . 24. ) Immediately after the Louisiana Purchase was ac ...
... formed no part of the Louisiana Purchase , and that the south- eastern boundary of that purchase consisted of the Iberville River and Lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain . ( See fig . 24. ) Immediately after the Louisiana Purchase was ac ...
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... formed , consisting of a commissioner and a chief sur- veyor from each . They were instructed that any de- cision upon the interpretation of the treaty must be agreed to unanimously . Under the direction of the commissioners the initial ...
... formed , consisting of a commissioner and a chief sur- veyor from each . They were instructed that any de- cision upon the interpretation of the treaty must be agreed to unanimously . Under the direction of the commissioners the initial ...
Common terms and phrases
49th parallel aforesaid appointed approved Arkansas bank bound boundary line Britain ceded cession charter claimed Colorado commission commissioners Congress Connecticut Connecticut River County Dakota defined degree of north Delaware due north due west east eastern enabling act established extending feet Florida Geodetic Georgia Government grant Gulf of Mexico Hampshire included Indian Indiana Territory intersection Jersey jurisdiction Lake Michigan Land Office latitude Legislature line was run longitude Louisiana main channel Maryland Massachusetts meridian middle Mississippi River Missouri River Mountains mouth north boundary North Carolina north latitude northeast northern boundary northwest corner Ocean Ohio parallel of latitude Pennsylvania Red River resurvey Rhode Island river St shore southern southwest square miles Stat stone straight line surveyed and marked Tennessee Territory Texas thence due thence north thereof tion treaty U.S. Cong U.S. Supreme Court United Virginia Washington western boundary York
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Էջ 27 - 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 River, and running thence, by a line due north, to the river Arkansas; thence, following the course of the southern bank of the Arkansas, to its source, in latitude 42 north; and thence, by that parallel of latitude, to the South Sea.
Էջ 113 - The western state in the said territory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio and Wabash rivers ; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and post Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, and by the said territorial line to the lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Էջ 38 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation, and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, and protection of said canal...
Էջ 12 - 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.
Էջ 105 - That in all that Territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of Thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
Էջ 136 - States, in all respects whatever; and the said State shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at a point on the western boundary of the State of Missouri where the thirty-seventh parallel of latitude crosses the same ; thence west on said parallel to the eastern boundary of.
Էջ 28 - Rio Bravo del Norte, or Opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea; from thence up the middle of that river, following the deepest channel, where it has more than one, to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico...
Էջ 14 - ... a line drawn from the said point due north or south as the case may be, until the said line shall intersect the said parallel of north latitude...
Էջ 29 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and the 133d degree of west longitude, (meridian of Greenwich.) the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Էջ 28 - Gila, where it unites with the Colorado, to a point on the coast of the Pacific ocean distant one marine league due south of the southernmost point of the port of San Diego, according to the plan of said port made in the year 1782 by Don Juan Pantoja, second...