Memoirs of the Life and Writings of B.F. ...W. Colburn, 1818 - 450 էջ |
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... friendly as well as able ally in America , and avoid all occasion of future discord which will otherwise be continually arising on your American fron- tiers , you should throw in those countries , And 6 PART 111 . PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
... friendly as well as able ally in America , and avoid all occasion of future discord which will otherwise be continually arising on your American fron- tiers , you should throw in those countries , And 6 PART 111 . PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.
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... ally recoils with double weight of the war upon themselves , without any ulterior points of advantage in view , as dependent upon that alliance . I think the inter- est of all parties coincides with the proposition of prelimi- naries ...
... ally recoils with double weight of the war upon themselves , without any ulterior points of advantage in view , as dependent upon that alliance . I think the inter- est of all parties coincides with the proposition of prelimi- naries ...
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... allies should , from motives of ambition or resentment of former injuries , desire her to continue the war beyond what should be reasonable and consistent with her particular interests . As often as I took up your letter in order to ...
... allies should , from motives of ambition or resentment of former injuries , desire her to continue the war beyond what should be reasonable and consistent with her particular interests . As often as I took up your letter in order to ...
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... allies .・ As neither you nor I are at present authorised to treat of peace , it seems to little purpose to make or consider propo- sitions relating to it . I have had so many such put into my hands that I am tired of them . I will ...
... allies .・ As neither you nor I are at present authorised to treat of peace , it seems to little purpose to make or consider propo- sitions relating to it . I have had so many such put into my hands that I am tired of them . I will ...
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Benjamin Franklin. for refusing it , provided our allies approved of it . But this is merely a private opinion of mine , which perhaps may be changed by reasons that at present do not offer themselves . This , however , I am clear in ...
Benjamin Franklin. for refusing it , provided our allies approved of it . But this is merely a private opinion of mine , which perhaps may be changed by reasons that at present do not offer themselves . This , however , I am clear in ...
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Էջ 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...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.