A History of the San Juan Water Boundary Question, as Affecting the Division of Territory Between Great Britain and the United StatesCassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1869 - 446 էջ |
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... facts as I can draw up from the materials I have been able to collect . Vancouver's Island takes its title from the dis- coverer of that name , who sailed through some of the seas by which it is surrounded , and drew up a chart of his ...
... facts as I can draw up from the materials I have been able to collect . Vancouver's Island takes its title from the dis- coverer of that name , who sailed through some of the seas by which it is surrounded , and drew up a chart of his ...
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... enchanting . " The absence of trees in these localities may be attributed to the fact that the soil is very shallow , overlying masses of rock , but sufficiently deep to sustain grass assisted by SAN JUAN WATER BOUNDARY . 15.
... enchanting . " The absence of trees in these localities may be attributed to the fact that the soil is very shallow , overlying masses of rock , but sufficiently deep to sustain grass assisted by SAN JUAN WATER BOUNDARY . 15.
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... fact , forming the key to the whole of the Puget Sound dis- trict . The interior passages and bays are capable of being entirely closed by fortifications , which is not the case with our other possessions on the Sound ; and the islands ...
... fact , forming the key to the whole of the Puget Sound dis- trict . The interior passages and bays are capable of being entirely closed by fortifications , which is not the case with our other possessions on the Sound ; and the islands ...
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... fact , that up to the time of the discovery of limestone on this island , it was not known to exist at any point on Puget Sound , within United States territory , ( ' ) and for building purposes it was necessary to procure all the lime ...
... fact , that up to the time of the discovery of limestone on this island , it was not known to exist at any point on Puget Sound , within United States territory , ( ' ) and for building purposes it was necessary to procure all the lime ...
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... fact , that in the year 1860 , six years subsequent to the passing of the Act , that legislature represented a population of 11,594 persons , men , women , and children ( many of them half - castes ) , spread over an area of 113,000 ...
... fact , that in the year 1860 , six years subsequent to the passing of the Act , that legislature represented a population of 11,594 persons , men , women , and children ( many of them half - castes ) , spread over an area of 113,000 ...
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adopted American State Papers boundary channel boundary line Britain British Commissioner British Government Buchanan Canal de Haro Captain Pickett Captain Prevost Cass channel which separates chart claim coast command commission communication continent and Vancouver's continent from Vancouver's copy Crampton despatch dispute evidence forty-ninth parallel Fuca Straits Governor Douglas Gulf of Georgia harbour Harney Haro Archipelago honour Hudson's Bay Company instructions intention island of San land letter line of boundary Lord Aberdeen Lord John Russell Lord Lyons lordship Majesty's Government McLane ment middle military navigable channel negotiators north latitude North-west Boundary obedient servant officer opinion Pacific Ocean Pakenham parallel of north parties possession President proposed proposition reference regard reply respect respectfully Rosario Strait San Juan Island Secretary Senate separates the continent settlement Simiahmoo steamer Straits of Fuca survey tion treaty of 1846 United States Government Vancouver Vancouver's Island views Washington Territory water boundary words
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Էջ 370 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island; and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean...
Էջ 2 - In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Էջ 35 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers...
Էջ 3 - It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness ; nor can any one believe that our Southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition in any form with indifference.
Էջ 67 - In testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of The United States to be hereunto affixed.
Էջ 63 - From the point on the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, where the boundary laid down in existing treaties and conventions between...
Էջ 60 - Hartley, esq. on whom we have therefore conferred the rank of our minister plenipotentiary, have nominated, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do nominate, constitute and appoint him our true, certain; and undoubted commissioner, procurator, and plenipotentiary ; giving and granting to him all and all manner of faculty, power and authority, together with...
Էջ 247 - I think that the protection of territory is to be reckoned from these islands ; and that they are the natural appendages of the coast on which they border, and from which, indeed, they are formed.
Էջ 436 - Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable George William Frederick, , Earl of Clarendon, Baron Hyde of Hindon, a Peer of the United Kingdom, a Member of Her Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Her Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs...
Էջ 302 - From the point on the 49th parallel of north latitude, where the boundary laid down in existing Treaties and Conventions between Great Britain and the United States terminates, the line of boundary between the territories of Her Britannic Majesty and those of the United States shall be continued westward along the said...