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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... Vancouver's Island . The channel used by Vancouver , and laid down in his chart - being the straightest course from north to south , and , indeed , the channel best adapted for sailing vessels , if not for steamers is the Rosario Strait ...
... Vancouver's Island . The channel used by Vancouver , and laid down in his chart - being the straightest course from north to south , and , indeed , the channel best adapted for sailing vessels , if not for steamers is the Rosario Strait ...
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... Vancouver's or Rosario Strait , neither of which two lines could , as I conceive , exactly fulfil the conditions of the treaty which , according to their literal tenor , would require the line to be traced along the middle of the ...
... Vancouver's or Rosario Strait , neither of which two lines could , as I conceive , exactly fulfil the conditions of the treaty which , according to their literal tenor , would require the line to be traced along the middle of the ...
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... Vancouver's Island ; and upon this may be asked what the word ' channel ' was intended to mean ? " Generally speaking , the word channel , ' when em- ployed in treaties , means a deep and navigable channel . In the present case it is ...
... Vancouver's Island ; and upon this may be asked what the word ' channel ' was intended to mean ? " Generally speaking , the word channel , ' when em- ployed in treaties , means a deep and navigable channel . In the present case it is ...
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... Vancouver and marked with soundings as the channel which had been explored and used by the officers under his com- mand . You will find the line thus described traced in red in the copy from Vancouver's chart hereto annexed . It must ...
... Vancouver and marked with soundings as the channel which had been explored and used by the officers under his com- mand . You will find the line thus described traced in red in the copy from Vancouver's chart hereto annexed . It must ...
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... Vancouver's Island and the adjacent coasts , from the surveys of Vancouver , Kellet , Simpson , Galliano , Valdez , & c . , and from the above - mentioned map of General Fremont , and the boundary line was described by him in accordance ...
... Vancouver's Island and the adjacent coasts , from the surveys of Vancouver , Kellet , Simpson , Galliano , Valdez , & c . , and from the above - mentioned map of General Fremont , and the boundary line was described by him in accordance ...
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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...