Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings of Congress, from the First Meeting Thereof to the Dissolution of the Confederation: Foreign affairs |
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It is highly probable that France means not to let the United States sink in the
present contest . But as the difficulty of obtaining true accounts of our condi . tion
may cause an opinion to be entertained that we are able to support the war on
our ...
It is highly probable that France means not to let the United States sink in the
present contest . But as the difficulty of obtaining true accounts of our condi . tion
may cause an opinion to be entertained that we are able to support the war on
our ...
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tion the means of strengthening those engagements , and of rendering them
useful to the safety and tranquillity of the two parties ; particularly in case Great
Britain , in resentment of that connexion and of the . good correspondence which
is the ...
tion the means of strengthening those engagements , and of rendering them
useful to the safety and tranquillity of the two parties ; particularly in case Great
Britain , in resentment of that connexion and of the . good correspondence which
is the ...
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In order to fix more precisely the sense and applisa ' tion of the preceding article ,
the contracting parties declare , that in case of a rupture between France and
England , the reciprocal guarantee declared in the said article shall have its full ...
In order to fix more precisely the sense and applisa ' tion of the preceding article ,
the contracting parties declare , that in case of a rupture between France and
England , the reciprocal guarantee declared in the said article shall have its full ...
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That the committee are of opinion , that the ques . tion , whether any , and what
force can or will be sent for the emancipation of Quebec , by his most christian
majesty , must depend upon circumstances and situa . tions , which cannot at ...
That the committee are of opinion , that the ques . tion , whether any , and what
force can or will be sent for the emancipation of Quebec , by his most christian
majesty , must depend upon circumstances and situa . tions , which cannot at ...
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Ordered , That it lie on the table for the considera . tion of the members ; and that
it be taken up on Thursday next . Resolved , That on Thursday next , Congress be
resolved into a committee of the whole , to take into consideration the foregoing ...
Ordered , That it lie on the table for the considera . tion of the members ; and that
it be taken up on Thursday next . Resolved , That on Thursday next , Congress be
resolved into a committee of the whole , to take into consideration the foregoing ...
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Էջ 139 - Lawrence; 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 226 - Mississippi; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said River 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 last mentioned, in the latitude of thirty-one degrees north...
Էջ 154 - ... forever against all other powers, to wit: The United States to his most Christian Majesty, the present possessions of the crown of France in America, as well as those which it may acquire by the future treaty of peace : and his most Christian Majesty guarantees on his part to the United States, their liberty, sovereignty and independence, absolute and unlimited...
Էջ 5 - That a committee of five be appointed for the sole purpose of corresponding with our friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world, and that they lay their correspondence before Congress when directed.
Էջ 139 - Equator, to the middle of the river Apalachicola or Catahouche; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint River; thence straight to the head of St. Mary's River; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's River to the Atlantic Ocean.
Էջ 138 - 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; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Էջ 60 - ... engage mutually not to grant any particular favor to other nations, in respect of commerce and navigation, which shall not immediately become common to the other party, who shall enjoy the same freely, if the concession was freely made, or on allowing the same compensation, if the concession was conditional.
Էջ 69 - ... no injury by the men of war or privateers of the other party, all the commanders of the ships of...
Էջ 471 - Neither of the two parties shall conclude either truce or peace with Great Britain without the formal consent of the other first obtained; and they mutually engage not to lay down their arms until the independence of the United States shall have been formally or tacitly assured by the treaty or treaties that shall terminate the war.
Էջ 73 - United States to sail with their Ships with all manner of Liberty and Security; no distinction being made, who are the Proprietors of the Merchandizes laden thereon, from any Port to the places of those who now are or hereafter shall be at Enmity with the most Christian King or the United States.