Sketches, Historical and Topographical, of the Floridas: More Particularly of East FloridaC.S. Van Winkle, 1821 - 226 էջ |
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... thousand acres , and was purchased many years since by John Forbes & Co. from the Aborigines , with the approba- tion of the Spanish government , permission having been first obtained from the government to treat for the same ; and ...
... thousand acres , and was purchased many years since by John Forbes & Co. from the Aborigines , with the approba- tion of the Spanish government , permission having been first obtained from the government to treat for the same ; and ...
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... ingenuity , be justly deem- ed one of the handsomest in the western hemisphere . It mounts sixty guns , of twenty - four pounds , of which sixteen are brass , and is calculated to contain one thousand TOWNS , RIVERS , LAKES , & c . 85.
... ingenuity , be justly deem- ed one of the handsomest in the western hemisphere . It mounts sixty guns , of twenty - four pounds , of which sixteen are brass , and is calculated to contain one thousand TOWNS , RIVERS , LAKES , & c . 85.
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... thousand men for action ; with which , and the courage such a fort should in- spire , it is capable of a noble defence , having , in old times , resisted some formidable attacks . It is not liable to be shat- tered by balls ; nor does ...
... thousand men for action ; with which , and the courage such a fort should in- spire , it is capable of a noble defence , having , in old times , resisted some formidable attacks . It is not liable to be shat- tered by balls ; nor does ...
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... thousand houses of all descriptions in the town , which is about three quarters of a mile in length , and one quarter in breadth . As it is built upon a point of land , it is , in some degree , peninsulated by the conflux of Matanza ...
... thousand houses of all descriptions in the town , which is about three quarters of a mile in length , and one quarter in breadth . As it is built upon a point of land , it is , in some degree , peninsulated by the conflux of Matanza ...
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... thousand dollars a trip . There are six , in all , from the Havana employed on that business . This is an object worth the attention of British subjects . " If , as is stated , there is on this coast a large quantity of building stone ...
... thousand dollars a trip . There are six , in all , from the Havana employed on that business . This is an object worth the attention of British subjects . " If , as is stated , there is on this coast a large quantity of building stone ...
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Sketches, Historical and Topographical, of the Floridas: More Particularly ... James Grant Forbes Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1821 |
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Sketches, Historical and Topographical, of the Floridas: More Particularly ... James Grant Forbes Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1821 |
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Էջ ii - WINILE, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit: " Sketches, Historical and Topographical, of the Floridas ; more particularly of East Florida. By James Grant Forbes." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the...
Էջ 206 - 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, bv that parallel of latitude, to the South Sea.
Էջ 207 - But, if the source of the Arkansas river shall be found to fall north or south of latitude 42, then the line shall run from the said source due south or north, as the case may be, till it meets the said parallel of latitude 42, and thence, along the said parallel, to the South Sea...
Էջ 183 - America; it is agreed, that, for the future, the confines between the dominions of his Britannic Majesty, and those of his most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Էջ 205 - ... the most excellent Lord Don Luis De Onis, Gonzales, Lopez y Vara, lord of the town of Rayaces, perpetual regidor of the corporation of the city of Salamanca, knight grand cross of the royal American order of Isabella the Catholic, decorated with the lys of La Vendee, knight pensioner of the royal and distinguished Spanish order of Charles the Third, member of the supreme assembly of the said royal order, of the council of his catholic majesty, his secretary, with exercise of decrees, and his...
Էջ 211 - ... all claims for damages or injuries which they, themselves, as well as their respective citizens and subjects may have suffered, until the time of signing this Treaty. The renunciation of the United States will extend to all the injuries mentioned in the Convention of the llth of August 1802.
Էջ 183 - France, provided that the navigation of the river Mississippi shall be equally free, as well to the subjects of Great Britain as to those of France, in its whole breadth and length, from its source to the sea, and expressly that part which is between the said island of New Orleans and the right bank of that river, as well as the passage both in and out of its mouth...
Էջ 208 - Majesty, and renounce forever all their rights, claims and pretensions to the territories lying west and south of the above-described line ; and, in like manner, His Catholic Majesty cedes to the said United States all his rights, claims and pretensions to any territories east and north of the said line; and for himself, his heirs, and successors, renounces all claim to the said territories forever.
Էջ 213 - Finally, to all the claims of subjects of his Catholic Majesty upon the government of the United States, in which the interposition of his Catholic Majesty's government has been solicited, before the date of this Treaty, and since the date of the Convention •of i tea, or which may have been made to the Department of Foreign Affairs of his Majesty, or to his Minister in the United States.
Էջ 214 - ... undertake to make satisfaction for the same, to an amount not exceeding three and one quarter millions of dollars.