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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William Fitzwilliam Milton (Viscount). that this Archipelago possesses the greatest value , embracing , as it does , some of the finest harbours in the territory ; com- manding Bellingham Bay and Admiralty Inlet ; and , in fact , forming ...
William Fitzwilliam Milton (Viscount). that this Archipelago possesses the greatest value , embracing , as it does , some of the finest harbours in the territory ; com- manding Bellingham Bay and Admiralty Inlet ; and , in fact , forming ...
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... archipelago . Their combined area is about two and a half square miles . The sandstone , which is the principal geological formation , is too soft to be valuable as a building material , and in places where it is exposed to the action ...
... archipelago . Their combined area is about two and a half square miles . The sandstone , which is the principal geological formation , is too soft to be valuable as a building material , and in places where it is exposed to the action ...
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... Archipelago . At its northern end it is about four miles wide , and runs off towards the south - east and south - west , making its greatest width from east to west about thirteen miles , and its greatest length from north to south ...
... Archipelago . At its northern end it is about four miles wide , and runs off towards the south - east and south - west , making its greatest width from east to west about thirteen miles , and its greatest length from north to south ...
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... of prey . Wolves are numerous , and of the largest species known to exist on our continent ; why they should be found here and not on Orcas and other islands of the Archipelago , is somewhat remarkable SAN JUAN WATER BOUNDARY . 27.
... of prey . Wolves are numerous , and of the largest species known to exist on our continent ; why they should be found here and not on Orcas and other islands of the Archipelago , is somewhat remarkable SAN JUAN WATER BOUNDARY . 27.
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... Archipelago , looked at from a naval or military point of view . In proof of this I cannot adduce stronger evidence than the report of the late United States General , Persifer A. Smith , who visited these islands while in command of ...
... Archipelago , looked at from a naval or military point of view . In proof of this I cannot adduce stronger evidence than the report of the late United States General , Persifer A. Smith , who visited these islands while in command of ...
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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...