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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the Straits of Fuca , and its water communication with the Gulf of Georgia . - This
particular subject was , therefore , kept in mind while I was pursuing my general
examination of the north - west coast . It directed the particular course of my ...
the Straits of Fuca , and its water communication with the Gulf of Georgia . - This
particular subject was , therefore , kept in mind while I was pursuing my general
examination of the north - west coast . It directed the particular course of my ...
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Neither does Great Britain need San Juan Island , nor any other island in the
group , for the purpose of defending by fortifications her communications with the
Gulf of Georgia . ( 1 ) “ Such a system would demand numerous works to
overlook ...
Neither does Great Britain need San Juan Island , nor any other island in the
group , for the purpose of defending by fortifications her communications with the
Gulf of Georgia . ( 1 ) “ Such a system would demand numerous works to
overlook ...
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The presence , under the shelter of such fortifications , of fast armed steamers ,
would exercise an important influence upon the communications between the
Straits of Fuca , and the Gulf of Georgia , Frazer River , & c . , would at all times ...
The presence , under the shelter of such fortifications , of fast armed steamers ,
would exercise an important influence upon the communications between the
Straits of Fuca , and the Gulf of Georgia , Frazer River , & c . , would at all times ...
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A survey of the so - called Gulf of Georgia was , however , set on foot by the
British Government , but the same does not appear to have proceeded with very
great rapidity . At length , after some correspondence on the subject between the
two ...
A survey of the so - called Gulf of Georgia was , however , set on foot by the
British Government , but the same does not appear to have proceeded with very
great rapidity . At length , after some correspondence on the subject between the
two ...
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But between the Gulf of Georgia and the Straits of Fuca , the line is less distinctly
and accurately defined by the verbal description of the treaty by which it is
established , and local circumstances render it probable that if this part of the line
were ...
But between the Gulf of Georgia and the Straits of Fuca , the line is less distinctly
and accurately defined by the verbal description of the treaty by which it is
established , and local circumstances render it probable that if this part of the line
were ...
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according adopted American State Papers appears Archipelago authority boundary line Britain British Government Buchanan called Canal de Haro Captain Captain Prevost carried Cass channel chart citizens claim coast command commission Commissioner communication Company consideration considered continent copy correspondence course dated Department described despatch determined direction doubt evidence exist force forty-ninth parallel further give Governor Gulf of Georgia honour importance instructions intention island of San land language latitude letter Lord Lord John Russell Majesty's Government McLane meaning ment middle military navigable negotiators object Ocean officer opinion Oregon Pacific parties position possession present President proposed proposition question reason received reference regard reply respect respectfully Rosario Strait San Juan San Juan Island Secretary Senate southerly Straits of Fuca survey taken territory tion treaty troops United Vancouver Vancouver's Island views Washington whole
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Էջ 374 - 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 6 - 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 39 - 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 7 - 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 71 - In testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made patent, and the seal of The United States to be hereunto affixed.
Էջ 67 - From the point on the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, where the boundary laid down in existing treaties and conventions between...
Էջ 64 - 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 251 - 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 440 - 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 306 - 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...
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| Վերնագիր | A History of the San Juan Water Boundary Question, as Affecting the Division of Territory Between Great Britain and the United States History of the Pacific Northwest, PNW Nineteenth century American literature on microcards |
| Authors | William FITZWILLIAM (Viscount Milton.), William Fitzwilliam Milton (Viscount) |
| Հրատարակիչ | Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, 1869 |
| Original from | Միչիգանի համալսարան |
| Digitized | 16 Մարտ 2006 |
| Length | 446 էջ |
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