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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To modern engineering the Rocky Mountains present no invincible yobstacle ,
and the projected line , shorter by some hundreds of miles than the present
Pacific Railroad , would be the most direct route for the commerce between
London and ...
To modern engineering the Rocky Mountains present no invincible yobstacle ,
and the projected line , shorter by some hundreds of miles than the present
Pacific Railroad , would be the most direct route for the commerce between
London and ...
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But of what use such hopes as these , if the gate of the Pacific is to be closed to
Great Britain and the Dominion by United States forts ? Shut out from the Pacific ,
the territory of which I have spoken must perforce join its interests with those of ...
But of what use such hopes as these , if the gate of the Pacific is to be closed to
Great Britain and the Dominion by United States forts ? Shut out from the Pacific ,
the territory of which I have spoken must perforce join its interests with those of ...
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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 the military department of the Pacific . This report was addressed to
the ...
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 the military department of the Pacific . This report was addressed to
the ...
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the British possessions north of them on the Pacific coast . The line , after having
followed the forty - ninth parallel to the Sound dividing the island of Vancouver
from the continent , is to run south , taking the main channel to its intersection with
...
the British possessions north of them on the Pacific coast . The line , after having
followed the forty - ninth parallel to the Sound dividing the island of Vancouver
from the continent , is to run south , taking the main channel to its intersection with
...
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The lands lying between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean , and
between 42° and 54° 40 ' of north latitude , formed , during a long period , a kind
of debatable ground , tu which claims were advanced by both countries . . The
parties ...
The lands lying between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean , and
between 42° and 54° 40 ' of north latitude , formed , during a long period , a kind
of debatable ground , tu which claims were advanced by both countries . . The
parties ...
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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 | Հարվարդի համալսարան |
| Digitized | 7 Հոկտեմբեր 2008 |
| Length | 446 էջ |
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