The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States: With an Appendix, Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and All the Laws of a Public Nature; with a Copious Index, Volume 2Gales and Seaton, 1855 - United States |
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Page 1405
... Captain Henry , who got $ 50,000 for betraying his master's secrets , will stand as high in public estimation as Thomas Nelson , or old Benjamin Harrison , * who spent , each of them , at least $ 50,000 in their country's cause ...
... Captain Henry , who got $ 50,000 for betraying his master's secrets , will stand as high in public estimation as Thomas Nelson , or old Benjamin Harrison , * who spent , each of them , at least $ 50,000 in their country's cause ...
Page 1445
... captain of a vessel regularly licensed for the cod fishery has just reported to this office that , on the 19th day of June last , being in longitude 65 ° 20 ′′ , north latitude 42 ° 41 " , about forty - five miles dis- tant from Cape ...
... captain of a vessel regularly licensed for the cod fishery has just reported to this office that , on the 19th day of June last , being in longitude 65 ° 20 ′′ , north latitude 42 ° 41 " , about forty - five miles dis- tant from Cape ...
Page 1449
... captain of the British armed vessel Jaseur to certain American fishing vessels to withdraw from the fishing grounds to the dis- tance of sixty miles from the coast . He answered , that he had received all these papers from Mr. Baker ...
... captain of the British armed vessel Jaseur to certain American fishing vessels to withdraw from the fishing grounds to the dis- tance of sixty miles from the coast . He answered , that he had received all these papers from Mr. Baker ...
Page 1453
... captain of the Jaseur , will proba- bly be communicated to you before you will re- ceive this letter . You will see whether it is so precise , as to the limits within which they are determined to adhere to the exclusion of our fish- ing ...
... captain of the Jaseur , will proba- bly be communicated to you before you will re- ceive this letter . You will see whether it is so precise , as to the limits within which they are determined to adhere to the exclusion of our fish- ing ...
Page 1497
... Captain Cham- bers , and the next morning ordered for Halifax , where they all arrived on the 9th of June . That the unfortunate crews have been exposed to pe- culiar inconveniences and hardships ; and that those who desired to return ...
... Captain Cham- bers , and the next morning ordered for Halifax , where they all arrived on the 9th of June . That the unfortunate crews have been exposed to pe- culiar inconveniences and hardships ; and that those who desired to return ...
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Page 1575 - Labrador; but so soon as the same, or any portion thereof, shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such portion so settled, without previous agreement for such purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 1605 - American fishermen shall be admitted to enter such bays or harbours for the purpose of shelter and of repairing damages therein, of purchasing wood, and of obtaining water, and for no other purpose whatever. But they shall be under such restrictions as may be necessary to prevent their taking, drying or curing fish therein, or in any other manner whatever abusing the privileges hereby reserved to them.
Page 1575 - Parties, that the inhabitants of the said United States shall have forever, in common with the subjects of His Britannic Majesty, the liberty to take fish of every kind...
Page 1603 - And the United States hereby renounce forever any liberty heretofore enjoyed or claimed by the inhabitants thereof to take, dry, or cure fish on or within three marine miles of any of the coasts, bays, creeks, or harbors of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 1605 - ... citizens, and subjects of the two Powers: it being well understood, that this agreement is not to be construed to the prejudice of any claim, which either of the two high contracting parties may have 'to any part of the said country, nor shall it be taken to affect the claims of any other Power or State to any part of the said country ; the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, being to prevent disputes and differences amongst themselves.
Page 1575 - Belleisle and thence northwardly indefinitely along the coast, without prejudice, however, to any of the exclusive rights of the Hudson's Bay Company...
Page 1529 - Woods; thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river 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.
Page 1547 - Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled ; but so soon as the same or either of them shall be settled, it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement, without a previous agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Page 1661 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Page 1555 - ... she shall again attempt to enter, but she shall be permitted to go to any other port or place she shall think proper.