The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States, Band 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1889 |
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... proper to authorize to assist in the deliberations and in the conclusion and signing of the treaty . His majesty trusts that Congress will perceive the inestimable value of time in a juncture so critical and so important , and that the ...
... proper to authorize to assist in the deliberations and in the conclusion and signing of the treaty . His majesty trusts that Congress will perceive the inestimable value of time in a juncture so critical and so important , and that the ...
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... proper that they should consent to it . I • I am ever , your affectionate uncle , MSS . secret journals ; printed journals of Congress . B. FRANKLIN . + MSS . Dep . of State ; 6 Bigelow's Franklin , 306 , where " cousin " at the ...
... proper that they should consent to it . I • I am ever , your affectionate uncle , MSS . secret journals ; printed journals of Congress . B. FRANKLIN . + MSS . Dep . of State ; 6 Bigelow's Franklin , 306 , where " cousin " at the ...
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... proper persons be appointed to settle and adjust Mr. Deane's public accounts and the public accounts of all other persons who have transacted the commercial affairs of these States in France . " 10. That each of the plenipotentiaries ...
... proper persons be appointed to settle and adjust Mr. Deane's public accounts and the public accounts of all other persons who have transacted the commercial affairs of these States in France . " 10. That each of the plenipotentiaries ...
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... proper that I should take my leave with regard to the secrecy which I endeavor to keep as to my speedy departure . I also flatter myself that , if they shall think proper to give me any commis- sion , they will rely upon my carrying ...
... proper that I should take my leave with regard to the secrecy which I endeavor to keep as to my speedy departure . I also flatter myself that , if they shall think proper to give me any commis- sion , they will rely upon my carrying ...
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... proper persons be appointed to settle and adjust Mr. Deane's public accounts , and the public accounts of all other per- sous who have transacted the commercial affairs of these States in France . " 10. That each of the ...
... proper persons be appointed to settle and adjust Mr. Deane's public accounts , and the public accounts of all other per- sous who have transacted the commercial affairs of these States in France . " 10. That each of the ...
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Seite 89 - Lawrence; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part and East Florida on the other shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic ocean...
Seite 160 - ... forever against all other powers, to wit: The United States to his most Christian Majesty, the present possessions of the crown of France in America, as well as those which it may acquire by the future treaty of peace : and his most Christian Majesty guarantees on his part to the United States, their liberty, sovereignty and independence, absolute and unlimited...
Seite 159 - ... free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved ; and that, as free and independent States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do.
Seite 300 - The two parties guarantee mutually from the present time and forever against all other powers, to wit: The United States to His Most Christian Majesty, the present possessions of the Crown of France in America, as well as those which it may acquire by the future treaty of peace...
Seite 489 - Madrid, that the United States extend to the westward no farther than settlements were permitted by the royal proclamation bearing date the day of , 1763. On the second, that the United States do not consider themselves as having any right to navigate the river Mississippi, no territory belonging to them being situated thereon.
Seite 159 - Neither of the two parties shall conclude either truce or peace with Great Britain without the formal consent of the other first obtained; and they mutually engage not to lay down their arms until the independence of the United States shall have been formally or tacitly assured by the treaty or treaties that shall terminate the war.
Seite 207 - A variety of others have been made since of different sizes; some to be set in the lids of snuff boxes, and some so small as to be worn in rings ; and the numbers sold are incredible. These, with the pictures, busts, and prints (of which copies upon copies are spread everywhere), have made your father's face as well known as that of the moon...
Seite 489 - On the fourth, that the lands lying on the east side of the Mississippi, whereon the settlements were prohibited by the aforesaid proclamation, are possessions of the crown of Great Britain, and proper objects against which the arms of Spain may be employed, for the purpose of making a permanent conquest for the Spanish crown.
Seite 209 - ... else will do when excessively plenty ; and that people are still as easy nearly in their circumstances, as when a pair of gloves might be had for half a crown. The war indeed may in some degree raise the prices of goods, and the high taxes which are necessary to support the war may make our frugality necessary; and, as I am always preaching that doctrine, I cannot in conscience or in decency encourage the contrary, by my example, in furnishing my children with foolish modes and luxuries.
Seite 3 - The policy as well as the benevolence of Great Britain have thus far checked the extremes of war, when they tended to distress a people still considered as their fellow subjects, and to desolate a country shortly to become again a source of mutual advantage.