Sketches, Historical and Topographical, of the Floridas: More Particularly of East FloridaC.S. Van Winkle, 1821 - 226 Seiten |
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... fatuation had led him . He took possession of it in the name of the king of Spain . The flattering reports of these European travellers excited a disposition in their sovereigns for transatlantic conquests . Thence 10 HISTORY .
... fatuation had led him . He took possession of it in the name of the king of Spain . The flattering reports of these European travellers excited a disposition in their sovereigns for transatlantic conquests . Thence 10 HISTORY .
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... as to obtain from the king the title of Marquis of Florida . But such were the barbari- ties committed under this royal chief , that not only his life fell a sacrifice to his temerity , but his countrymen HISTORY . 11.
... as to obtain from the king the title of Marquis of Florida . But such were the barbari- ties committed under this royal chief , that not only his life fell a sacrifice to his temerity , but his countrymen HISTORY . 11.
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... King Philip's invincible fleet , and his order prohibiting foreigners from entering , on pain of death , the Gulf of Mexico , laid siege to the fort , which he pillaged , and returned to Europe to save his own country , menaced by that ...
... King Philip's invincible fleet , and his order prohibiting foreigners from entering , on pain of death , the Gulf of Mexico , laid siege to the fort , which he pillaged , and returned to Europe to save his own country , menaced by that ...
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More Particularly of East Florida James Grant Forbes. ried the daughter of King Philip of France , a more auspicious period for the encouragement of similar voyages . M. De la Salle , in 1682 , took formal possession of West Florida ...
More Particularly of East Florida James Grant Forbes. ried the daughter of King Philip of France , a more auspicious period for the encouragement of similar voyages . M. De la Salle , in 1682 , took formal possession of West Florida ...
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... American cause , and the other to that of the King . Major Moultrie , who was an officer of merit in the Chero- kee war under General Montgomery , possessed great urbanity of manners , and strength of mind , and was HISTORY . 21.
... American cause , and the other to that of the King . Major Moultrie , who was an officer of merit in the Chero- kee war under General Montgomery , possessed great urbanity of manners , and strength of mind , and was HISTORY . 21.
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Seite 209 - But, if the source of the Arkansas river shall be found to fall north or south of latitude 42, then the line shall run from the said source due south or north, as the case may be, till it meets the said parallel of latitude 42, and thence, along the said parallel, to the South Sea...
Seite 208 - River; then following the course of the Rio Roxo westward, to the degree of longitude 100 west from London and 23 from Washington ; then crossing the said Red...
Seite 185 - America; it is agreed, that, for the future, the confines between the dominions of his Britannic Majesty, and those of his most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Seite 215 - ... to make satisfaction for the same, to an amount not exceeding three and one quarter millions of dollars.
Seite 185 - France, provided that the navigation of the river Mississippi shall be equally free, as well to the subjects of Great Britain as to those of France, in its whole breadth and length, from its source to the sea, and expressly that part which is between the said island of New Orleans and the right bank of that river, as well as the passage both in and out of its mouth...
Seite iv - District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " THE CHILD'S BOTANY," In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned...
Seite 215 - Finally, to all the claims of subjects of his Catholic Majesty upon the government of the United States, in which the interposition of his Catholic Majesty's government has been solicited, before the date of this Treaty, and since the date of the Convention •of i tea, or which may have been made to the Department of Foreign Affairs of his Majesty, or to his Minister in the United States.
Seite 221 - The present treaty shall be ratified in due form, by the contracting parties, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in six months from this time, or sooner if possible.
Seite 207 - Vendee, knight pensioner of the royal and distinguished Spanish order of Charles the Third, member of the supreme assembly of the said royal order, of the council of his catholic majesty, his secretary, with exercise of decrees, and his envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary near the United States of America.
Seite 206 - ... by a Treaty, which shall designate with precision the limits of their respective bordering territories in North America. With this intention the President of the United States has furnished with their full Powers John...