Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings of Congress, from the First Meeting Thereof to the Dissolution of the Confederation: Foreign affairsThomas B. Wait., 1820 |
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... commissioners to transact the business of the United States at the court of France . SEPTEMBER 26 , 1776 . According to the order of the day , Congress pro- ceeded to the appointment of commissioners to the court of France . Resolved ...
... commissioners to transact the business of the United States at the court of France . SEPTEMBER 26 , 1776 . According to the order of the day , Congress pro- ceeded to the appointment of commissioners to the court of France . Resolved ...
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... commissioners , N. B. This blank was afterwards filled with the words Benjamin Franklin , one of the delegates in Congress from the state of Pennsylva- nia , and president of the convention of the said state , & c . , Silas Deane , now ...
... commissioners , N. B. This blank was afterwards filled with the words Benjamin Franklin , one of the delegates in Congress from the state of Pennsylva- nia , and president of the convention of the said state , & c . , Silas Deane , now ...
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... commissioners shall transact in the premises . Done in Congress , at Philadelphia , the thirtieth day of September , in the year of our Lord , one thou- sand seven hundred and seventy - six . - In testimo- ny whereof , the President ...
... commissioners shall transact in the premises . Done in Congress , at Philadelphia , the thirtieth day of September , in the year of our Lord , one thou- sand seven hundred and seventy - six . - In testimo- ny whereof , the President ...
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... commissioners for their present support ; and report to Congress when it is effected , in order that Congress may then consi- der what further remittances then to order for this purpose . Resolved , That the farther consideration of the ...
... commissioners for their present support ; and report to Congress when it is effected , in order that Congress may then consi- der what further remittances then to order for this purpose . Resolved , That the farther consideration of the ...
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... commissioners at the court of France , that Congress have received no ad- vices concerning the proceedings of Portugal , but what they have seen in the newspapers , the authenticity of which may be doubtful . That Congress desire exact ...
... commissioners at the court of France , that Congress have received no ad- vices concerning the proceedings of Portugal , but what they have seen in the newspapers , the authenticity of which may be doubtful . That Congress desire exact ...
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affirmative aforesaid allies amity and commerce appointed to prepare Armstrong Arthur Lee ARTICLE Atlee Britain Burke Carmichael catholick majesty christian king christian majesty Collins commission commissioners committee Connecticut court of France court of Versailles Delaware Divided Drayton Duane Ellery enemy esquire follow proceedings foreign affairs Francis Dana Franklin Gerry gress Griffin Hampshire Harnet Henry Laurens Holten Houston Huntington inhabitants instructions Jenifer Jersey John Adams letter Lewis Lovell M.Lene Marchant Maryland Massachusetts Bay Mathews McKean minister of France minister plenipotentiary Morris motion Muhlenberg nays being required negotiate a treaty obtain Ordered Paca party Peabody Penn Pennsylvania persons Plater port powers present President publick question to agree R. H. Lee Resolved Rhode Island Scudder Searle Sherman Shippen ships Silas Deane Smith South Carolina Spain Spencer subjects thereof tion treaty of amity treaty of commerce treaty of peace United Provinces vessels Virginia Whipple Witherspoon Wynkoop yeas and nays York
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Seite 20 - ... to trade with the same liberty and security from the places, ports and havens of those who are enemies of both, or either party, without any opposition or disturbance whatsoever, not only directly from the places of the enemy aforementioned to neutral places, but also from one place belonging to an enemy...
Seite 139 - 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 ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Seite 154 - ... 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 74 - This liberty of navigation and commerce shall extend to all kinds of merchandises, excepting those only which are distinguished by the name of contraband, and under this name of contraband, or prohibited goods, shall be comprehended — "1st.
Seite 5 - That a committee of five be appointed for the sole purpose of corresponding with our friends in Great Britain, Ireland, and other parts of the world, and that they lay their correspondence before Congress when directed.
Seite 139 - Equator, to the middle of the river Apalachicola or Catahouche; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint River; thence straight to the head of St. Mary's River; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's River to the Atlantic Ocean.
Seite 69 - The two contracting parties agree, that the term of two months being passed after the declaration of war, their respective subjects, from whatever part of the world they come, shall not plead the ignorance mentioned in this article.
Seite 234 - Majesty guarantees, on his part, to the United States, their liberty, sovereignty, and independence, absolute and unlimited, as well in matters of government as commerce, and also their possessions, and the additions or conquests that their confederation may obtain during the war, from any of the dominions now or heretofore possessed by Great Britain in North America...
Seite 16 - It shall be lawful for the ships of war and privateers belonging to the said parties respectively to carry whithersoever they please the ships and goods taken from their enemies...
Seite 14 - Sentence pronounced, have confiscated the same: saving always as well the Ship itself as any other Goods found therein, which by this Treaty are to be esteemed free: neither may they be detained on pretence of their being as it were infected by the prohibited Goods, much less shall they be confiscated as lawful Prize...