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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... prepare a draft of letters of credence to the commis- sioners ; and that the said committee report the ways and means of providing for their subsistence . The members chosen were Mr. Morris , Mr. R. H. Lee , Mr. Wythe , and Mr. J. Adams ...
... prepare a draft of letters of credence to the commis- sioners ; and that the said committee report the ways and means of providing for their subsistence . The members chosen were Mr. Morris , Mr. R. H. Lee , Mr. Wythe , and Mr. J. Adams ...
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... prepare letters of cre- dence , & c . brought in a report , which was taken into consideration . The letters of credence being read and amended , were agreed to as follows : The delegates of the United States of New Hamp- shire ...
... prepare letters of cre- dence , & c . brought in a report , which was taken into consideration . The letters of credence being read and amended , were agreed to as follows : The delegates of the United States of New Hamp- shire ...
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... prepare and report a plan for obtaining foreign assis- tance . The members chosen - Mr . Gerry , Mr. Witherspoon , Mr. Richard Henry Lee , Mr. Clarke and Mr. S. Adams . DECEMBER 27 , 1776 . Resolved , That the committee of secret ...
... prepare and report a plan for obtaining foreign assis- tance . The members chosen - Mr . Gerry , Mr. Witherspoon , Mr. Richard Henry Lee , Mr. Clarke and Mr. S. Adams . DECEMBER 27 , 1776 . Resolved , That the committee of secret ...
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... prepare a plan for ob- taining foreign assistance brought in a report , which was read . Ordered , That the same be referred to a committee of the whole , and that Congress do immediately resolve itself into a committee of the whole to ...
... prepare a plan for ob- taining foreign assistance brought in a report , which was read . Ordered , That the same be referred to a committee of the whole , and that Congress do immediately resolve itself into a committee of the whole to ...
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... prepare a treaty of com- merce and alliance , as near as may be , similar to the first proposed to the court of France , not inconsistent therewith , nor disagreeable to his most christian ma- jesty , to be proposed to the court of ...
... prepare a treaty of com- merce and alliance , as near as may be , similar to the first proposed to the court of France , not inconsistent therewith , nor disagreeable to his most christian ma- jesty , to be proposed to the court of ...
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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 20 - It shall likewise be lawful for the citizens aforesaid to sail with the ships and merchandise before mentioned, and 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 before mentioned to neutral places, but also from one place belonging to an enemy to another place belonging to an enemy, whether they be under the jurisdiction...
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 268 - Adams, esqr., late a commissioner of the United States of America at the Court of Versailles, late Delegate in Congress from the State of Massachusetts, and chief justice of the said State...
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 138 - River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Seite 69 - ... no injury by the men of war or privateers of the other party, all the commanders of the ships of...
Seite 471 - 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 73 - United States to sail with their Ships with all manner of Liberty and Security; no distinction being made, who are the Proprietors of the Merchandizes laden thereon, from any Port to the places of those who now are or hereafter shall be at Enmity with the most Christian King or the United States.