American Historical Documents: 1000-1904Charles William Eliot P. F. Collier & Son, 1910 - 491 pages Including: Voyages to Vinland; Letter of Columbus announcing his discovery; Amerigo Vespucci's account; John Cabot's discovery of North America; First Charter of Virginia; Mayflower Compact; Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence; 1783 treaty with Great Britain; 1083 treaty with France (Lousiana Purchase); 1850 Fugitive Slave act; 1865 Gen. Lee's surrender at Appomattox; 1867 treaty with Russia (Alaska Purchase); 1904 convention btw. the US and Panama; and others. |
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Page 217
... cede to it some of their natural rights , in order to vest it with requisite powers . It is well worthy of consideration , therefore , whether it would conduce more to the interest of the people of America , that they should , to all ...
... cede to it some of their natural rights , in order to vest it with requisite powers . It is well worthy of consideration , therefore , whether it would conduce more to the interest of the people of America , that they should , to all ...
Page 247
... ceded to the King of Great Britain , at a treaty held about thirty years ago , with Sir William Johnson ; ) then the line runs along the river Niagara to Lake Erie ; then along Lake Erie to the north - east corner of a triangular piece ...
... ceded to the King of Great Britain , at a treaty held about thirty years ago , with Sir William Johnson ; ) then the line runs along the river Niagara to Lake Erie ; then along Lake Erie to the north - east corner of a triangular piece ...
Page 248
... cede to the United States the right of making a wagon road from Fort Schlosser to Lake Erie , as far south as Buffaloe Creek ; and the people of the United States shall have the free and undisturbed use of this road , for the purposes ...
... cede to the United States the right of making a wagon road from Fort Schlosser to Lake Erie , as far south as Buffaloe Creek ; and the people of the United States shall have the free and undisturbed use of this road , for the purposes ...
Page 267
... ceding all Louisiana to France . The United States , realizing the danger of having such a power as France holding the natural outlet for a large proportion of the produce of the country , appropriated $ 2,000,000 to purchase New ...
... ceding all Louisiana to France . The United States , realizing the danger of having such a power as France holding the natural outlet for a large proportion of the produce of the country , appropriated $ 2,000,000 to purchase New ...
Page 268
... cede to the French Republic , six months after the full and entire execution of the conditions and stipulations herein relative to His Royal Highness the Duke of Parma , the colony or province of Louisiana , with the same extent that it ...
... cede to the French Republic , six months after the full and entire execution of the conditions and stipulations herein relative to His Royal Highness the Duke of Parma , the colony or province of Louisiana , with the same extent that it ...
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aforesaid agreed America appointed arms army ARTICLE articles of confederation Atlantic Ocean authority batteries battle Bay of Fundy Britain Britannic Majesty cause ceded citizens claims colonies command Commissioners Congress assembled consent Constitution Council crest declared Division duty elected Emmetsburg enemy established execution exercise fight force Fort Schlosser Freydis Generall Court George Somers granted Greenland guns hath hereby House hundred Indians inhabitants islands judge justice Lake land latitude legislature Leif liberty Lord Protector manner ment Mexican necessary Nova Scotia oath offence officers Parliament party peace persons Plantations ports present treaty President punishment Ralegh Gilbert ratifications Rebel Republic of Panama respective river rule seals Second Corps Senate ship sovereignty Spain spirit supreme Taneytown territory thence therein thereof things Third Corps thousand tion town troops Union United unto vessels vote wounded writs of summons