Civilized America, Volume 1An Englishman travels through the U.S. and finds it interesting but unsatisfactory in many ways. Charming discourses on the American national character, manners, customs, social institutions, as observed in New England and the Mid-Atlantic. |
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Page 399 - thorities, respectively made, deliver up to justice all persons who, being charged with the crime of murder, or assault with intent to commit murder, or piracy, or arson, or robbery, or forgery, or the utterance of forged papers, committed within the jurisdiction of either, shall seek an asylum, or shall be found within the territories of the
Page 405 - And that all disputes whicli might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared that the following are and shall be their boundaries, viz : from the north-west angle of Nova Scotia, viz : that angle which is formed by a line drawn due
Page xv - United States and those of Her Britannic Majesty shall be continued westward " along the said 49th parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle
Page 400 - present treaty shall be duly ratified, and the mutual exchange of ratifications shall take place in London within six months from the date hereof, or earlier if possible. In faith whereof we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty, and have hereunto affixed our seals. Done in duplicate at Washington, the ninth day of August, Anno Domini One thousand eight hundred and forty-two.
Page 405 - United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared that the following are and shall be their boundaries, viz : from the north-west angle of Nova Scotia, viz : that angle which is formed by a line drawn due
Page 398 - St. Clair with the lake of that name, shall be equally free and open to the ships, vessels, and boats of both parties. ARTICLE VIII.—The parties mutually stipulate, that each shall prepare, equip, and maintain in service on the coast of Africa, a sufficient and adequate squadron, or naval force of vessels, of suitable numbers and descriptions, to carry in all not
Page 396 - Mountains. It being understood that all the water communications, and all the usual portages along the line from Lake Superior to the Lake of the Woods, and also Grand Portage from the shore of Lake Superior to the Pigeon Eiver, as now actually used, shall be free and open to the use of the citizens and subjects of both countries.
Page 396 - 38" west, from the Observatory at Greenwich; thence, according to existing treaties, due south to its intersection with the 49th parallel of north latitude, and along that parallel to the Eocky Mountains. It being understood that all the water communications, and all the usual portages along the line from Lake Superior to the Lake of the
Page 396 - St. John or by its tributaries, of which fact reasonable evidence shall, if required, be produced, shall have free access into and through the said river and its said tributaries, having their source within the state of Maine, to and from the seaport at the mouth of the said
Page 406 - except such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia." The above extracts from Article II. of the treaty of 1783 contain the