The Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States of America: From the Signing of the Definitive Treaty of Peace, 10th September, 1783, to the Adoption of the Constitution, March 4, 1789. Being the Letters of the Presidents of Congress, the Secretary for Foreign Affairs--American Ministers at Foreign Courts, Foreign Ministers Near Congress--reports of Committees of Congress, and Reports of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs on Various Letters and Communications; Together with Letters from Individuals on Public Affairs, Volume 2F. P. Blair, 1833 - United States |
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... commission to conclude a treaty ; yet are willing to prepare a draft . Ar- ticles may be discussed on the principles of the treaties with Holland and Sweden . Another let- ter from the King . Letter from Paris satisfactory . Articles of ...
... commission to conclude a treaty ; yet are willing to prepare a draft . Ar- ticles may be discussed on the principles of the treaties with Holland and Sweden . Another let- ter from the King . Letter from Paris satisfactory . Articles of ...
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... Commission . Ex- isting instructions inadequate to conclude- can only confer . Difficulty apprehended about the signature , a majority of the Ministers being in Paris . A prom- ise of money sufficient to save the Financier's bills ...
... Commission . Ex- isting instructions inadequate to conclude- can only confer . Difficulty apprehended about the signature , a majority of the Ministers being in Paris . A prom- ise of money sufficient to save the Financier's bills ...
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... Commission , & c . to the Court of Great Britain . Is pleased with the appointment of a new minister to the Hague , Delicacy of his situation with regard to the Court of the Nether- lands . Necessity of a formal leave there , and with ...
... Commission , & c . to the Court of Great Britain . Is pleased with the appointment of a new minister to the Hague , Delicacy of his situation with regard to the Court of the Nether- lands . Necessity of a formal leave there , and with ...
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... commissions are properly arranged . Resolve that Captain Jones apply to the Court of Denmark for compensation for prizes restored to the British . Passy , August 31st , 1784 . 196 Resolve to announce to the Court of Versailles the ...
... commissions are properly arranged . Resolve that Captain Jones apply to the Court of Denmark for compensation for prizes restored to the British . Passy , August 31st , 1784 . 196 Resolve to announce to the Court of Versailles the ...
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... commission with respect to Prus- sia communicated to the Baron Thulemeier at the Hague . A similar letter addressed to the Portu- guese Ambassador . From M. Spinola to B. Franklin . Paris , Sept. 9th , 1784 . · The government of Genoa ...
... commission with respect to Prus- sia communicated to the Baron Thulemeier at the Hague . A similar letter addressed to the Portu- guese Ambassador . From M. Spinola to B. Franklin . Paris , Sept. 9th , 1784 . · The government of Genoa ...
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agreed Ambassador America American Ministers amity and commerce answer appointment ARTICLE Auteuil Baron de Thulemeier BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Britain Chargé d'Affaires charges commission COMMISSIONERS communicated Consul contraband contracting parties copy Count de Vergennes Court of Denmark DAVID HARTLEY desire Doctor Franklin Dohrman duties Emperor enclosed enemy England esteem Europe Excellency Faithful Majesty favored nations Foreign Affairs France French friendship full power gentlemen give gress guilders Hague Hartley Holland honor to write hope inform instructions jects JEFFERSON JOHN ADAMS JOHN JAY King of Prussia liberty loan Majesty the King merchandize million Ministers Plenipotentiary necessary negotiation NEWENHAM obliged occasion Paris Passy person ports present PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS prizes proposed proposition ratification received the letter respect Secretary September ship Staphorst subjects or citizens THOMAS JEFFERSON tion trade Translation transmit treaty of amity treaty of commerce Tuscany United Vergennes vessels wish
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Page 229 - ... scholars of every faculty, cultivators of the earth, merchants, artisans, manufacturers, and fishermen, unarmed and inhabiting unfortified towns, villages, or places, and in general all persons whose occupations are for the common subsistence and benefit of mankind, shall be allowed to continue their respective employments unmolested in their persons.
Page 231 - But if any officer shall break his parole by leaving the district so assigned him, or any other prisoner shall escape from the limits of his cantonment, after they shall have been designated to him, such individual, officer, or other prisoner, shall forfeit so much of the benefit of this article as provides for his liberty on parole or in cantonment.
Page 231 - ... cantonment of prisoners in possession of the other, which commissary shall see the prisoners as often as he pleases, shall be allowed to receive and distribute whatever comforts may be sent to them by their friends, and shall be free to make his reports in open letters to those who employ him...
Page 318 - Agents, and Commissaries, of their own appointment, who shall enjoy the same privileges and powers as those of the most favored nations.
Page 229 - If war should arise between the two contracting parties, the merchants of either country, then residing in the other, shall be allowed to remain nine months, to collect their debts and settle their affairs, and may depart freely carrying off all their effects, without molestation or hindrance...
Page 116 - ... nations are or shall be obliged to pay ; and they shall enjoy all the rights, liberties, privileges, immunities and exemptions in trade, navigation and commerce, whether in passing from one port in the said dominions, in Europe, to another, or in going to and from the same, from and to any part of the world, which the said nations do or shall enjoy.
Page 227 - AD 1828, between the same parties, and is still in force, it was agreed that "the vessels of war, public and private, of both parties shall carry freely, wheresoever they please, the vessels and effects taken from their enemies, without being obliged to pay any duties, charges, or fees to officers of admiralty, of the customs, or any others; nor shall such prizes be arrested, searched, or put under legal process when they come to and enter the ports of the other party, but may freely be carried out...
Page 225 - Power, to prevent all the difficulties and misunderstandings, that usually arise respecting merchandise of contraband, such as arms, ammunition, and military stores of every kind, no such articles, carried in the vessels, or by the subjects or citizens of either party to the enemies of the other, shall be deemed contraband so as to induce confiscation or condemnation and a loss of property to individuals.
Page 435 - If either party shall hereafter grant to any other nation any particular favor in navigation or commerce, it shall immediately become common to the other party, freely, where it is freely granted to such other nation, or on yielding the same compensation, when the grant is conditional.
Page 312 - And in the same case of one of the contracting parties being engaged in war with any other power, to prevent all the difficulties and misunderstandings that usually arise respecting...