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Side 4
... wind blew very hard . 20th . - Weighed , gained about 10 leagues ; came to anchor near Green Island . 21st . - Blew ... wind , passed the Isle of Coudre , come to anchor towards evening near Cape Torment . June 26th . - Weighed and came ...
... wind blew very hard . 20th . - Weighed , gained about 10 leagues ; came to anchor near Green Island . 21st . - Blew ... wind , passed the Isle of Coudre , come to anchor towards evening near Cape Torment . June 26th . - Weighed and came ...
Side 10
... of rain with a high wind directly in our faces , which retarded the part of the army from this place for about a quarter of an hour ; when cleared up , it appeared the Grennadiers marched before the rain and took possession of a 10.
... of rain with a high wind directly in our faces , which retarded the part of the army from this place for about a quarter of an hour ; when cleared up , it appeared the Grennadiers marched before the rain and took possession of a 10.
Side 8
... Wind N.E. , very snowy and dark . As Capt . Malcolm Fraser , of the Emigrants , who that night commanded the main - guard , was going his rounds , and had passed the guard at Port Louis , between 4 and 5 o'clock in the morning , he ...
... Wind N.E. , very snowy and dark . As Capt . Malcolm Fraser , of the Emigrants , who that night commanded the main - guard , was going his rounds , and had passed the guard at Port Louis , between 4 and 5 o'clock in the morning , he ...
Side 24
... wind was N.E. There were a great many grenades and other shells with various combustibles on board her . The vessel , which was the property of Mr. Simon Fraser , they found at Orleans and made this use of her , perhaps in revenge for ...
... wind was N.E. There were a great many grenades and other shells with various combustibles on board her . The vessel , which was the property of Mr. Simon Fraser , they found at Orleans and made this use of her , perhaps in revenge for ...
Side 5
... wind at S. W. until elven , when it shifted to E. which retarded the pro- gress of the Frigate , she being obliged to beat out - we kept on a wind , under easy sail , until she got within two miles of us , when she shortened sail , and ...
... wind at S. W. until elven , when it shifted to E. which retarded the pro- gress of the Frigate , she being obliged to beat out - we kept on a wind , under easy sail , until she got within two miles of us , when she shortened sail , and ...
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Side 43 - An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes," that "in case either France or Great Britain shall so revoke or modify her edicts as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States...
Side 96 - Massachusetts, in fomenting disaffection to the constituted authorities of the nation, and in intrigues with the disaffected, for the purpose of bringing about resistance to the laws, and, eventually, in concert with a British force, of destroying the union and forming the eastern part thereof into a political connection with Great Britain.
Side 109 - An act to provide for mitigating or remitting the forfeitures, penalties, and disabilities, accruing in certain cases therein mentioned...
Side 127 - That war be and the same is hereby declared to exist between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the dependencies thereof, and the United States of America and their Territories...
Side 20 - ... wrong which the more it was investigated appeared the more clearly to require what had not been provided for in the special mission. It is found that no steps have been taken for the purpose. On the contrary, it will be seen in the documents laid before you that the inadmissible preliminary which obstructed the adjustment is still adhered to, and, moreover, that it is now brought into connection with the distinct and irrelative case of the orders in council.
Side 24 - And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue and be in force until the third day of March, one thousand eight hundred and one, and no longer: Provided, that the expiration of the act shall not prevent or defeat a prosecution and punishment of any offence against the law, during the time it shall be in force.
Side 24 - Congress, and no longer; and that the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbours of the United States...
Side 47 - President, under the acts supplementary to the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States.
Side 31 - The first body that gets on shore is to march directly to the enemy, and drive them from any little post they may occupy; the officers must be careful that the succeeding bodies do not, by any mistake, fire upon those who go on before them.