History of the United States: From Their First Settlement as English Colonies, in 1607, to the Year 1808, Or the Thirty-third of Their Sovereignty and Independence, Volum 3M. Carey, 1817 |
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... ships United States , Macedonian and Hor- net ; Cruise of the Essex , and her capture at Valparaiso ; Capture of the Epervier , Reindeer , and Avon ; Bombard- ment of Stonington ; Occupation of Eastport , Castine , and Machias . CHAPTER ...
... ships United States , Macedonian and Hor- net ; Cruise of the Essex , and her capture at Valparaiso ; Capture of the Epervier , Reindeer , and Avon ; Bombard- ment of Stonington ; Occupation of Eastport , Castine , and Machias . CHAPTER ...
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... ships of the line ; and these were attended with a prodigious multi- tude of frigates and armed vessels . With this immense force , they entertained hopes of wresting from his Britannic Majesty , a great part of his West India islands ...
... ships of the line ; and these were attended with a prodigious multi- tude of frigates and armed vessels . With this immense force , they entertained hopes of wresting from his Britannic Majesty , a great part of his West India islands ...
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... ships from Great Britain , amounted to thirty - six sail of the line . It was the design of Count de Grasse , who commanded the French fleet at Martinique , amounting to thirty - four sail of the line , to proceed to Hispaniola , and ...
... ships from Great Britain , amounted to thirty - six sail of the line . It was the design of Count de Grasse , who commanded the French fleet at Martinique , amounting to thirty - four sail of the line , to proceed to Hispaniola , and ...
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... ship in France . She carried one hundred and ten guns , and had on board 1500 men . This was truly an unfortunate day ... ships of the defeated fleet fled in a variety of direc- tions . Twenty - three sail made the best of their way to ...
... ship in France . She carried one hundred and ten guns , and had on board 1500 men . This was truly an unfortunate day ... ships of the defeated fleet fled in a variety of direc- tions . Twenty - three sail made the best of their way to ...
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... ships of the besiegers , and from the various works of the garrison , ex- hibited a most dreadful scene . Four hundred pieces of the heaviest artillery were playing at the same moment . The whole peninsula seemed to be overwhelmed in ...
... ships of the besiegers , and from the various works of the garrison , ex- hibited a most dreadful scene . Four hundred pieces of the heaviest artillery were playing at the same moment . The whole peninsula seemed to be overwhelmed in ...
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History of the United States,: From Their First Settlement as ..., Volum 3 David Ramsay Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1818 |
History of the United States,: From Their First Settlement as ..., Volum 3 David Ramsay Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1818 |
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Side xlii - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Side lxxi - Whereas the traffic in slaves is irreconcilable with the principles of humanity and justice, and whereas both His Majesty and the United States are desirous of continuing their efforts to promote its entire abolition, it is hereby agreed that both the contracting parties shall use their best endeavours to accomplish so desirable an object.
Side lxxi - The United States of America engage to put an end, immediately after the ratification of the present Treaty, to hostilities with all the tribes or nations of Indians with whom they may be at war at the time of such ratification, and forthwith to restore to such tribes or nations respectively, all the possessions, rights and privileges which they may have enjoyed, or been entitled to in 1811, previous to such hostilities.
Side lxv - ... to act exactly in the manner directed with respect to those mentioned in the next preceding article, unless otherwise specified in the present article. The said commissioners shall meet at St. Andrews, in the province of New Brunswick, and shall have power to adjourn to such other place or places, as they shall think fit.
Side xxxviii - That the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, authorized, 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 xliv - An act to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...
Side xliii - We join you in commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, beseeching him to dispose the hearts and minds of its citizens, to improve the opportunity afforded them of becoming a happy and respectable nation. And for you, we address to him our earnest prayers, that a life so beloved, may be fostered with all his care; that your days may be happy as they have been illustrious; and that he will finally give you that reward which this world cannot give.
Side 162 - We behold, in fine, on the side of Great Britain a state of war against the United States, and on the side of the United States a state of peace toward Great Britain.
Side lxvi - Whereas neither that point of the highlands lying due north from the source of the river St. Croix, and designated in the former treaty of peace, between the two powers as the north-west angle of Nova Scotia, nor the north-westernmost head of Connecticut river, has yet been ascertained...
Side lxx - Commissioners mentioned in the four preceding articles shall respectively have power to appoint a secretary, and to employ such surveyors or other persons as they shall judge necessary. Duplicates of all their respective reports, declarations, statements, and decisions, and of their accounts, and of the journal of their proceedings, shall be delivered by them to the agents of His...