...consideration of certain stipulations in favour of the duke of Parma, ceded to the French republic " the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same...subsequently entered into between Spain and other states." By a treaty concluded at Paris, on the 30th of April, 1803, France ceded to the United States, the...

...abovemeulioned treaty in the hands of Spain, and that it had when Franee possessed it, and sueh as it ought to be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other states ; and whereas the government of Franee has eeded the same to the United States by a treaty duly ratified, and bearing...

...extent that it actually hat in the. hands of Spain, that it had when France possessed it, and sucA at it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other states." " This treaty was confirmed and enforced by that of Madrid, on the 2 1 st of March, 1801. From France...

...follows : " Spain retrocedes the province or colony of Louisiana, with the same extent that it actually has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it ought to be, after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other states." 1. In the...

...province of_ Louisiana, with the same extent which it had at the date of the above-mentioned treaty in the hands of Spain, and that it had •when France possessed it, and such as it ought to be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other stales ; ond whereas...

...it eught to be, after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other states." 1. In the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain — for it was not in the power of Spain to restore the province in its whole extent, inasmuch as a...

...™*«i.^« .K-_ ,.§_:_ liana it r. d il to France by Spain. "with tlte »me extent that it now •as in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed i»n it; and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into txtwren Spain and other...

...full and entire execution of the conditions and stipulation relative to his Royal Highness the Prince of Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with...that it had when France possessed it, and such as it ought to be, after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other states." The rights...

...question, should have been exempted from the cession. By stipulating first, that the province was ceded " with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain," direct reference was made to that portion of West Florida lying between the Mississippi, the Iberville,...

...dismembered by the cession afterwards made to Spain and Great Britain ; that she should cede it mitk the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain ; that is, entire, which it became by the treaty of 1783, whereby West Florida was ceded by Great Britain...