...extent and importance of the country in dispute, there has been imminent danger of collision between the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States, including their respective authorities, in that quarter. The prospect of a speedy arrangement has contributed...

...article stipulates that the navigation of the river Mississippi from its source to the ocean shall forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States. If by the principles of the Revolution the United States had not already acquired the rights which...

...•*• • •, ABT. VH. The navigation of the river Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain, and the citizens of the United States. (Signed.) D. HABTXEY. JOHK ADAMS. B. FBAXKLET. JOHN JAY. — United States Statutes at Large, vol....

...ARTICLE 8. — The navigation of the river Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall for ever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain, and the citizens of the United States. ARTICLE 9. — In case it; should so happen, that any place or territory belonging to Great Britain,...

...heretofore to fish. . . . Article 8th The Navigation of the River Mississippi . . . shall for ever remain free and open to the Subjects of Great Britain and the Citizens of the United States. The treaty was signed by David Hartley for Great Britain and by Adams, Franklin, and Jay for the United...

...article VIII which read : The navigation of the River Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, sball forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States. The Ordinance of 1787 for the government of the Northwest Territory provided that waterways shall be...

...treaty, read as follows: "The navigation of the River Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States." The same opportunity for monopoly that was prevalent during the English colonial program was inherent...

...treaty, read as follows : "The navigation of the River Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States." The same opportunity for monopoly that was prevalent during the English colonial program was inherent...

...article providing that the navigation of the Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, would be forever free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States. Four years later another landmark of action was taken to promote the free use of inland waterways....

...ought to be that of every honest man, to promote friendship, cordiality and reconciliation between the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States; and that I shall for my part always follow that rule. You, Sir, have been so obliging as to deliver...