Report of the Joint Select Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, of the State of Maine, in Relation to the North-eastern Boundary of the State, Issue 2 |
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... without a careful examination of principles and pre- cedents . If you shall think the measure as involving any excess in the exertion of State power , it would seem to be de- sirable not to allow it to pass without the expression 6.
... without a careful examination of principles and pre- cedents . If you shall think the measure as involving any excess in the exertion of State power , it would seem to be de- sirable not to allow it to pass without the expression 6.
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... principle that appears to be explicitly established by the very terms of the treaty of peace , and which might in- deed be fairly considered as an axiom in the present discussion , to wit - That it was clearly intended by the second ...
... principle that appears to be explicitly established by the very terms of the treaty of peace , and which might in- deed be fairly considered as an axiom in the present discussion , to wit - That it was clearly intended by the second ...
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... principle involving a cession of any part of the territory of the United States , as they have uniformly stated , they can only treat upon the principle of a mutual restoration of what- ever territory may have been taken by either party ...
... principle involving a cession of any part of the territory of the United States , as they have uniformly stated , they can only treat upon the principle of a mutual restoration of what- ever territory may have been taken by either party ...
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... principle of uti possidetis , or upon any other principle involving a cession of any part of the terri- tory of the United States . " Can it for a moment be supposed , that when the British commissioners so often requested the territory ...
... principle of uti possidetis , or upon any other principle involving a cession of any part of the terri- tory of the United States . " Can it for a moment be supposed , that when the British commissioners so often requested the territory ...
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... principle preserves the rights of the individual States . On this subject it may be important to consider the object and nature of the association of the States , which led to the adoption of the Constitution . " The general government ...
... principle preserves the rights of the individual States . On this subject it may be important to consider the object and nature of the association of the States , which led to the adoption of the Constitution . " The general government ...
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Acadie acts aforesaid agent American Commissioners angle of Nova argument Aroostook Atlantic Ocean authority bay of Chaleurs bay of Fundy boundary line Britain British Commissioners British Government Brunswick Canada Cape Breton Cape Sable ceded cession citizens claim coast commonly called communication Connecticut river copies dispute divide the rivers drawn due north eastern boundary ENOCH LINCOLN exercise fifth article Governor of Maine hereby highlands which divide Islands JOHN RUGGLES jurisdiction lake lands latitude Lawrence Legislature letter dated Ghent line drawn due Lord the King lying Madawaska Majesty maps Massachusetts Bay ment mouth Northeastern boundary northward northwest angle Nova Scotia Penobscot President Province of New-Brunswick province of Nova province of Quebec Resolved respect river Saint Croix river St rivers that empty Secretary settlement Sir William Alexander sovereignty survey territory thence thereof tion treaty of 1783 treaty of Ghent treaty of peace truly intended undersigned United western
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Page 9 - East, by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source; and from its source directly north to the aforesaid Highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 9 - ... from the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, viz : that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of St. Croix river to the highlands ; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut river ; thence, down along the middle of that river, to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Page 9 - ... all Islands within Twenty Leagues of any Part of the Shores of the United States, and lying between Lines to be drawn due East from the Points where the aforesaid Boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one Part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such Islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the Limits of the said Province of Nova Scotia.
Page 57 - Higansets, abutting upon .the main land between the two rivers, there called or known by the several names of Connecticut and Hudson's river; together also with the said river called Hudson's river, and all the lands from the west side of Connecticut river, to the east side of Delaware bay.
Page 8 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the Boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their Boundaries...
Page 17 - Whereas doubts have arisen what river was truly intended under the name of the river St. Croix, mentioned in the said treaty of peace, and forming a part of the boundary therein described...
Page 58 - ... for and during our will and pleasure, as by the said recited Letters Patent, relation being thereunto had may more fully and at large appear...
Page 5 - The Government of Quebec bounded on the Labrador Coast by the River St. John, and from thence by a Line drawn from the Head of that River through the Lake St.
Page 8 - His Britannic Majesty acknowledges the said United States, viz. New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States...
Page 59 - Britain, bounded on the south by a line from the bay of Chaleurs, along the high lands which divide the rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the sea...