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... British Minister last winter at Philadelphia . ' I believe , but am not quite sure , that the plan then talked of will be attempted this fall ; and if it is at- tempted , it will be in a much larger way than then talked of ; and if the ...
... British Minister last winter at Philadelphia . ' I believe , but am not quite sure , that the plan then talked of will be attempted this fall ; and if it is at- tempted , it will be in a much larger way than then talked of ; and if the ...
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... British , is so ca- pable of different constructions and conjectures , that your committee at present forbear giving any decided opinion respecting it ; except that to Mr. Blount's own mind , it appeared to be inconsistent with the ...
... British , is so ca- pable of different constructions and conjectures , that your committee at present forbear giving any decided opinion respecting it ; except that to Mr. Blount's own mind , it appeared to be inconsistent with the ...
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... British Treaty against Spain , in three respects , viz : as it destroys the doctrine of free ships making free goods ; as it makes certain articles contraband of war , which , in former trea- ties , were not considered so ; and as it ...
... British Treaty against Spain , in three respects , viz : as it destroys the doctrine of free ships making free goods ; as it makes certain articles contraband of war , which , in former trea- ties , were not considered so ; and as it ...
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... British Treaty , than by ex- tracting the arguments of our own Ministerial characters in support of these measures . With respect to the question of free ships making free goods , his impressions were very different from those of the ...
... British Treaty , than by ex- tracting the arguments of our own Ministerial characters in support of these measures . With respect to the question of free ships making free goods , his impressions were very different from those of the ...
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... British Treaty . The gentleman from Virginia had confined the complaints of the French Government to three articles of the British Treaty ; though , if the com- mittee referred to the letter of Mr. Delacroix , it would be found that ...
... British Treaty . The gentleman from Virginia had confined the complaints of the French Government to three articles of the British Treaty ; though , if the com- mittee referred to the letter of Mr. Delacroix , it would be found that ...
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Page 599 - AN ACT providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the Territory NORTHWEST of the Ohio, and above the mouth of the Kentucky river...
Page 607 - States respectively, or to the people," therefore also the same act of Congress passed on the 14th day of July, 1798, and entitled "An act in addition to the act entitled an act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States...
Page 631 - Hidalgo, and the said article and the thirty-third article of the treaty of Amity, commerce, and navigation...
Page 479 - An act to regulate trade, and intercourse with the Indian tribes and to preserve peace on the frontiers.
Page 621 - I have finally determined to accept the commission of Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States, with the reserve only, that I shall not be called into the field, until the army is in a situation to require my presence, or it becomes indispensable by the urgency of circumstances.
Page 55 - Such attempts ought to be repelled with a decision which shall convince France and the world that we are not a degraded people, humiliated under a colonial spirit of fear and sense of inferiority, fitted to be the miserable instruments of foreign influence, and regardless of national honor, character, and interest.
Page 49 - In testimony whereof I have caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed to these presents, and signed the same with my hand.
Page 563 - An act more effectually to protect the commerce and coasts of the United States.
Page 593 - ... present shall agree, at the expense of such absent members, respectively, unless such excuse for non-attendance shall be made as the Senate, when a quorum is convened, shall judge sufficient : and in that case the expense shall be paid out of the contingent fund. And this rule shall apply as well to the first convention of the Senate, at the legal time of meeting, as to each day of the session, after the hour is arrived to which the Senate stood adjourned.
Page 55 - The diplomatic intercourse between the United States and France being at present suspended, the Government has no means of obtaining official information from that country. Nevertheless, there is reason to believe that the Executive Directory passed a decree on the...