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... persons employed in ... Navy , relative to discovery , occupation , and character of Midway islands in the Pacific ocean . Letter of the Secretary of ... Navy , relative to the iron - clad Monitor . Report of the Secretary of . New York ...
... persons employed in ... Navy , relative to discovery , occupation , and character of Midway islands in the Pacific ocean . Letter of the Secretary of ... Navy , relative to the iron - clad Monitor . Report of the Secretary of . New York ...
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... persons in the diplomatic service from wearing uniforms or official costumes . Message of the ... President of the United States , transmitting correspondence relative to alleged practice of Danish authorities to banish convicts to this ...
... persons in the diplomatic service from wearing uniforms or official costumes . Message of the ... President of the United States , transmitting correspondence relative to alleged practice of Danish authorities to banish convicts to this ...
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... persons disfranchised , & c . Statement of registered 2 *** 3 54 21 53 W. War ad interim , communicating papers relative to the case of Fitz John Porter . Letter of the Secretary of 2 War ad interim , relative to reduction of military ...
... persons disfranchised , & c . Statement of registered 2 *** 3 54 21 53 W. War ad interim , communicating papers relative to the case of Fitz John Porter . Letter of the Secretary of 2 War ad interim , relative to reduction of military ...
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... persons in the diplomatic service from wearing uniforms or official costumes Transmitting correspondence relative to an alleged practice of the Danish authorities to banish convicts to this country Transmitting report of Secretary of ...
... persons in the diplomatic service from wearing uniforms or official costumes Transmitting correspondence relative to an alleged practice of the Danish authorities to banish convicts to this country Transmitting report of Secretary of ...
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... persons employed in the navy yards on the 1st day of January , 1868 , and the 1st day of July , 1863 .. Communicating information in relation to the discovery , occupation , and character of the Midway islands in the Pacific ocean ...
... persons employed in the navy yards on the 1st day of January , 1868 , and the 1st day of July , 1863 .. Communicating information in relation to the discovery , occupation , and character of the Midway islands in the Pacific ocean ...
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Page 101 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island; and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean: Provided, however, that the navigation of the whole of the said channel and straits, south of the fortyninth parallel of north latitude, remain free and open to both parties.
Page 30 - Mountains," a convention was concluded and signed on the 15th instant by the Secretary of State, on the part of the United States, and the envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Her Britannic Majesty, on the part of Great Britain.
Page 101 - Hartley, esq. on whom we have therefore conferred the rank of our minister plenipotentiary, have nominated, constituted and appointed, and by these presents do nominate, constitute and appoint him our true, certain, and undoubted commissioner, procurator, and plenipotentiary ; giving and granting to him all and all manner of faculty, power and authority, together with...
Page 38 - And any person claiming to have been the owner of any such abandoned or captured property may, at any time within two years after the suppression of the rebellion, prefer his claim to the proceeds thereof in the Court of Claims ; and on proof to the satisfaction of said court of his ownership of said property, of his right to the proceeds thereof, and that he has never given any aid or comfort to the present rebellion...
Page 97 - States, and do authorize and empower him to execute and fulfil the Duties of that Office according to Law; and to have and to hold the said Office, with all the Powers, Privileges, and Emoluments to the same of Right appertaining, during the Pleasure of the President of the United States for the Time being.
Page 226 - States shall be continued westward, along the 49th parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of said channel, and of Fuca's Straits, to the Pacific Ocean...
Page 106 - I From the point on the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, where the boundary laid down in existing treaties and conventions between the United States and Great Britain terminates, the line of boundary between the territories of the United States and those of Her Britannic Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the...
Page 28 - All acts done, and offenses or crimes committed, on any such island, rock, or key, by persons who may land thereon, or in the waters adjacent thereto, shall be deemed committed on the high seas, on board a merchant ship or vessel belonging to the United States, and shall be punished according to the laws of the United States...
Page 21 - ... 4. That he, or his lieutenant, should be the sole judge in all causes and disputes arising out of traffic between those countries and Spain, provided the high admiral of Castile...
Page 22 - In the name of the Most Holy Trinity, who inspired me with the idea, and afterwards made it perfectly clear to me, that I could navigate and go to the Indies from Spain, by traversing the ocean westwardly...