Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States with the Annual Message of the President, Volume 6

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1865 - United States
 

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Page 645 - In witness whereof the master or purser of the said ship hath affirmed to three bills of lading, all of this tenor and date, the one of which three bills being accomplished, the other two to stand void, and so God send the good ship to her desired port in safety. Amen.
Page 645 - Ship called the whereof is Master for this present Voyage and now riding at Anchor in the and bound for to say being marked and numbered as in the Margin, and are to be delivered in the like good order and well conditioned at the aforesaid Port...
Page 70 - that if any person or persons shall commit, upon the high seas, or in any river, haven, basin, or bay, out of the jurisdiction of any particular state...
Page 669 - SIR: I have received the letter which you did me the honor to address to me on the 24th of this month.
Page 491 - I cannot but regret that the phraseology of the note which I had the honor to address to you on the...
Page 73 - Whereas, notwithstanding all efforts which may be made on the coast of Africa for suppressing the slave trade, the facilities for carrying on that traffic and avoiding the vigilance of cruisers, by the fraudulent use of flags and other means, are so great, and the temptations for pursuing it, while a market can be found for Slaves, so strong, as that the desired result may be long delayed unless all markets be shut against the purchase of African negroes, the Parties to this treaty agree that they...
Page 70 - ... if any seaman shall lay violent hands upon his commander, thereby to hinder and prevent his fighting in defence of his ship, or goods committed to his trust, or shall make a revolt in the ship ; every such offender shall be deemed, taken and adjudged to be, a pirate and felon, and being thereof convicted, shall suffer death...
Page 328 - We have, as all will agree, a free government, where every man has a right to be equal with every other man. In this great struggle, this form of government and every form of human right is endangered if our enemies succeed.
Page 194 - I cannot deny myself the pleasure of saying that Mr. Kell, my first lieutenant, deserves great credit for the fine condition in which the ship went into action...
Page 70 - States be punishable with death ; or if any captain or mariner of any ship or other vessel, shall piratically and feloniously run away with such ship or vessel, or any goods or merchandise to the value of fifty dollars...

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