 Thirdly, that if the vacant lands cannot be demanded upon the preceding grounds, that is upon the titles of individual States, they are to be deemed to have been the property of his Britannic Majesty immediately before the Revolution and to be now devolved...  Publication Fund Series - Page 1161879Full view - About this book
 | United States. Continental Congress - Constitutional history - 1821 - 626 pages
...mutilations to any extent. The third point. But if th<- vacant lands cannot be demanded upon the titles of individual states, they are to be deemed to have been the property of his Britannick majesty, as sovereign of the thirteen colonies immediately before the revolution, and to be devolved upon the... | |
 | Great Britain - Boundaries - 1829 - 494 pages
...those defined in the instructions given to Mr. J. Adams on the day of "August, 1779. ********»-» " So fair are our pretensions rendered by the united operation of the grants, APP«ndil> " charters, Royal commissions, and Indian cessions, * * * that we "shall content ourselves... | |
 | New York (State) - 1879 - 508 pages
...Thirdly, that if the vacant lands cannot be demanded upon the preceding grounds, that is upon the titles of individual States, they are to be deemed to have been the property of his Britannic Majesty immediately before the Revolution and to be now devolved upon the United States,... | |
 | New-York Historical Society - New York (State) - 1879 - 532 pages
...Thirdly, that if the vacant lands cannot be demanded upon the preceding grounds, that is upon the titles of individual States, they are to be deemed to have been the property of his Britannic Majesty immediately before the Revolution and to be now devolved upon the United States,... | |
 | Local history - 1879 - 534 pages
...Thirdly, that if the vacant lands cannot be demanded upon the preceding grounds, that is upon the titles of individual States, they are to be deemed to have been the property of his Britannic Majesty immediately before the Revolution and to be now devolved upon the United States,... | |
 | Freeman Snow - Diplomatic and consular service - 1894 - 536 pages
..."Thirdly, That if the vacant lands cannot be demanded upon the preceding grounds, that is, upon the titles of individual states, they are to be deemed to have...devolved upon the United States collectively taken." GREAT BRITAIN, 1783. DEFINITIVE TREATY OP PEACE. Concluded September 3, 1783. Ratified by the Continental... | |
 | Alpheus Henry Snow - France - 1902 - 786 pages
...use." In their report, the committee said : If the vacant lands cannot be demanded upon the titles of individual States, they are to be deemed to have been the property of his Britannic Majesty, as Sovereign of the thirteen Colonies immediately before the Revolution, and to... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1913 - 790 pages
...or, "that if the vacant lands cannot be demanded upon the preceding grounds, that is, upon the title of individual states, they are to be deemed to have...devolved upon the United States collectively taken." * If it were argued that the possession of the vacant lands continued of right to be 1 Secret Journals... | |
 | United States. Continental Congress - Constitutional history - 1914 - 476 pages
...mutilations to any extent. The third point. But if the vacant lands cannot be demanded upon the titles of individual states, they are to be deemed to have been the property of his Britannick Majesty, as sovereign of the thirteen colonies immediately before the Revolution, and to be devolved upon the... | |
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