| United States. Dept. of State - United States - 1857 - 794 pages
...the rivers Mississippi and St. VOL. V.— 34 Lawrence from their sources to the ocean, shall forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States. ARTICLE IX. The prisoners made respectively by the arms of his Britannic Majesty and the United States,... | |
| George Ticknor Curtis - Constitutional history - 1860 - 578 pages
...63, 117-119. 3 Executed November 30, 1788. August 22, 1785. Secret Journals, III. 338. ocean, should for ever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States. 1 When the treaty came to be ratified and published, in 1784, the Spanish government was already acquainted... | |
| Travers Twiss - International law - 1861 - 414 pages
...Sept. l78a),14 "that the navigation of the river Mississippi, from its source to the Ocean, should for ever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States." " The subsequent acquisition," writes Wheaton, " of Louisiana and Florida by the United States having... | |
| James Parton - Statesmen - 1864 - 728 pages
...away with them. VIII. The navigation of the Mississippi, from its source to the ocean, shall forever remain free and open to the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States. IX. Any place taken before the arrival of these articles in America, to be at onee restored. There... | |
| Joseph Story - Constitutional law - 1865 - 384 pages
...to be forthwith restored and delivered to the proper States and persons to whom they belong. ART. 8. The navigation of the river Mississippi, from its...Great Britain, and the citizens of the United States. ART. 9. In case it should so happen that any place or territory belonging to Great Britain or to the... | |
| Friedrich Wilhelm Ghillany - Europe - 1865 - 746 pages
...unP îîorPamerifanern offen unr frn fein. {Art. 8. „The navigation of the river iïiississippi ', from its source to the ocean , shall for ever remain...Great Britain and the citizens of the United States.") — 3(rt. 9. ф1а(}е oPfr tbeile, Pie etrca nod) rot Ulnfnnft Per SriePeuêptâliminarartifel (30.... | |
| William Thomas Pritchard - Ethnology - 1866 - 478 pages
...Consul has accompanied mo, to assist in investigating the case. What we say to you will apply to both the subjects of Great Britain and the citizens of the United States. Where is William Fox ? " Tolova (one of the chief speakers of Salailua) replied : — William, the... | |
| Joseph Story - 1868 - 384 pages
...to be forthwith restored and delivered to the proper States and persons to whom they belong. ART. 8. The navigation of the river Mississippi, from its...the subjects of Great Britain, and the citizens of (he United States. ART. 9. In case it should so happen that any place or territory belonging to Great... | |
| Louis Houck - Harbors - 1868 - 268 pages
...States. In the 8th article of the treaty it is declared, " The navigation of the Mississippi River from its source to the ocean shall for ever remain...subjects of Great Britain, and the citizens of the United States."1 § 111. On the 20th of December, 1783, the State of Virginia, by act of Assembly of that... | |
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