Reply to an "American's Examination" of the "right of Search:": With Observations on Some of the Questions at Issue Between Great Britain and the United States, and on Certain Positions Assumed by the North American GovernmentJ. Rodwell, 1842 - 216 páginas |
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Reply to an 'American's [L. Cass's] Examination' of the 'right of search ... sir William Gore Ouseley Visualização completa - 1842 |
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