Boundaries of the United States and the Several States: With Miscellaneous Geographic Information Concerning Areas, Altitudes, and Geographic CentersU.S. Government Printing Office, 1976 - 191 Seiten |
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... appointed in the following manner , viz , Here follow provisions that His Majesty and the President of the United States should each appoint a commissioner , and that these two commissioners should agree on a third , or if they should ...
... appointed in the following manner , viz , Here follow provisions that His Majesty and the President of the United States should each appoint a commissioner , and that these two commissioners should agree on a third , or if they should ...
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... appointed under the fifth article , after sitting nearly 5 years , could not agree on any of the matters referred to them , nor even on a general map of the country exhibiting the boundaries respectively claimed by each party . They ...
... appointed under the fifth article , after sitting nearly 5 years , could not agree on any of the matters referred to them , nor even on a general map of the country exhibiting the boundaries respectively claimed by each party . They ...
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... appointed a committee to investi- gate the matter ; its report was published March 20 , 1838 , as Senate Document 67.24 Gallatin ( 1840 ) presents an excellent discussion of this dispute from the point of view of the United States ; his ...
... appointed a committee to investi- gate the matter ; its report was published March 20 , 1838 , as Senate Document 67.24 Gallatin ( 1840 ) presents an excellent discussion of this dispute from the point of view of the United States ; his ...
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... , with British and Spanish territories according to the treaty ; engraved by William Faden , 1783. Faden was , in June 1783 , appointed geographer to the King . 26 BOUNDARIES OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE SEVERAL STATES.
... , with British and Spanish territories according to the treaty ; engraved by William Faden , 1783. Faden was , in June 1783 , appointed geographer to the King . 26 BOUNDARIES OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE SEVERAL STATES.
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... appointed , but no final decision resulted from their labors ( Hermann , 1900 , p . 55-59 ; Bond , 1912 ) . The western boundary of the Louisiana Purchase is the western boundary of the Mississippi drainage basin as claimed by La Salle ...
... appointed , but no final decision resulted from their labors ( Hermann , 1900 , p . 55-59 ; Bond , 1912 ) . The western boundary of the Louisiana Purchase is the western boundary of the Mississippi drainage basin as claimed by La Salle ...
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49th parallel aforesaid appointed approved Atlantic Ocean bank bound boundary line Britain ceded cession charter claimed Colorado commission commissioners Congress Connecticut Connecticut River County Dakota defined degree of north Delaware due north due west east eastern enabling act established feet Florida Geodetic Georgia Government grant Gulf of Mexico Hampshire included Indian Indiana Territory intersection Jersey jurisdiction Lake Lake Michigan Land Office latitude Legislature line was run longitude Louisiana main channel Maryland Massachusetts meridian Mexico Michigan middle Mississippi River Missouri River Mountains mouth north boundary North Carolina north latitude northeast northern boundary northwest corner Ocean Ohio parallel of latitude Pennsylvania Red River resurvey Rhode Island river St shore southern square miles Stat stone straight line surveyed and marked Tennessee Territory Texas thence north thereof treaty U.S. Cong U.S. Supreme Court United Virginia Washington western boundary York
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Seite 27 - River; then, following the course of the Rio Roxo westward to the degree of longitude 100 west from London and 23 from Washington; then, crossing the said Red River, and running thence, by a line due north, to the river Arkansas; thence, following the course of the southern bank of the Arkansas, to its source, in latitude 42 north; and thence, by that parallel of latitude, to the South Sea.
Seite 113 - The western state in the said territory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio and Wabash rivers ; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and post Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, and by the said territorial line to the lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Seite 38 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation, and control of a zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, and protection of said canal...
Seite 12 - Comprehending all Islands within Twenty Leagues of any Part of the Shores of the United States, and lying between Lines to be drawn due East from the Points where the aforesaid Boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one Part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such Islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the Limits of the said Province of Nova Scotia.
Seite 105 - That in all that Territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of Thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
Seite 136 - States, in all respects whatever; and the said State shall consist of all the territory included within the following boundaries, to wit: Beginning at a point on the western boundary of the State of Missouri where the thirty-seventh parallel of latitude crosses the same ; thence west on said parallel to the eastern boundary of.
Seite 28 - Rio Bravo del Norte, or Opposite the mouth of its deepest branch, if it should have more than one branch emptying directly into the sea; from thence up the middle of that river, following the deepest channel, where it has more than one, to the point where it strikes the southern boundary of New Mexico...
Seite 14 - ... a line drawn from the said point due north or south as the case may be, until the said line shall intersect the said parallel of north latitude...
Seite 29 - Island, which point lies in the parallel of 54 degrees 40 minutes north latitude, and between the 131st and the 133d degree of west longitude, (meridian of Greenwich.) the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude...
Seite 28 - Gila, where it unites with the Colorado, to a point on the coast of the Pacific ocean distant one marine league due south of the southernmost point of the port of San Diego, according to the plan of said port made in the year 1782 by Don Juan Pantoja, second...