The history of Louisiana, Svazek 2Lyman and Beardslee, 1829 |
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Strana 48
... enemies against her , among the Indian nations in Florida , whom he had induced to conspire against the king's innocent vassals in Louisiana , With the official account of the rupture , Galvez , who had hitherto exercised the functions ...
... enemies against her , among the Indian nations in Florida , whom he had induced to conspire against the king's innocent vassals in Louisiana , With the official account of the rupture , Galvez , who had hitherto exercised the functions ...
Strana 52
... enemy . On his arrival , he erected six batteries , which soon effected a breach in the walls of the fort , the com- mandant of which capitulated on the fourteenth of March . General Campbell arrived a few days after , with a force that ...
... enemy . On his arrival , he erected six batteries , which soon effected a breach in the walls of the fort , the com- mandant of which capitulated on the fourteenth of March . General Campbell arrived a few days after , with a force that ...
Strana 53
... enemy made the best of his way home . The minister of the United States at Madrid failed in his negotiation , and their independence was not acknowledged by Spain . The British army was this year successful in South Carolina ...
... enemy made the best of his way home . The minister of the United States at Madrid failed in his negotiation , and their independence was not acknowledged by Spain . The British army was this year successful in South Carolina ...
Strana 55
... enemy's guns ; that the channel was , besides , so narrow , that the first ship that got aground would obstruct the passage , and the rapidi- ty of the current preventing any quick manœuvre , the ships would run foul of each other ...
... enemy's guns ; that the channel was , besides , so narrow , that the first ship that got aground would obstruct the passage , and the rapidi- ty of the current preventing any quick manœuvre , the ships would run foul of each other ...
Strana 58
... enemy's threats could only be considered as a stratagem of war , and expressing his hope that , in the defence of Pensacola , he should resort to no measure not justified by the usages of war . He made his acknowledgment for the frank ...
... enemy's threats could only be considered as a stratagem of war , and expressing his hope that , in the defence of Pensacola , he should resort to no measure not justified by the usages of war . He made his acknowledgment for the frank ...
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appointed army arrested arrival artillery Attakapas authorised bank Baron Baton Rouge bayou boats Britain British cabildo captain captain-general Catholic king ceded charged citizens Claiborne colonel colonial command congress court martial Creek declared defence district Ditto duty enemy expences force Fort Adams France French Galvez garrison Gayoso governor granted habeas corpus Havana hundred Indians inhabitants intendant island Jackson judge Kentucky king's land late latter legislature Louallier Madrid March martial law ment miles military militia Miro Mississippi territory Nacogdoches Natchez Natchitoches nation New-Orleans O'Reilly obtained officers Opelousas ordinary alcades Orleans parish peace Pensacola persons planters ports possession president prisoners proclamation province of Louisiana received regidor regiment river royal schedule sent session settlement ship slaves soon Spain Spaniards Spanish territory of Orleans thousand dollars tion treaty troops United United-States vessels West Florida western Wilkinson writ of habeas
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Strana 72 - The navigation of the river 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.
Strana 402 - ... holds correspondence with or gives intelligence to the enemy, either directly or indirectly, shall suffer death or such other punishment as a court-martial or military commission may direct.
Strana 33 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Strana 190 - Louisiana, all public lots and squares, vacant lands, and all public buildings, fortifications, barracks, and other edifices which are not private property.
Strana 312 - States, and that the river Mississippi, and the navigable rivers and waters leading into the same, or into the Gulf of Mexico, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said State, as to other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll, therefor, imposed by the said State.
Strana 191 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States and admitted as soon as possible according to the principles of the federal Constitution to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States, and in the mean time they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property and the Religion which they profess.
Strana 270 - Some time in the latter part of September I received intimations that designs were in agitation in the Western country unlawful and unfriendly to the peace of the Union, and that the prime mover in these was Aaron Burr, heretofore distinguished by the favor of his country.
Strana 175 - Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should he after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Strana 72 - ... to the middle of the river Apalachicola, or Catahouche ; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint river ; thence straight to the head of St. Mary's river ; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's river to the Atlantic ocean.
Strana 157 - Chatahouchee, north of the thirty-first degree of north latitude, and south of the cession made to the United States by South Carolina : And also to receive any proposals for the relinquishment or cession of the whole or any part of the other territory claimed by the state of Georgia, and out of the ordinary jurisdiction thereof.