It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open... The National Register - Page 831819Full view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - 1844 - 1496 pages
...or rivers thereon, shall be free and open to the ships, citizens, and subjects of both powers, for ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention." This period of ten years was afterwards indefinitely extended by consent of both Governments, and hitherto... | |
| Robert Greenhow - 1844 - 514 pages
...of the Stony Mountains, should be free and open to the citizens and subjects of the two powers, for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of that convention ; Be it therefore enacted, That nothing in this act contained shall be deemed or construed... | |
| 1844 - 974 pages
...or rivers thereon, shall be free and open to the ships, citizens, and subjects of both powers, for ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention." This period of ten years was afterwards indefinitely extended by consent of both Governments, and hitherto... | |
| 1845 - 648 pages
...coast of Am.'rici, wustward of the Stony Mo-nUins, shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeki, and the navigation of all rivers within the same,...of the signature of the present convention, to the ve.ueU, citizens, and subjects, of the two powers; it being well understood that this agreement is... | |
| 1845 - 1484 pages
...America, westward of the Stony or Rocky mountains, now commonly called the Oregon Territory, should, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the...navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two powers, but without prejudice to any claim which... | |
| Thomas Falconer - 1845 - 60 pages
...Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains, and that the country westward of the Rocky Mountains should be free and open for the term of ten years from the date of the convention to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of both powers, without prejudice to the claims... | |
| Travers Twiss - 1846 - 304 pages
...America, on the continent of America westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbours, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers...and open, for the term of ten years from the date and signature of this treaty, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers ; it being well... | |
| George Warburton - 1846 - 384 pages
...America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbours, bays, and creeks, and all rivers within the same, be free and open for the...term of ten years from the date of the signature of this convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two powers; it being well understood... | |
| George Drought Warburton, Bartholomew Elliott G. Warburton - 1846 - 728 pages
...America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbours, bays, and creeks, and all rivers within the same, be free and open for the...term of ten years from the date of the signature of this convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two powers; it being well understood... | |
| Albert Gallatin - 1846 - 88 pages
...now be considered. The only positive condition of the convention is, that the territory in question shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks,...navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open to vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers. For the construction put on this article by Great... | |
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