Official Letters of the Military and Naval Officers of the United States, During the War with Great Britain in the Years 1812, 13, 14, & 15: With Some Additional Letters and Documents Elucidating the History of that PeriodWay & Gideon, 1823 - 510페이지 |
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... quarter to which the British power extends , are taken on board British men of war and compelled to serve there as British subjects . In this mode our citizens are wantonly snatched from their country and their families , deprived of ...
... quarter to which the British power extends , are taken on board British men of war and compelled to serve there as British subjects . In this mode our citizens are wantonly snatched from their country and their families , deprived of ...
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... quarter with them in fort Niagara on the 4th of July . Be pleased to make this known to general Porter , and inform him that the arms and am- munition will accompany my command . Respectfully yours , To Major Genl . Hall , Batavia . JS ...
... quarter with them in fort Niagara on the 4th of July . Be pleased to make this known to general Porter , and inform him that the arms and am- munition will accompany my command . Respectfully yours , To Major Genl . Hall , Batavia . JS ...
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... quarter master general , afforded strong proof of the local knowledge he has acquired of the country , of an unremitting attention to his duty ; and the care and regularity with which the troops were transported across the river , must ...
... quarter master general , afforded strong proof of the local knowledge he has acquired of the country , of an unremitting attention to his duty ; and the care and regularity with which the troops were transported across the river , must ...
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... quarter , gave three cheers and com- menced an action ( if so trifling a skirmish deserves the name , ) and after eight minutes firing struck her colours with seven feet water in her hold , much cut to pieces , and three men wounded . I ...
... quarter , gave three cheers and com- menced an action ( if so trifling a skirmish deserves the name , ) and after eight minutes firing struck her colours with seven feet water in her hold , much cut to pieces , and three men wounded . I ...
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... quarter , and the two se- nior officers of the artillery having stated to me an opinion that it would be extremely difficult , if not impossible , to pass the Turkey river and river Aux Cannard , with the 24 pounders , and that they ...
... quarter , and the two se- nior officers of the artillery having stated to me an opinion that it would be extremely difficult , if not impossible , to pass the Turkey river and river Aux Cannard , with the 24 pounders , and that they ...
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action advance American ANDREW JACKSON arms army arrived artillery attack battery boats brave bravery brig brigade Britain British camp captain captured carronades chase column command commenced commodore conduct corps creek crew detachment directed distance duty effect enemy enemy's engaged ensign exertions fell fire flank fleet force FORT ERIE Fort George frigate gallant garrison George guns HEAD QUARTERS honour Hull immediately Indians infantry instant ISAAC CHAUNCEY JAMES WILKINSON John John Armstrong killed and wounded lake land letter lieutenant colonel loss major ment midshipman miles militia minutes morning Navy Niagara night o'clock officers party pounders prisoners rear received regiment regular retreat riflemen river Raisin Sackett's Harbor sail schooner Secretary Secretary of War sent ship shore shot sloop soon squadron surrender taken tion town troops United Upper Canada vessels volunteers whole William wind yards
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502 페이지 - All Territory, Places, and Possessions whatsoever taken by either Party from the other during the War, or which may be taken after the signing of this Treaty, excepting only the Islands hereinafter mentioned, shall be restored without delay...
505 페이지 - Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut river, thence down along the middle of that river, to the fortyfifth degree of north latitude; from thence, by a line due west on said latitude, until it strikes the river Iroquois or Cataraquy...
504 페이지 - The said Commissioners shall, by a declaration or " report under their hands and seals, decide to which of the "two contracting parties the several islands aforesaid do "respectively belong, in conformity with the true intent " of the said treaty of peace of one thousand seven hundred "and eighty-three.
505 페이지 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake...
502 페이지 - ... have for that purpose appointed their respective plenipotentiaries, that is to say: The President of the United States has appointed...
506 페이지 - Cataraguy, has not yet been surveyed; it is agreed, that for these several purposes, two commissioners shall be appointed, sworn, and authorized, to act exactly in the manner directed with respect to those mentioned in the next preceding article, unless otherwise specified in the present article.
507 페이지 - Majesty and to the agents of the United States, who may be respectively appointed and authorized to manage the business on behalf of their respective Governments.
9 페이지 - Could the seizure of British subjects in such cases be regarded as within the exercise of a belligerent right, the acknowledged laws of war, which forbid an article of captured property to be adjudged without a regular investigation before a competent tribunal, would imperiously demand the fairest trial where the sacred rights of persons were at issue. In place of such a trial these rights are subjected to the will of every petty commander.
9 페이지 - British cruisers have been in the continued practice of violating the American flag on the great highway of nations, and of seizing and carrying off persons sailing under it ; not in the exercise of a belligerent right, founded on the law of nations against an enemy, but of a municipal prerogative over British subjects.
503 페이지 - ... 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.