Proceedings, Volumes 23-27Georga Banta Publishing Company, 1925 - History |
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... Treaties of the United States ( compiled by W. M. Malloy ) , vol . I , pp . 483 and 487. These contracts or treaties were duly ratified by the Congress of the Confederation . In Article II of the treaty of 1783 we find the statement ...
... Treaties of the United States ( compiled by W. M. Malloy ) , vol . I , pp . 483 and 487. These contracts or treaties were duly ratified by the Congress of the Confederation . In Article II of the treaty of 1783 we find the statement ...
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... treaty of Feb- ruary , 1778 , and six millions in 1781 ; which aids and subsidies amount in the whole to nine millions livres tournois . His Majesty here confirms , in case of need , the gratuitous gift to the Congress of the said ...
... treaty of Feb- ruary , 1778 , and six millions in 1781 ; which aids and subsidies amount in the whole to nine millions livres tournois . His Majesty here confirms , in case of need , the gratuitous gift to the Congress of the said ...
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... Treaty of Alliance . In 1781 France secured for the United States a loan of 10,000,000 livres from Holland , the ... Treaties of the United States , " vol . I , p . 485 , and Bigelow , " Works of Benjamin Franklin , " vol . VIII , p ...
... Treaty of Alliance . In 1781 France secured for the United States a loan of 10,000,000 livres from Holland , the ... Treaties of the United States , " vol . I , p . 485 , and Bigelow , " Works of Benjamin Franklin , " vol . VIII , p ...
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... treaty of 1778 , whereas in the contract of February , 1783 , between Franklin and Vergennes , the amount was put at three million . Franklin , who had returned to the United States , was unable to explain the dis- crepancy , and wrote ...
... treaty of 1778 , whereas in the contract of February , 1783 , between Franklin and Vergennes , the amount was put at three million . Franklin , who had returned to the United States , was unable to explain the dis- crepancy , and wrote ...
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... treaty of 1783 , and so regarded by the Treasury officials , who deducted that amount from Beaumarchais ' accounts . There was never any ques- 1Loménie , " Beaumarchais et Son Temps , " II , 200-201 ; Kite , " Beaumar- chais and the War ...
... treaty of 1783 , and so regarded by the Treasury officials , who deducted that amount from Beaumarchais ' accounts . There was never any ques- 1Loménie , " Beaumarchais et Son Temps , " II , 200-201 ; Kite , " Beaumar- chais and the War ...
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Page 24 - And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Page 69 - I am satisfied that such a set of black-coated, stiffjointed, soft-muscled, paste-complexioned youth as we can boast in our Atlantic cities never before sprang from loins of Anglo-Saxon lineage.
Page 20 - With us, the most delicate and humane of all the branches of the art of writing has been relegated to the journeyman of letters; we do not reflect 'that it is perhaps as difficult to write a good life as to live one.
Page 30 - ... those parts of this hemisphere where others are sovereign .... and to say, if you do thus and so, even by the consent of the sovereign, we shall regard it as an unfriendly act because it will affect us injuriously;"* "we arrogate to ourselves . . . . only the right to protect ; what we will not permit the great Powers of Europe to do...
Page 58 - It is a very perilous thing to determine the foreign policy of a nation in the terms of material interest.
Page 66 - The by-laws may be amended at any regular meeting by a two-thirds vote of members present providing a copy of such amendment has been sent to all members at least 30 days prior to the meeting.
Page 2 - There was a South of slavery and secession — that South is dead. There is a South of union and freedom — that South, thank God, is living, breathing, growing every hour." These words, delivered from the immortal lips of Benjamin H. Hill, at Tammany Hall, in 1866, true then and truer now, I shall make my text to-night.
Page 9 - Agriculture is not merely a way of making money by raising crops; it is not merely an industry or a business; it is essentially a public function or service performed by private individuals...
Page 15 - The maximum force which any one Power may send through the Straits into the Black Sea is not to be greater than that of the most powerful fleet of the littoral Powers of the Black Sea...
Page 5 - As to what. you say about the alliance, the trouble is, my dear Kennan, that you are speaking academically. Have you followed some of my experience in endeavoring to get treaties through the Senate? I might just as well strive for the moon as for such a policy as you indicate.