| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 966 pages
...February 22, 1819, by which His Catholic Majesty ceded to the latter all the territories belonging to him, situated to the eastward of the Mississippi, known by the name of East and West Florida. By the 8th article of that Treaty it is stipulated as follows : "All the grants of land made before... | |
| Jules Marcou, John Belknap Marcou - Geology - 1885 - 946 pages
...following is the clause in the treaty with Spain ceding the Floridas which defines the cession: ART. 2. His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, in...him, situated to the eastward of the Mississippi, kuowu by the name of East and West Florida, the adjacent islands dopendent upon said province, etc.... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1090 pages
...For this we mus< lor.k to the 2d article, where we find that his Majesty cedes tu the United Stales, in full property and sovereignty, all the territories which belong to him, situated to the eastward oj the Mississippi, known by the name of East and West Florida. Now, the territories to the west of... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1920 - 928 pages
...exchanged at Washington, DC, USA, February 22, 1821, proclaimed February 22, 1821," It Is provided that— "His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States,...Mississippi, known by the name of East and West Florida. The adjacent islands dependent on said provinces. * * * All public edifices, fortifications, barracks,... | |
| John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1887 - 620 pages
...his Catholic Majesty, his successors and subjects, without exception of persons or places. ARTICLE 2. His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, in...Mississippi, known by the name of East and West Florida. The adjacent islands dependent on said provinces, all public lots and squares, vacant lauds, public edifices,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1076 pages
...the public good. By treaty of February 22, 1819 (8 Rtat. p. 254, art. 2), the kingdom of Spain ceded "to the United States, In full property and sovereignty, all the territories * * * known by the name of East and West Florida," with an expressed provision that all the grants... | |
| John M. Keating - 1888 - 396 pages
...Mississippi to the Mobile. By the treaty of February 22, 1819, the king of Spain ceded to the United States " all the territories which belong to him situated to...Mississippi, known by the name of East and West Florida." Soto's discovery of the great river, Spain surrendered her last claim to a share in the Mississippi... | |
| John Robert Irelan - Presidents - 1888 - 712 pages
...States in full property aud sovereignty, all the territories which belong to him, situated to the east of the Mississippi, known by the name of East and West Florida. The adjacent islands dependent on said provinces, all public lots and squares, vacant lands, public edifices,... | |
| Henry Adams - United States - 1890 - 536 pages
...was intended by him to discredit, and did in fact ignore, the usurpations of the United States : " His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, in...situated to the eastward of the Mississippi, known by the names of East and West Florida." 2 According to the Acts of Congress, no territory known as West Florida... | |
| Charles-Joseph-Félix Brunet, Charles Brunet - France - 1890 - 1204 pages
...pp. 254 and 2f>r>): ART. '2. His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States, in full j>i-<i/n'i-lii and sovereignty, all the territories which belong...Mississippi, known by the name of East and West Florida. * * * ART. 6. The inhabitants of the territories which His Catholic Majesty cedes to the United States... | |
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