Cases and Opinions on International Law: With Notes and a SyllabusBoston book Company, 1893 - 586 pages |
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... claim the land , in their declaration mentioned , under two grants , purporting to be made , the first in 1773 , and the last in 1775 , by the chiefs of certain Indian tribes , constituting the Illinois and the Praukeshaw nations ; and ...
... claim the land , in their declaration mentioned , under two grants , purporting to be made , the first in 1773 , and the last in 1775 , by the chiefs of certain Indian tribes , constituting the Illinois and the Praukeshaw nations ; and ...
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... claim an ascendency . The potentates of the old world found no difficulty in convincing themselves that they made ample compensation to the inhabitants of the new , by bestowing on them civilization and Christianity , in exchange for ...
... claim an ascendency . The potentates of the old world found no difficulty in convincing themselves that they made ample compensation to the inhabitants of the new , by bestowing on them civilization and Christianity , in exchange for ...
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... claim to the Brazils by the same title . " France , also , founded her title to the vast territories she claimed in America on discovery . However conciliatory her conduct to the natives may have been , she still asserted her right of ...
... claim to the Brazils by the same title . " France , also , founded her title to the vast territories she claimed in America on discovery . However conciliatory her conduct to the natives may have been , she still asserted her right of ...
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... claims , and pretensions , to any territories east and north of the said line ; and " renouncing " for himself , his heirs and successors , all claim to the said territories forever . " The boundary thus agreed on with Spain was ...
... claims , and pretensions , to any territories east and north of the said line ; and " renouncing " for himself , his heirs and successors , all claim to the said territories forever . " The boundary thus agreed on with Spain was ...
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... claim was put forward in some of the earlier charters , granting lands in North America , that such right extended from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean . A more reasonable rule was laid down by the United States commissioners ...
... claim was put forward in some of the earlier charters , granting lands in North America , that such right extended from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean . A more reasonable rule was laid down by the United States commissioners ...
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