The History of Oregon and California, and the Other Territories of the North-west Coast of North America: From Their Discovery to the Present. Accompanied by a Geographical View of Those Countries, and a Number of Documents as Proofs and Illustrations of the History |
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Page 478 - But, if the source of the Arkansas River shall be found to fall north or south of latitude 42, then the line shall run from the said source due south or north, as the case may be, till it meets the said parallel of latitude 42, and thence, along the said parallel, to the South Sea...
Page 480 - Greenwich), the said line shall ascend to the north along the channel called Portland Channel, as far as the point of the continent where it strikes the 56th degree of north latitude ; from this last-mentioned point the line of demarcation shall follow the sum•mit of the mountains situated parallel to the coast, as far as the point of intersection of the 141st degree of west longitude...
Page 480 - ... from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia as above mentioned...
Page 478 - ... to the degree of latitude where it strikes the Rio Roxo of Natchitoches, or Red river; then, following, the course of the Rio' Roxo westward, to the degree of longitude 100 west from London...
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Page 403 - 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...
Page 281 - ... the said point due north or south, as the case may be, until the said line shall intersect the said parallel of north latitude, and from the point of such intersection due west along and with the said parallel, shall be the line of demarcation between the territories of the United States...
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| Title | The History of Oregon and California, and the Other Territories of the North-west Coast of North America: From Their Discovery to the Present. Accompanied by a Geographical View of Those Countries, and a Number of Documents as Proofs and Illustrations of the History |
| Author | Robert Greenhow |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | author, 1847 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | Jan 23, 2008 |
| Length | 491 pages |
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