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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 342 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=19mm, Gew.=499gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of … Mehr…

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 342 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=19mm, Gew.=499gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 4 SPEECHES or HENRY CLAY. ON THE LINE OF THE PERDIDO. In The Senate Op The United States, December 25, 1810. [the region known aa Florida, though discovered by Sebastian Cabot, an English navigator, was first formally taken possession of by Ponce de Leon, a Spaniard, in behalf of the Spanish crown, and was thence deemed a possession of that crown A colony of French Protestants, who settled it in 1662, were overpowered and murdered by a Spanish force in 1566, in which year a Spanish colony was planted at St. Augustine. By the Treaty of Ryswick, in 1763, Florida was ceded to England, but restored to Spain by the Treaty of Paris, in 1783. It remained a Spanish post session down to its cession to the United States, for $5,000,000. in 18I9. Louisia, on the other hand?that is, the River Mississippi?was first discovered liy the French, in 1686, and a settlement made by them in 1699. It was ceded to .jiain in 1763, restored to France in 1800, and purchased of Bonaparte, by the United States, in 1803, for the sum of $15,000,000. And now a serious question soon arose as to the Boundary between the two Territories?Spain claiming that Florida extended to the Mississippi, embracing all the then wilderness which now forms the States of Alabama and Mississippi; while our Government claimed that Louisiana extended east to the Pcrdido, a small river .running South into the Gulf of Mexico, about 50 mites east of Mobile, 150 east of New-Orleans and 20 west of Pensacoln. President Maduoit solved the dispute in 1810 by taking possession of Baton Unu and Mobile, aod extending the jurisdiction of the. United States to the Perdiilo This act was assailed in Congress by the Federal Members, especially by Oirrei. i.nif-. Honsnv, an eminent Scnitor from Delaware, who renriied it an on anjti...<

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[ED: Softcover], [PU: Cambridge Scholars Publishing], Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: 4 SPEECHES or HENRY CLAY. ON THE LINE OF THE PERDIDO. In The Senate Op The United States, December 25, 1810. [the region known aa Florida, though discovered by Sebastian Cabot, an English navigator, was first formally taken possession of by Ponce de Leon, a Spaniard, in behalf of the Spanish crown, and was thence deemed a possession of that crown A colony of French Protestants, who settled it in 1662, were overpowered and murdered by a Spanish force in 1566, in which year a Spanish colony was planted at St. Augustine. By the Treaty of Ryswick, in 1763, Florida was ceded to England, but restored to Spain by the Treaty of Paris, in 1783. It remained a Spanish post session down to its cession to the United States, for 5,000,000. in 18I9. Louisia, on the other hand?that is, the River Mississippi?was first discovered liy the French, in 1686, and a settlement made by them in 1699. It was ceded to .jiain in 1763, restored to France in 1800, and purchased of Bonaparte, by the United States, in 1803, for the sum of 15,000,000. And now a serious question soon arose as to the Boundary between the two Territories?Spain claiming that Florida extended to the Mississippi, embracing all the then wilderness which now forms the States of Alabama and Mississippi while our Government claimed that Louisiana extended east to the Pcrdido, a small river .running South into the Gulf of Mexico, about 50 mites east of Mobile, 150 east of New-Orleans and 20 west of Pensacoln. President Maduoit solved the dispute in 1810 by taking possession of Baton Unu and Mobile, aod extending the jurisdiction of the. United States to the Perdiilo This act was assailed in Congress by the Federal Members, especially by Oirrei. i.nif-. Honsnv, an eminent Scnitor from Delaware, who renriied it an on anjti...Versandfertig in 6-10 Tagen<