http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0222311
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
is part of: Great Britain. Parliament. Command papers North-west American water boundary
contributor: Bancroft, George, 1800-1891
creator: United States
issued: 2015-06-19
issued: 1873
description: "([Great Britain. Parliament. Command papers] C. 691). At head of title: North America, no. 4 (1873) B. For the same text, see entries [I-]404 and [I-]406." -- Lowther, B. J., & Laing, M. (1968). A bibliography of British Columbia: Laying the foundations, 1849-1899. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 51. "[For maps and charts referred to in this memorial, see North America, no. 8.] Presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. 1873." -- Title page.
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extent: 36 pages ; 34 cm
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note: NORTH AMERICA. No. 4 (1873). NORTH-WEST AMERICAN WATER BOUNDARY. MEMORIAL ON THE CANAL DE HARO AS THE BOUNDARY LINE OF THE. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. PRESENTED IN THE NAME OF THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT TO HIS MAJESTY WILLIAM I, GERMAN EMPEROR AND KING OF RUSSIA, AS ARBITRATOR, BY THE AMERICAN PLENIPOTENTIARY, GEORGE BANCROFT. [For Maps and Charts referred to in this Memorial, see North America, No. 8.] Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. 1873. LONDON : PRINTED BY HARRISON AND SONS. 1 MEMORIAL [This Memorial is printed in a different form from the copy laid before the Arbitrator, and it has therefore been necessary to change the original Marginal References.] THE Treaty of which the interpretation is referred to Your Majesty's arbitrament was ratified more than a quarter of a century ago. Of the sixteen members of the British Cabinet which framed and presented it for the acceptance of the Unifed States, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Aberdeen, and all the rest but one, are no more. The British Minister at Washington who signed it is dead; of American statesmen concerned in it, the Minister at London, the President and Vice-President, the Secretary of State, and every one of the President's constitutional advisers, except one, have passed away. I alone remain, and, after iinishing the threescore years and ten that are the days of our years, am selected by my country to uphold its rights. Six times the United States had received the offer of arbitration on their Northwestern Boundary, and six times had refused to refer a point where the importance was so great, and the right so clear; but when consent was obtained to bring the question before Your Majesty, my country resolved to change its policy, and in the heart of Europe, before a tribunal from which no judgment but a just one can emanate, to explain the solid foundation of our demand, and the principles of moderation and justice by which we have been governed. The case involves questions of geogra…
note: Other Copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12561235
has type: Legislative proceedings
identifier: FC189 .G73 1873
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0222311
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: London : Harrison and Sons
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subject: Canada--Boundaries--United States
subject: United States--Boundaries--Canada
subject: San Juan Island (Wash.)
subject: Gulf Islands (B.C.)
title: North-west American water boundary. Memorial on the Canal de Haro as the boundary line of the United States of America. Presented in the name of the American government to His Majesty William I, German emperor and king of Prussia, as arbitrator by the American plenipotentiary, George Bancroft
type: Text