A Sketch of the Claims of Sundry American Citizens on the Government of the United States, for Indemnity

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Страница 77 - Be it enacted, &c., that the United States are of right freed and exonerated from the stipulations of the treaties, and of the consular convention, heretofore concluded between the United States and France; and that the same shall not henceforth be regarded as legally obligatory on the government or the citizens of the United States."*
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