...province <jf Louisiana, with the same extent which it had at (he date of \\v. above-mentioned treaty in the hands of Spain, and that it had •when France possessed it, and such as it ought to be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other states ; and whereas...

...of St. Ildefonso of the 1 st Oct. 1 800. By this treaty Spain had retroceded Louisiana to France. " with the same extent that it then had in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed if, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other states."...

...provisions of the treaty of 1795, between that power and the United States. The words " that it actually has in the hands of Spain," and " that it had when France possessed it," seem to bear on the face pf them a considerable degree of diplomatic uncertainty : A cause of dispute...

...province of_ Louisiana, with the same extent which it had at the date of the above-mentioned treaty in the hands of Spain, and that it had •when France possessed it, and such as it ought to be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other stales ; ond whereas...

...: " Spain retrocedes the province or colony of Louisiana, with the same extent that it actually has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it eught to be, after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other states." 1. In the...

...them, as being within the colony of Louisiana conveyed by the said treaty, in the same extent that it had in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France originally possessed it. And whereas, the acquiescence of the United States in the temporary continuance...

...™*«i.^« .K-_ ,.§_:_ liana it r. d il to France by Spain. "with tlte »me extent that it now •as in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed i»n it; and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into txtwren Spain and other...

...and it is in this way only that the province can be such as to be at once of the same extent " as it had in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it." When in the hands of Spain, Louisiana has never reached into Florida ; and if, to accommodate this...

...them as being within the colony of Louisiana conveyed by the said treaty in the same extent that it had in the hands of Spain and that it had when France originally possessed it ; and Whereas the acquiescence of the United States in the temporary continuance...

...highness the Duke of Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it ; and such as it ought to be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other states.' Before possession...