 | Colin G. Calloway - 1994 - 380 pagina’s
...settlement in the colonies. The proclamation limited settlement past "any Lands beyond the Heads or Sources of any of the Rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the West and North West," thereby ostensibly safeguarding Abenaki lands west of the Green Mountains. The... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1995 - 944 pagina’s
...pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey, or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic ocean from the west or north-west, or upon any lands whatever, which not having been ceded to, or purchased by us,... | |
 | Eric Hinderaker, Peter C. Mancall - 2003 - 226 pagina’s
...Indian territory. Colonial governors could not patent or grant "any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the west and northwest." To prevent any mischief or misunderstanding, the Crown took control of all western... | |
 | Lindsay G. Robertson - 2005 - 272 pagina’s
...known, to make grants, warrants of survey, or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or north-west; or upon any lands whatever, which not having been ceded to, or purchased by us... | |
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... also that no Governor or commander in chief of our other colonies or plantations in America do presume for the present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources... 
