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| | Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.2, Entry 376, NORTHWEST BOUNDARY: Library of Economics and Liberty |
 | | West of the Rocky mountains the whole territory was to be open, for ten years, to the vessels, citizens and subjects of both powers, without prejudice to the claims of either. |
 | | By the convention of Aug. 6, 1827 (ratified by the United States, April 2, 1828), the joint occupation of the Oregon country by Great Britain and the United States was continued indefinitely, with the provision that either party might annul and abrogate it, on giving twelve months' notice to the other. |
 | | In this state of public feeling, the democratic national convention of 1844 declared for the "reoccupation of Oregon," on the ground that our title to the whole of it was clear and unquestionable. |
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