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The Sovereignty of Islands Claimed Under the Guano Act and of the Northwest Hawaiian Islands, Midway and Wake (Report). Washington, D.C.: Department of State, Office of the Legal Advisor. Rogers, E.S. (September 30, 1932). The Sovereignty of Guano Islands in the Caribbean Sea (Report). Washington, D.C.: Department of State, Office of the Legal ...
The Guano Islands Act (11 Stat. 119, enacted August 18, 1856, codified at 48 U.S.C. ch. 8 §§ 1411-1419) is a United States federal law passed by the Congress that enables citizens of the United States to take possession of unclaimed islands containing guano deposits in the name of the United States. The islands can be located anywhere, so ...
An 1868 newspaper advertisement for Alta Vela phosphate fertilizer. The initial claim on the island, located some 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Hispaniola, was established on March 19, 1860, by Captain R. Daubley of the brig Delta, who landed on the island, loaded the ship with guano, and departed after noting some 15,000 short tons (14,000 t) of guano deposits.
By the 1870s it became apparent that San Francisco was in dire need of a federal building to house the federal courts and the post office that were located in various downtown buildings. In 1887 a commission delegated to select a site reported that the $350,000 allocated by the U.S. Congress was insufficient and the sum was raised to $1,250,000.
[3] [4] It was Amtrak's San Francisco terminal, with buses connecting to trains at Oakland and Emeryville, [2] until March 2015, when this moved to the Temporary TransBay Terminal pending completion of the Transbay Transit Center. [5] The Ferry Station Post Office Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 1 ...
Rincon Center is a complex of shops, restaurants, offices, and apartments in the South of Market neighborhood of Downtown San Francisco, California.It includes two buildings, one of which is the former Rincon Annex post office building, completed in 1940.
The United States claim was made on 22 November 1869 by James W. Jennett [16] under the provisions of the Guano Islands Act. [17] Most claims made by the U.S. over the guano islands in this region were officially renounced in a treaty with Colombia dated September 1972. [ 18 ]
Pacific islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act (18 C, 123 P) Pages in category "Islands claimed under the Guano Islands Act" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.