Sketches of History, Life, and Manners in the West: Containing Accurate Descriptions of the Country and Modes of Life, in the Western States and Territories of North America ... Volume I.Hubbard and Edmands, 1834 - 263 Seiten |
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... , according to act of Congress , in the year 1834 . BY HUBBARD AND EDMANDS , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Ohio , N. S. Johnson , Printer . Introduction , CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II . French CHAPTER.
... , according to act of Congress , in the year 1834 . BY HUBBARD AND EDMANDS , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Ohio , N. S. Johnson , Printer . Introduction , CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II . French CHAPTER.
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... congress , one of their principal men declared that it was an imposition to send any man so far from home , that he would not go to congress , nor would he assist in imposing such an unpleasant duty upon any of his neighbors . The ...
... congress , one of their principal men declared that it was an imposition to send any man so far from home , that he would not go to congress , nor would he assist in imposing such an unpleasant duty upon any of his neighbors . The ...
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... congress , and to the courts of law . Under the administration of M. St. Ange , St. Louis assumed the appearance of a town , and the foundations of social order were laid . The soldiers became amalgamated with the inhabitants ; comfort ...
... congress , and to the courts of law . Under the administration of M. St. Ange , St. Louis assumed the appearance of a town , and the foundations of social order were laid . The soldiers became amalgamated with the inhabitants ; comfort ...
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... congress , to cede the right of navigating the Mississippi to Spain , reached this country , and greatly agitated the public mind ; and this absorbing topic became mingled with every dis- cussion in relation to the forming of a state ...
... congress , to cede the right of navigating the Mississippi to Spain , reached this country , and greatly agitated the public mind ; and this absorbing topic became mingled with every dis- cussion in relation to the forming of a state ...
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... congress then sitting at New York , wrote to a friend as follows : " In private conferences whch I have had with Mr. Gardoqui , the Spanish minister at this place , I have been as- sured by him in the most explicit terms , that SPANISH ...
... congress then sitting at New York , wrote to a friend as follows : " In private conferences whch I have had with Mr. Gardoqui , the Spanish minister at this place , I have been as- sured by him in the most explicit terms , that SPANISH ...
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Seite 212 - The legislatures of those districts, or new States, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bonafide purchasers.
Seite 213 - The middle State shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from Post Vincents to the Ohio, by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Seite 221 - So soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants, of full age, in the district, upon giving proof thereof to the governor, they shall receive authority, with time and place, to elect representatives from their counties or townships, to represent them in the General Assembly...
Seite 123 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Seite 213 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government...
Seite 222 - The General Assembly, or Legislature, shall consist of the governor, legislative council, and a house of representatives. The legislative council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress, any three of whom to be a quorum, and the members of the council shall be nominated and appointed in the following manner...
Seite 214 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Seite 223 - As soon as a legislature shall be formed in the district, the council and house assembled, in one room, shall have authority, by joint ballot, to elect a delegate to congress, who shall have a seat in congress, with a right of debating, but not of voting during this temporary government.
Seite 215 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared, that no law ought ever to be made, or have force in the said territory, that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with, or affect private contracts or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Seite 214 - ... so far as it can be consistent with the general interest of the Confederacy, such admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand.