Dictionary of the United States CongressU.S. Government Printing Office, 1866 - 602 Seiten |
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... army . He was elected • a Representative in Congress , from Ken- tucky , from 1831 to 1833 , and was a mem ber of the Committee on Military Affairs . He died at Harrodsburg , May 19 , 1840 . · Adams , Andrew . - He was born in Stratford ...
... army . He was elected • a Representative in Congress , from Ken- tucky , from 1831 to 1833 , and was a mem ber of the Committee on Military Affairs . He died at Harrodsburg , May 19 , 1840 . · Adams , Andrew . - He was born in Stratford ...
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... army . At the close of the war he resided at the High Hills of Santee , pursuing his profession , and afterwards at Mecklenburg . While he held a seat in Congress , as a Repre- sentative from North Carolina , from 1803 to 1805 , the ...
... army . At the close of the war he resided at the High Hills of Santee , pursuing his profession , and afterwards at Mecklenburg . While he held a seat in Congress , as a Repre- sentative from North Carolina , from 1803 to 1805 , the ...
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... army under General Jackson ; a Representative in Congress , from Tennessee , from 1819 to 1827 , serving as a member of the Commit- tees on Commerce , the Library , and Revo- lutionary Claims . He died at Carthage , Tennessee , August ...
... army under General Jackson ; a Representative in Congress , from Tennessee , from 1819 to 1827 , serving as a member of the Commit- tees on Commerce , the Library , and Revo- lutionary Claims . He died at Carthage , Tennessee , August ...
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... army , he prepared the celebrated " Newburgh Letters . " He was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1778 and 1787 , from Pennsylvania , where he was made Secretary of State and Adju- tant General of the State ; and to him was ...
... army , he prepared the celebrated " Newburgh Letters . " He was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1778 and 1787 , from Pennsylvania , where he was made Secretary of State and Adju- tant General of the State ; and to him was ...
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... army he commenced the practice of law in Smithfield , and was a member of the General Assembly from 1815 to 1817 , and also of the House of Delegates and State Senate for several years . In 1843 he was elected a Representative in Con ...
... army he commenced the practice of law in Smithfield , and was a member of the General Assembly from 1815 to 1817 , and also of the House of Delegates and State Senate for several years . In 1843 he was elected a Representative in Con ...
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Seite 523 - The Congress of the united states shall have power to adjourn to any time within the year, and to any place within the united states, so that no period of adjournment be for a longer duration than the space of six months, and shall publish the Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such...
Seite 523 - All bills of credit emitted, moneys borrowed, and debts contracted, by or under the authority of congress, before the assembling of the United States, in pursuance of the present confederation, shall be deemed. and considered as a charge against the United States, for payment and satisfaction whereof, the said United States, and the public faith, are hereby solemnly pledged.
Seite 513 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the State remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Seite 521 - When land forces are raised by any state for the common defence, all officers of or under the rank of colonel shall be appointed by the legislature of each state respectively, by whom such forces shall be raised, or in such manner as such state shall direct ; and all vacancies shall be filled up by the state which first made the appointment. ARTICLE VIII. All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in...
Seite 513 - He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our Legislature. He has affected to render the military independent of and superior to the civil power.
Seite 523 - ... shall publish the Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the delegates of each state on any question shall be entered on the Journal, when it is desired by any delegate; and the delegates of a state, or any of them, at his or their request...
Seite 521 - No state shall lay any imposts or duties, which may interfere with any stipulations in treaties, entered into by the United States in congress assembled, with any king, prince or state, in pursuance of any treaties already proposed by congress, to the courts of France and Spain.
Seite 524 - ... and we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions, which by the said confederation are submitted to them; and that the articles thereof shall be inviolably observed by the states we respectively represent, and that the union shall be perpetual.
Seite 524 - Ye that we the undersigned delegates, by virtue of the power and authority to us given for that purpose, do by these presents, in the name and in behalf of our respective constituents, fully and entirely ratify and...
Seite 523 - ... to agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each state for its quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such state...