An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Band 2Tiebout and O'Brien, 1796 |
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... fish as they pass up the ftream . After the Pemigewaffet receives the waters of Win- nipifcogee , it takes the name of Merrimack ; and after a course of about ninety miles , first in a southerly , and then in an eafterly direction , and ...
... fish as they pass up the ftream . After the Pemigewaffet receives the waters of Win- nipifcogee , it takes the name of Merrimack ; and after a course of about ninety miles , first in a southerly , and then in an eafterly direction , and ...
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... fishing and duck - hunting ; and in the frontier fettlements where deer and fur game abound , the inhabitants make a lucrative sport of hunting them . In the winter feafon , while the ground is cover- ed with fnow , which is commonly ...
... fishing and duck - hunting ; and in the frontier fettlements where deer and fur game abound , the inhabitants make a lucrative sport of hunting them . In the winter feafon , while the ground is cover- ed with fnow , which is commonly ...
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... fishing trade at fea , and the beaver trade on fhore . Religion had little concern in the fettle- ments ; but it had fome in the plantation of Exeter , on the river Pafcataqua , which was began by Mr. Wheelwright , a minifter banished ...
... fishing trade at fea , and the beaver trade on fhore . Religion had little concern in the fettle- ments ; but it had fome in the plantation of Exeter , on the river Pafcataqua , which was began by Mr. Wheelwright , a minifter banished ...
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... part of this State , as the fettlers might tranfport their produce with great cafe to Montreal or Quebec , Willoughby's lake fur Vol . II , G nishes fish refembling bafs , of an excellent flavour , GENERAL DESCRIPTION , & c . 41.
... part of this State , as the fettlers might tranfport their produce with great cafe to Montreal or Quebec , Willoughby's lake fur Vol . II , G nishes fish refembling bafs , of an excellent flavour , GENERAL DESCRIPTION , & c . 41.
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... fish , we have al- the center , The afcent The principal mountain in this State is the one ready mentioned , which divides the State nearly in between Connecticut river and lake Champlain . from the east to the top of this mountain is ...
... fish , we have al- the center , The afcent The principal mountain in this State is the one ready mentioned , which divides the State nearly in between Connecticut river and lake Champlain . from the east to the top of this mountain is ...
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Seite 177 - In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them : the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them: the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them : to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Seite 171 - It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a constitution of government, to provide for an equitable mode of making laws, as well as for an impartial interpretation and a faithful execution of them; that every man may, at all times, find his security in them.
Seite 176 - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property and character, that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial and independent, as the lot of humanity will admit.
Seite 425 - All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Seite 459 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions, are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter' shall be formed in the said territory...
Seite 461 - The western state in the said territory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio and Wabash rivers ; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and post Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, and by the said territorial line to the lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Seite 174 - And no subject shall be arrested, imprisoned, despoiled, or deprived of his property, immunities, or privileges, put out of the protection of the law, exiled, or deprived of his life, liberty, or estate, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Seite 54 - River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Seite 461 - Provided, however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three States shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two States in that part of the said Territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan.
Seite 189 - Court by a dependence on them for his support, that he should in all cases act with freedom for the benefit of the public, that he should not have his attention necessarily diverted from that object to his private concerns, and that he should maintain the dignity of the Commonwealth in the character of its chief...