The St. Clair Papers: The Life and Public Services of Arthur St. Clair : Soldier of the Revolutionary War, President of the Continental Congress; and Governor of the North-western Territory : with His Correspondence and Other Papers, Band 2R. Clarke, 1882 |
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... sent a runner to the Delaware council , at Coshocking , to assure the Indians that the trespass was unwarranted , and that justice would be done . This was the status when the Commissioners for Indian Affairs arrived on the banks of the ...
... sent a runner to the Delaware council , at Coshocking , to assure the Indians that the trespass was unwarranted , and that justice would be done . This was the status when the Commissioners for Indian Affairs arrived on the banks of the ...
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... sent on a petition to Congress on the subject . In answer to which , I thought it most expedient to grant them one month from the 21st ultimo to remove themselves , at the expiration of which time parties will be detached to drive off ...
... sent on a petition to Congress on the subject . In answer to which , I thought it most expedient to grant them one month from the 21st ultimo to remove themselves , at the expiration of which time parties will be detached to drive off ...
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... sent a message to the chiefs of the Delawares and Wyandots , informing them the nature of his business , and requesting their attendance for his protection , agreeably to their promise at the treaty at the Miami . It is generally ...
... sent a message to the chiefs of the Delawares and Wyandots , informing them the nature of his business , and requesting their attendance for his protection , agreeably to their promise at the treaty at the Miami . It is generally ...
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... sent a speech to the Delaware Nation by an Indian named Turis . Agreeably to the order of Congress , he had detached two companies to the falls of the Ohio . He had information that several lawless villains in the neighborhood of Wheel ...
... sent a speech to the Delaware Nation by an Indian named Turis . Agreeably to the order of Congress , he had detached two companies to the falls of the Ohio . He had information that several lawless villains in the neighborhood of Wheel ...
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... sent me to see them , to smoke with them , and to invite them to come and see him . Many have promised to come . In Pokongekalas's town I met the Big Cat , a very great warrior , and George Washington ; they in particular were very glad ...
... sent me to see them , to smoke with them , and to invite them to come and see him . Many have promised to come . In Pokongekalas's town I met the Big Cat , a very great warrior , and George Washington ; they in particular were very glad ...
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Seite 381 - 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 612 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE i.
Seite 610 - The governor and judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district such laws of the original States, criminal and civil, as may be necessary and best suited to the circumstances of the district, and report them to Congress from time to time, which laws shall be in force in the district until the organization of the General Assembly therein, unless disapproved of by Congress; but afterwards, the Legislature shall have authority to alter them as they shall think fit.
Seite 613 - 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 bona fide purchasers. No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States ; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Seite 611 - ... in fifty acres of land in the district having been a citizen of one of the states and being resident in the district; or the like freehold and two years...
Seite 614 - Provided the constitution and government so to be formed shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles, and, 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.
Seite 609 - Congress, a governor, whose commission shall continue in force for the term of three years, unless sooner revoked by Congress; he shall reside in the district, and have a freehold estate therein, in one thousand acres of land, while in the exercise of his office.
Seite 612 - The inhabitants of the said territory, shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
Seite 610 - Legislature, and the public records of the district, and the proceedings of the Governor in his executive department, and transmit authentic copies of such acts and proceedings every six months to the Secretary of Congress. There shall also be appointed a court, to consist of three Judges, any two of whom to form a court, who shall have a...
Seite 613 - 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.