Records of the Governor and Council of the State of Vermont: General conventions in the New Hampshire grants ... July, 1775 to December, 1777. The first constitution of the State of Vermont. Council of Safety ... July 8, 1777, to March 12, 1778. Record of the Governor and Council, 1778-1779J. & J. M. Poland, 1873 |
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... Whereas , there has been several warrants or notifications sent up the country for a general meeting on the N. Hampshire Grants to be held at Mr. Cephas Kent's , in Dorset , on the first Wednesday of January next , and as it was thought ...
... Whereas , there has been several warrants or notifications sent up the country for a general meeting on the N. Hampshire Grants to be held at Mr. Cephas Kent's , in Dorset , on the first Wednesday of January next , and as it was thought ...
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... Whereas it has been the usual custom for individuals to associate with the Colony or State which they are reputed members of : Yet nevertheless the long and spirited Conflict , which has for many years subsisted between the Colony or ...
... Whereas it has been the usual custom for individuals to associate with the Colony or State which they are reputed members of : Yet nevertheless the long and spirited Conflict , which has for many years subsisted between the Colony or ...
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... Whereas [ here follow one hundred and eight names ] and many other persons , have voluntarily left this State , or some of the United States of America , and joined the enemies thereof , thereby not only depriving these States of their ...
... Whereas [ here follow one hundred and eight names ] and many other persons , have voluntarily left this State , or some of the United States of America , and joined the enemies thereof , thereby not only depriving these States of their ...
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... Whereas , this Convention have for a series of years had under their particular considerations the disingenuous conduct of the former Colony ( now the State of ) New - York toward the inhabitants of that District of This deserves the ...
... Whereas , this Convention have for a series of years had under their particular considerations the disingenuous conduct of the former Colony ( now the State of ) New - York toward the inhabitants of that District of This deserves the ...
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... whereas it at present appears to this Convention that , for the fore- going reasons , together with the distance of road which lies between this District and New York , it will be very inconvenient for those inhabitants to associate or ...
... whereas it at present appears to this Convention that , for the fore- going reasons , together with the distance of road which lies between this District and New York , it will be very inconvenient for those inhabitants to associate or ...
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Страница 96 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of...
Страница 325 - Parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several Provincial legislatures, where their right of representation can alone be preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal polity, subject only to the negative of their Sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed...
Страница 325 - But, from the necessity of the case, and a regard to the mutual interest of both countries, we cheerfully consent to the operation of such acts of the British parliament as are bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members ; excluding every idea of taxation internal or external for raising a revenue on the subjects in America, without...
Страница 383 - A state also of equality, wherein all the power and jurisdiction is reciprocal, no one having more than another; there being nothing more evident than that creatures of the same species and rank, promiscuously born to all the same advantages of nature, and the use of the same faculties, should also be equal one amongst another without subordination or subjection...
Страница 326 - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.
Страница 96 - ... property can be justly taken from him, or applied to public uses, without his own consent, or that of...
Страница 97 - That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of themselves and the state; and, as standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military should be kept under strict subordination to, and governed by, the civil power.
Страница 396 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs hath been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Страница 476 - That if any persons unlawfully, riotously, and tumultuously assembled together, to the disturbance of the public peace, shall unlawfully, and with force demolish or pull down or begin to demolish or pull down any...
Страница 105 - ... contrary to the principles of the constitution. These powers they shall continue to have, for and during the space of one year from the day of their election, and no longer.