A History of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: From Its Exploration and Settlement by the Whites, to the Close of the Northwestern Campaign, in 1813J.A. James and Company, 1836 - 551 страница |
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... Legislature with Gabriel John Jones -- Calls on Governor Henry - Receives gunpowder for Kentucky - Procures the creation of Kentucky county - Brings gun- powder from Fort Pitt - Conceals it on the banks of Limestone creek -- Blackfish ...
... Legislature with Gabriel John Jones -- Calls on Governor Henry - Receives gunpowder for Kentucky - Procures the creation of Kentucky county - Brings gun- powder from Fort Pitt - Conceals it on the banks of Limestone creek -- Blackfish ...
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... Legislature . CHAPTER XV . [ page 235 Land Laws of Kentucky - Dissatisfaction with the Constitution of 1792 - Gov . Garrard- John Adams , President of the United States - Occupying claimant law and controversy -Seven years ' limitation ...
... Legislature . CHAPTER XV . [ page 235 Land Laws of Kentucky - Dissatisfaction with the Constitution of 1792 - Gov . Garrard- John Adams , President of the United States - Occupying claimant law and controversy -Seven years ' limitation ...
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... Legislature , held at Boonesborough , May 23d , 1775 - Copy of the Deed made by the Chiefs and Head Men of the Cherokees , to R. Henderson & Co. [ page 503 Copy of the original “ Journal of the proceedings of the House of Delegates or ...
... Legislature , held at Boonesborough , May 23d , 1775 - Copy of the Deed made by the Chiefs and Head Men of the Cherokees , to R. Henderson & Co. [ page 503 Copy of the original “ Journal of the proceedings of the House of Delegates or ...
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... legislature , in giving him the free use of the archives of the State , will give him additional sources of authentic and minute information . Several articles referred to as in the Appendix , have been unavoidably exclu- ded by the ...
... legislature , in giving him the free use of the archives of the State , will give him additional sources of authentic and minute information . Several articles referred to as in the Appendix , have been unavoidably exclu- ded by the ...
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... legislature of Virginia were informed by the President of the Council , " that a set of men , regardless of the laws of natu- ral justice , unmindful of the duties they owe to society , and in contempt of royal proclamations , have ...
... legislature of Virginia were informed by the President of the Council , " that a set of men , regardless of the laws of natu- ral justice , unmindful of the duties they owe to society , and in contempt of royal proclamations , have ...
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American arms army assembled attack bank battle body Boone Boonesborough British camp Captain chief Colonel Clark colony command Commonwealth Congress constitution convention council countrymen court creek detachment Detroit district enemy expedition Father Marquette fire force Fort Duquesne Fort Pitt French frontier gallant gentlemen George Rogers Clark Governor Shelby Harrison Harrodsburg honor hundred Illinois Indians interests Isaac Shelby James Hogg John John Luttrell Johnson judge Kaskaskia Kentucky Kentucky river killed Lake land legislature letter Logan Lord Dunmore Major Marshall ment Miami miles military militia Mississippi mouth navigation officers Ohio river party passed patriotic peace possession present President prisoners received regiment Richard Henderson savages settlements side Sir William Johnson Six Nations Spanish spirit Tecumseh territory thousand tion Todd town treaty tribes troops tucky United village Virginia Washington Wayne western country Wilkinson William Winchester wounded
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Страница xxxv - The Virginia troops showed a good deal of bravery, and were nearly all killed ; for I believe, out of three companies that were there, scarcely thirty men are left alive. Captain Peyrouny, and all his officers down to a corporal, were killed. Captain Poison had nearly as hard a fate, for only one of his was left.
Страница 286 - Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers...
Страница 312 - England, a navy of the United States, are ready to join, and final orders are given to my friends and followers. It will be a host of choice spirits. Wilkinson shall be second to Burr only ; Wilkinson shall dictate the rank and promotion of his officers. Burr will proceed westward 1st August, never to return. With him goes his daughter ; the husband will follow in October, with a corps of worthies.
Страница 286 - Resolved, That the several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States and of amendments thereto, they constituted a General Government for special purposes...
Страница 18 - America do presume for the present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest...
Страница 284 - And if any alien so removed or sent out of the United States by the President shall voluntarily return thereto, unless by permission of the President of the United States, such alien on conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned so long as, in the opinion of the President, the public safety may require.
Страница 284 - It made it a crime for anyone to "write, print, utter or publish * * * any false, scandalous and malicious writing * * * against the government of the United States...
Страница 69 - I carry War in my right hand, and in my left, Peace. I am sent by the Great Council, of the Big Knife, and their friends, to take possession of all the towns possessed by the English in this country; and to watch the motions of the red people; to bloody the paths of those who attempt to stop the course of the river; but to clear the roads...
Страница 506 - Persons Lawfully claiming, or to Claim, by, from, or under them, or any of them...
Страница 108 - ... supposing them to be Indians; at least suspecting them of an intention to decoy them ashore, paid no attention to their signals of distress, but instantly put over to the opposite side of the river, and manning every oar, endeavored to pass them as rapidly as possible. Benham beheld them pass him with a sensation bordering on despair, for the place was much frequented by Indians, and the approach of winter threatened them with destruction, unless speedily relieved. At length, after the boat had...