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... militia law , an at- tachment law , a law for preserving the game and for appoint- ing civil and military officers . " Such was the incipient stage of this great Commonwealth , under what may be called its proprie- tary government . So ...
... militia law , an at- tachment law , a law for preserving the game and for appoint- ing civil and military officers . " Such was the incipient stage of this great Commonwealth , under what may be called its proprie- tary government . So ...
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... militia which would confirm the idea of his previous command , besides being known at that time as Major Clark . In the ensuing autumn Clark returned to Virginia , and again came back to Kentucky in the spring of " 76. * He reflected ...
... militia which would confirm the idea of his previous command , besides being known at that time as Major Clark . In the ensuing autumn Clark returned to Virginia , and again came back to Kentucky in the spring of " 76. * He reflected ...
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... militia had been organized but two days before . The Indians began their attack by setting fire to an out cabin on the east side of the town ; this , the men not believing to be the act of the enemy , rushed out of the fort to ...
... militia had been organized but two days before . The Indians began their attack by setting fire to an out cabin on the east side of the town ; this , the men not believing to be the act of the enemy , rushed out of the fort to ...
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... militia , as well as the most extended encour- agement to the Indians in their barbarous depredations upon the Kentucky frontier ; yet , notwithstanding the enemy had essayed every art of misrepresentation to prejudice the French ...
... militia , as well as the most extended encour- agement to the Indians in their barbarous depredations upon the Kentucky frontier ; yet , notwithstanding the enemy had essayed every art of misrepresentation to prejudice the French ...
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... militia were kept in good order ; spies were stationed on the Mississippi ; and all Indians and hunters ordered to keep a sharp look out for the rebel Virginians . The fort , which commanded the town was kept in good order as a place of ...
... militia were kept in good order ; spies were stationed on the Mississippi ; and all Indians and hunters ordered to keep a sharp look out for the rebel Virginians . The fort , which commanded the town was kept in good order as a place of ...
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Страница 138 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Страница 308 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Страница 287 - That to this compact each State acceded as a State, and is an integral party, its co-States forming as to itself, the other party: That the 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 285 - President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States...
Страница 287 - That the 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; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Страница 287 - 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 313 - 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 341 - That in the late campaign against the Indians on the Wabash, Governor WH Harrison has, in the opinion of this Legislature, behaved like a hero, a patriot, and a general; and that for his cool, deliberate, skillful, and gallant conduct in the late battle of Tippecanoe, he deserves the warmest thanks of the nation.
Страница 19 - 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 394 - ... of, in, or to the same, or any part thereof; To have and to hold the...