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... mind of De Witt Clinton , from the cares of the great State of New York , to inves- tigate the history of her most ancient and faithful allies . To this summary , other authorities may well be added , on a point , so vital to the early ...
... mind of De Witt Clinton , from the cares of the great State of New York , to inves- tigate the history of her most ancient and faithful allies . To this summary , other authorities may well be added , on a point , so vital to the early ...
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... territory of lands was at the time of said purchase , and time out of mind , had been the land and hunting grounds of the said tribe of ( Chero- B kee ) Indians . " The consideration paid for this HISTORY OF KENTUCKY . 13.
... territory of lands was at the time of said purchase , and time out of mind , had been the land and hunting grounds of the said tribe of ( Chero- B kee ) Indians . " The consideration paid for this HISTORY OF KENTUCKY . 13.
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... mind ; it is taken from his journal , as Mr. Marshall says , and the author has found it substantially confirmed by the McAfee papers . While on his voyage , he left his boat and went alone through the woods to the Indian town of Old ...
... mind ; it is taken from his journal , as Mr. Marshall says , and the author has found it substantially confirmed by the McAfee papers . While on his voyage , he left his boat and went alone through the woods to the Indian town of Old ...
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... observations on the condition and pros pects of the country , natural to his comprehensive mind , and assisting at every opportunity in its defence . D It became uncertain whether the south side of the Kentucky HISTORY OF KENTUCKY . 37.
... observations on the condition and pros pects of the country , natural to his comprehensive mind , and assisting at every opportunity in its defence . D It became uncertain whether the south side of the Kentucky HISTORY OF KENTUCKY . 37.
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... was never " he says , " out of my mind ; " it had indeed occupied his thoughts ; it has been seen in his first descent down the Ohio , * Census of 1830 . F and was only relinquished at that time from his weakness HISTORY OF KENTUCKY . 61.
... was never " he says , " out of my mind ; " it had indeed occupied his thoughts ; it has been seen in his first descent down the Ohio , * Census of 1830 . F and was only relinquished at that time from his weakness HISTORY OF KENTUCKY . 61.
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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...