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... persons , nor to any power other than the United States , and to be under their protec- tion alone , and not under that of any other power . " This sub- ject is further enlarged as follows : " the United States while intending never to ...
... persons , nor to any power other than the United States , and to be under their protec- tion alone , and not under that of any other power . " This sub- ject is further enlarged as follows : " the United States while intending never to ...
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... person , had completed the rupture , which compelled the early explorers to withdraw from Kentucky ; and indeed attracted the greater part of them , including Boone , Harrod and the Shelbys , to engage in the left wing of the expedition ...
... person , had completed the rupture , which compelled the early explorers to withdraw from Kentucky ; and indeed attracted the greater part of them , including Boone , Harrod and the Shelbys , to engage in the left wing of the expedition ...
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... person or persons whatsoever . " Had this company retained its title , Kentucky , would , within their jurisdiction or purchase , have been under a quit rent to those great proprietors forever . It is , however , much to be doubted ...
... person or persons whatsoever . " Had this company retained its title , Kentucky , would , within their jurisdiction or purchase , have been under a quit rent to those great proprietors forever . It is , however , much to be doubted ...
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... person can do ; but if I leave the country now , there is scarcely one single man hereabouts , but what will follow the example . When I think of the deplo- rable condition of a few helpless families are likely to be in ; I conclude to ...
... person can do ; but if I leave the country now , there is scarcely one single man hereabouts , but what will follow the example . When I think of the deplo- rable condition of a few helpless families are likely to be in ; I conclude to ...
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... person who shall appear in the morn- ing : in the day , if there be any cover - such as grass , a bush , a large clod of earth , or a stone as big as a bushel , they will avail themselves of it , to approach the fort , by slipping ...
... person who shall appear in the morn- ing : in the day , if there be any cover - such as grass , a bush , a large clod of earth , or a stone as big as a bushel , they will avail themselves of it , to approach the fort , by slipping ...
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American appointed army arrived assembled attack bank battle Big Knife Boone Boonesborough British Burr Cahokia called Captain chief citizens Colonel Clark command commissioners Commonwealth confederacy Congress constitution convention council countrymen court creek detachment district elected encamped enemy expedition favor Fort Pitt Fort Stanwix French friends frontier gallant gentlemen George Rogers Clark Governor Harrison Harrodsburg history of Kentucky honorable Humphrey Marshall hundred Indians inhabitants Innes interests Jefferson John judge justice Kaskaskia Kentucky river killed land legislative legislature letter Licks Logan Marshall ment Miami miles military militia Mississippi mouth navigation negotiation officer Ohio river Orleans party passed patriotic peace political possession present President resolutions savages Sebastian session settlements Shelby side Sir William Johnson Six Nations Spain Spanish spirit territory tion town treaty tribes troops tucky United village Virginia warriors Wayne western country Wilkinson
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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...