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... citizens . At the same time , they required Clark to be , answerable for the value in case the legislature should not recognize the Ken- tuckians as citizens ; and , in the meantime , to bear the ex- penses of its conveyance to Kentucky ...
... citizens . At the same time , they required Clark to be , answerable for the value in case the legislature should not recognize the Ken- tuckians as citizens ; and , in the meantime , to bear the ex- penses of its conveyance to Kentucky ...
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... of the village , got per- mission , with five or six elderly gentlemen , to wait on Colonel Clark . Shocked as the citizens had been by the sudden cap- ture of their town , and by such an enemy 54 HISTORY OF KENTUCKY .
... of the village , got per- mission , with five or six elderly gentlemen , to wait on Colonel Clark . Shocked as the citizens had been by the sudden cap- ture of their town , and by such an enemy 54 HISTORY OF KENTUCKY .
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... citizens of Calais , with ropes about their necks , at the mercy of the third Edward of England , was , for favor to their wives and children . In this distress of the villagers , Clark , who had now wound up their terrors to the ...
... citizens of Calais , with ropes about their necks , at the mercy of the third Edward of England , was , for favor to their wives and children . In this distress of the villagers , Clark , who had now wound up their terrors to the ...
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... citizens , for the purpose of ob- taining this security . It was all in vain ; Colonel Clark peremp- torily refused it ; and intimated that he wished to hear no more such applications ; that he understood M. Cerre was " a sensible man ...
... citizens , for the purpose of ob- taining this security . It was all in vain ; Colonel Clark peremp- torily refused it ; and intimated that he wished to hear no more such applications ; that he understood M. Cerre was " a sensible man ...
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... citizen , would be highly acceptable , yet if he did not sincerely wish to do so , he was perfectly at liberty to dispose of his property , and to remove elsewhere . Cerre de- lighted at the fair and generous treatment he had met 60 ...
... citizen , would be highly acceptable , yet if he did not sincerely wish to do so , he was perfectly at liberty to dispose of his property , and to remove elsewhere . Cerre de- lighted at the fair and generous treatment he had met 60 ...
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American appointed army arrived assembled attack bank battle Big Knife Boone Boonesborough British Burr Cahokia called Captain chief citizens claims Colonel Clark command commissioners Commonwealth confederacy Congress constitution convention 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 285 - 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 136 - 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 283 - 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 285 - 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 311 - 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 339 - 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 17 - 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 392 - ... of, in, or to the same, or any part thereof; To have and to hold the...
Страница 197 - Wilkinson to rush forward with the first battalion. The order was executed with promptitude, and this detachment gained the bank of the river just as the rear of the enemy had embarked...