A History of the Commonwealth of Kentuckyauthor, 1834 - 396 Seiten |
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... BY MANN BUTLER , A. M. LOUISVILLE , KY .: PUBLISHED BY WILCOX , DICKERMAN AND CO . PRINTED BY J. A. JAMES , CINCINNATI , OHIO . 1834 . Chect May 19- THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 244970 ASTOR , LENOX AND گم بگم CHAPTER.
... BY MANN BUTLER , A. M. LOUISVILLE , KY .: PUBLISHED BY WILCOX , DICKERMAN AND CO . PRINTED BY J. A. JAMES , CINCINNATI , OHIO . 1834 . Chect May 19- THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 244970 ASTOR , LENOX AND گم بگم CHAPTER.
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... Ohio - Eclipse of the Sun - Passes the Falls - Reaches Kaskaskia - Surprises the town - Takes Cahokia . CHAPTER IV . [ page 35 Plan against St. Vincents - Thanks of Virginia - St . Vincents revolts from the British- M. Girault ...
... Ohio - Eclipse of the Sun - Passes the Falls - Reaches Kaskaskia - Surprises the town - Takes Cahokia . CHAPTER IV . [ page 35 Plan against St. Vincents - Thanks of Virginia - St . Vincents revolts from the British- M. Girault ...
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... Ohio Settlement , ' in the fourth volume of his works . The journal of Major Washington's mission up the Alleghany in 1753 , and that of Colonel Croghan's descent of the Ohio , in 1765 , next present themselves in point of curiosity ...
... Ohio Settlement , ' in the fourth volume of his works . The journal of Major Washington's mission up the Alleghany in 1753 , and that of Colonel Croghan's descent of the Ohio , in 1765 , next present themselves in point of curiosity ...
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... Ohio , ( meaning the river of that name ) may be fairly proved by the conquest they made in subduing the Shavanoes , Delawares , Twictwees , and Oillinois , as they stood possessed thereof , at the peace of Ryswick in 1697. " In further ...
... Ohio , ( meaning the river of that name ) may be fairly proved by the conquest they made in subduing the Shavanoes , Delawares , Twictwees , and Oillinois , as they stood possessed thereof , at the peace of Ryswick in 1697. " In further ...
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... Ohio lands in question , issued suitable instructions to Sir William Johnson . This gentleman was the celebrated Indian agent , of the British government , among the Mohawks . By these directions he was required to call the Five Nations ...
... Ohio lands in question , issued suitable instructions to Sir William Johnson . This gentleman was the celebrated Indian agent , of the British government , among the Mohawks . By these directions he was required to call the Five Nations ...
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Seite 306 - 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 392 - ... of, in, or to the same, or any part thereof; To have and to hold the...
Seite 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...