A History of the Commonwealth of Kentuckyauthor, 1834 - 396 Seiten |
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... interest lessen in the fame and the fortunes of his adopted commonwealth . Still the au- thor places the claims of his history to the public attention on a basis higher , than any personal intercourse he may have enjoyed , at the late ...
... interest lessen in the fame and the fortunes of his adopted commonwealth . Still the au- thor places the claims of his history to the public attention on a basis higher , than any personal intercourse he may have enjoyed , at the late ...
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... interest- ing matter . From Gen. William H. Harrison , information essential to a critical estimation of Indian traditions , as well as elucidating the decisive campaigns of General Wayne , has likewise been received . To the Hon ...
... interest- ing matter . From Gen. William H. Harrison , information essential to a critical estimation of Indian traditions , as well as elucidating the decisive campaigns of General Wayne , has likewise been received . To the Hon ...
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... interest , and would their curiosity be stimulated . Indeed , the actual occupation of the country acquired by the peace of 1763 , obliged the British officers to pass through the western country to St. Vincents , as Vincennes was then ...
... interest , and would their curiosity be stimulated . Indeed , the actual occupation of the country acquired by the peace of 1763 , obliged the British officers to pass through the western country to St. Vincents , as Vincennes was then ...
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... interest began to raise upon their lands , which caused many to complain . " Some dissatisfaction of this sort , seems to have operated in producing the subsequent mission of Clark and Jones , to the government of Virginia , respecting ...
... interest began to raise upon their lands , which caused many to complain . " Some dissatisfaction of this sort , seems to have operated in producing the subsequent mission of Clark and Jones , to the government of Virginia , respecting ...
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... interest , whose influence over the In- dians throughout these extensive territories , was strengthened by time , and maintained by a tact and versatility , which have been undiminished for two centuries . To this day our inter- preters ...
... interest , whose influence over the In- dians throughout these extensive territories , was strengthened by time , and maintained by a tact and versatility , which have been undiminished for two centuries . To this day our inter- preters ...
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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...