A History of the Commonwealth of Kentuckyauthor, 1834 - 396 Seiten |
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... session , was also called the Hogotege * in the treaty , and is now known as the Tennessee river . The first of these names is used convertibly with Tennessee , by the legislature of Virginia in their resolutions of 1778 , and again in ...
... session , was also called the Hogotege * in the treaty , and is now known as the Tennessee river . The first of these names is used convertibly with Tennessee , by the legislature of Virginia in their resolutions of 1778 , and again in ...
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... session of the legislature of Virginia , Messrs . Jones and Clark laid the Kentucky petition before that body : they were of course not admitted to legislative seats ; though late in the session , in despite of the exertions of Colonels ...
... session of the legislature of Virginia , Messrs . Jones and Clark laid the Kentucky petition before that body : they were of course not admitted to legislative seats ; though late in the session , in despite of the exertions of Colonels ...
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... session of the cabins left by the Indians , and suddenly adopted the plan of forming a moveable breastwork out of the doors and puncheons or coarse plank of the floors , and pushing them for- ward as a battery against the Indian post ...
... session of the cabins left by the Indians , and suddenly adopted the plan of forming a moveable breastwork out of the doors and puncheons or coarse plank of the floors , and pushing them for- ward as a battery against the Indian post ...
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... session " conducted with much decorum , " which is indeed a national characteristic of our public assemblies , it was thought that many of the grievences of the district might be remedied by suitable acts of the Virginia legislature ...
... session " conducted with much decorum , " which is indeed a national characteristic of our public assemblies , it was thought that many of the grievences of the district might be remedied by suitable acts of the Virginia legislature ...
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... session , for an act to separate this district from the present government forever , on terms honora- ble to both , and injurious to neither . " This resolution , and its eloquent preamble , were followed by an address to the leg ...
... session , for an act to separate this district from the present government forever , on terms honora- ble to both , and injurious to neither . " This resolution , and its eloquent preamble , were followed by an address to the leg ...
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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...