History of the United States : from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902. 1, Volume 6C. Scribner's sons, 1909 - United States |
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... authority of the United States ; known as " Fugio " ; cast in silver , also in tin and in brass . Values varied . Obverse showed thirteen interlacing rings , each bearing name of a state . A common variant of this piece shows the ...
... authority of the United States ; known as " Fugio " ; cast in silver , also in tin and in brass . Values varied . Obverse showed thirteen interlacing rings , each bearing name of a state . A common variant of this piece shows the ...
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... authority in the case and that the Americans would not negotiate on any other basis than independence , a thing that the Howes were not authorized to consider . On the first of August , the British forces at New York were increased by ...
... authority in the case and that the Americans would not negotiate on any other basis than independence , a thing that the Howes were not authorized to consider . On the first of August , the British forces at New York were increased by ...
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... authorities of New Jersey , but the members of the legislature dispersed to their homes . and no help of impor- · December 2 tance came . He then sent Mifflin to Phila- delphia and urgently December 5 renewed his suggestion 74 20 ...
... authorities of New Jersey , but the members of the legislature dispersed to their homes . and no help of impor- · December 2 tance came . He then sent Mifflin to Phila- delphia and urgently December 5 renewed his suggestion 74 20 ...
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... Authority of that a committee be appointed " to prepare and digest the form of a Confederation to be entered into between these Colonies . " On the eleventh of July , this com- mittee reported a draft that was printed and then debated ...
... Authority of that a committee be appointed " to prepare and digest the form of a Confederation to be entered into between these Colonies . " On the eleventh of July , this com- mittee reported a draft that was printed and then debated ...
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... authorities with " forfeitures and penalties . " But prices would not be regulated by legislation , and congress was forced to renew the issue of bills of credit . The finan- cing of the Revolution will be considered further in the ...
... authorities with " forfeitures and penalties . " But prices would not be regulated by legislation , and congress was forced to renew the issue of bills of credit . The finan- cing of the Revolution will be considered further in the ...
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Page 436 - No state shall be represented in congress by less than two nor by more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Page 435 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Page 436 - ... or sentence and other proceedings being in either case transmitted to Congress, and lodged among the acts of Congress for the security of the parties concerned : provided that every commissioner, before he sits in judgment, shall take an oath to be administered by one of the judges of the Supreme or Superior Court of the State where the cause shall be tried, "well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favor, affection, or hope of...
Page 433 - I have said he, often and often in the course of the Session, and the vicissitudes of my hopes and fears as to its issue, looked at that behind the President without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting: But now at length I have the happiness to know that it is a rising and not a setting Sun.
Page 4 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Page 404 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 66 - that the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Page 26 - I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country...
Page 351 - It is agreed that creditors on either side, shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Page 435 - ARTICLE II. Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every Power, Jurisdiction and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the united states, in congress assembled.