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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... Continental Line Infantry , Showing State Distinc- tions • From original drawing by Mr. H. A. Ogden . Flag of the First Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment Reproduced from original in the State House , Harrisburg , Pennsylvania , by Mr. J ...
... Continental Line Infantry , Showing State Distinc- tions • From original drawing by Mr. H. A. Ogden . Flag of the First Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment Reproduced from original in the State House , Harrisburg , Pennsylvania , by Mr. J ...
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... Continental Congress at Princeton by Varnum Lansing Collins . Rum Keg 54 55 Formerly belonged to James Dickerson and Thomas Peabody . Repro- duction directly from original kindly loaned by Mr. John E. L. Hazen , Shirley , Mass . Boston ...
... Continental Congress at Princeton by Varnum Lansing Collins . Rum Keg 54 55 Formerly belonged to James Dickerson and Thomas Peabody . Repro- duction directly from original kindly loaned by Mr. John E. L. Hazen , Shirley , Mass . Boston ...
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... continental army , urging them to be no longer the tools and dupes of congress . The information regarding this broadside was obtained in a note from Mr. Worthington C. Ford , Chief of Division of Manuscripts , Library of Congress ...
... continental army , urging them to be no longer the tools and dupes of congress . The information regarding this broadside was obtained in a note from Mr. Worthington C. Ford , Chief of Division of Manuscripts , Library of Congress ...
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... Continental Bill From Harper's Magazine . Continental Currency of 1778 ( obverse and reverse ) 328 From specimen in the New York Public Library ( Emmet Collection ) . Portrait of Thomas Jones of New York , a Promi- Illustrations xxxi.
... Continental Bill From Harper's Magazine . Continental Currency of 1778 ( obverse and reverse ) 328 From specimen in the New York Public Library ( Emmet Collection ) . Portrait of Thomas Jones of New York , a Promi- Illustrations xxxi.
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... Continental Army From original in the Library of Congress . A Negro Soldier's Discharge after the War From facsimile in Nell's The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution . Autograph of Christopher Greene . Washington Resigning his ...
... Continental Army From original in the Library of Congress . A Negro Soldier's Discharge after the War From facsimile in Nell's The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution . Autograph of Christopher Greene . Washington Resigning his ...
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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.