A Political and Civil History of the United States of America: From the Year 1763 to the Close of the Administration of President Washington, in March, 1797: Including a Summary View of the Political and Civil State of the North American Colonies, Prior to that Period, Volume 1 |
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... true history of their transactions , * The Ebeling collection was presented by Col. Israel Thorndike , and that of Mr. Warden , by Samuel A. Elliot , Esq . , both of Boston . have never been made public , with the exception of 6 PREFACE .
... true history of their transactions , * The Ebeling collection was presented by Col. Israel Thorndike , and that of Mr. Warden , by Samuel A. Elliot , Esq . , both of Boston . have never been made public , with the exception of 6 PREFACE .
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... never been made public , with the exception of the minutes of some part of them , taken by one of the members of the conven- tion in 1787 , for his own private use . These minutes , the jour- nals of the old congress relating to the ...
... never been made public , with the exception of the minutes of some part of them , taken by one of the members of the conven- tion in 1787 , for his own private use . These minutes , the jour- nals of the old congress relating to the ...
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... never afterwards be found . They , no doubt , perished by famine or by the hands of savages . Not yet discour- aged , a third colony , consisting of more than one hundred , were left to continue a settlement . By some unpardonable ...
... never afterwards be found . They , no doubt , perished by famine or by the hands of savages . Not yet discour- aged , a third colony , consisting of more than one hundred , were left to continue a settlement . By some unpardonable ...
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... east . The claim of the Dutch to any part of this country , had never * See Hazard's State papers , vol . 1 , p . 121 , and Moulton , part II . been acknowledged by the English . The whole Atlantic coast 22 POLITICAL AND CIVIL HISTORY.
... east . The claim of the Dutch to any part of this country , had never * See Hazard's State papers , vol . 1 , p . 121 , and Moulton , part II . been acknowledged by the English . The whole Atlantic coast 22 POLITICAL AND CIVIL HISTORY.
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... never seen these facts stated in any other work than that of Mr. Cox . In the edition of le Tonty , which we have seen , none of them are noticed ; yet we can hardly believe the whole to be a fabrication . A spirit of adventure has ...
... never seen these facts stated in any other work than that of Mr. Cox . In the edition of le Tonty , which we have seen , none of them are noticed ; yet we can hardly believe the whole to be a fabrication . A spirit of adventure has ...
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Page 200 - Britain; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal and Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 457 - Britain ; and that the King's Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, had, hath, and of right ought to have, full Power and Authority to make Laws and Statutes of sufficient Force and Validity to bind the Colonies and People of America, Subjects of the Crown of Great Britain, in all cases whatsoever.
Page 35 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, Covenant and Combine ourselves together into a Civil Body Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission...
Page 4 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 369 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 210 - America is obstinate; America is almost in open rebellion. I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Page 176 - Resolved, That by two royal charters, granted by King James the First, the Colonists aforesaid are declared entitled to all liberties, privileges, and immunities of denizens and natural subjects, to all intents and purposes, as if they had been abiding and born within the realm of England.
Page 288 - But, from the necessity of the case, and a regard to the mutual interest of both countries, we cheerfully consent to the operation of such acts of the British parliament as are bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members ; excluding every idea of taxation internal or external for raising a revenue on the subjects in America, without...
Page 425 - Whereas, we all came into these parts of America, with one and the same end and aim, namely, to advance the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to enjoy the liberties of the Gospel in purity with peace...
Page 287 - That the inhabitants of the English colonies in North America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English Constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following rights : Resolved, NCD 1.