Reports from the Court of Claims Submitted to the House of Representatives, Volume 1C. Wendell, printer, 1862 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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Page 45
... land where Colonel John Anderson then lived ? Answer . Colonel John Anderson . Question 8. Describe the buildings . Answer . The central building was a story and a half frame build- ing , thirty feet front , with two wings , one on each ...
... land where Colonel John Anderson then lived ? Answer . Colonel John Anderson . Question 8. Describe the buildings . Answer . The central building was a story and a half frame build- ing , thirty feet front , with two wings , one on each ...
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... lands of Colonel Anderson , and near the main buildings . Question 22. Do you know whether , at the time of the surrender , there were in those buildings any arms or ammunition of war belong- ing to the United States ? Answer . I do not ...
... lands of Colonel Anderson , and near the main buildings . Question 22. Do you know whether , at the time of the surrender , there were in those buildings any arms or ammunition of war belong- ing to the United States ? Answer . I do not ...
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... land , upon which the house was built that was destroyed , before the surrender ? Answer . He had occupied it 15 or 20 years before , and purchased it of my uncle . 2d cross - interrogatory . How did you know the house was worth $ 3,000 ...
... land , upon which the house was built that was destroyed , before the surrender ? Answer . He had occupied it 15 or 20 years before , and purchased it of my uncle . 2d cross - interrogatory . How did you know the house was worth $ 3,000 ...
Page 64
... land on which it stood , but leaves that to be inferred without proof . Third . The record contains no evidence that any portion of the de- positions relied upon by the plaintiff were taken on notice , or stipula- tion , or were ...
... land on which it stood , but leaves that to be inferred without proof . Third . The record contains no evidence that any portion of the de- positions relied upon by the plaintiff were taken on notice , or stipula- tion , or were ...
Page 64
... land transportation provided , looking at its quality - supe- rior , as it will be conceded , to any heretofore furnished , considering the quantity I must feel satisfied with the part I have had in it ; and I do not know , had I the ...
... land transportation provided , looking at its quality - supe- rior , as it will be conceded , to any heretofore furnished , considering the quantity I must feel satisfied with the part I have had in it ; and I do not know , had I the ...
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aforesaid amount Answer April assistant quartermaster attorney Beck bidders bills buildings Captain Reynolds carts cent certificate claimant Clerk Colonel Anderson Commissioner Congress contract contractor Court of Claims cross-interrogatory cubic yards delivered deponent deposit depository dollars embankment estimate evidence Fant February flatboat Fort Leavenworth furnished half section HOWELL COBB hundred Indians interrogatory James January John Anderson John Skirving Johnson July June Land Office Leavenworth letter loan loss March Memphis ment Mexico mules Mullican Navajoes navy agent navy yard obedient servant paid parties payment persons petition petitioner plaintiffs purchase quarry Question receipt received residence respectfully Rittenhouse River Raisin San Francisco Santa Fé Secretary Secretary of War September solicitor Stephen Johnston STEWART VAN VLIET stone subscribed Sweeny sworn taken testimony thousand Treasury treaty United United States army Utah expedition Vliet Washington William Clark witness
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Page 46 - The Mexicans who. in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Page 52 - An Act to regulate Trade and Intercourse with the Indian Tribes, and to preserve Peace on the Frontiers...
Page 11 - Dollars, together with interest thereon at the rate of five per cent, per annum, payable semiannually on the first days of January and July of each year upon the presentation and surrender of the annexed interest coupons as they severally become due.
Page 84 - If any officer charged with the disbursement of the public moneys accepts, receives, or transmits to the Treasury Department to be allowed in his favor any receipt or voucher from a creditor of the United States...
Page 6 - And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress...
Page 6 - Colonies raised for the defence of American liberty, and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of captain by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging.
Page 43 - Agent in six months to be forwarded to the War Department, shall be entitled to a quarter section of Land, to be located under the direction of the President, and with his consent the same may be sold and the proceeds applied to some beneficial purpose for the benefit of said orphans.
Page 29 - America aforesaid, extending north and eastward as far as the north end of Coratuck river or inlet, upon a straight westerly line to Wyanoke creek, which lies within or about the degrees of thirtysix and thirty minutes northern latitude, and so west in a direct line as far as the South seas...
Page 117 - ... that time was not of the essence of the contract, and that the defendant was not damaged by the delay.
Page 29 - Virginia seas, and within six and thirty degrees of the northern latitude, and to the west as far as the south seas, and so southerly as far as the river St. Matthias, which bordereth upon the coast of Florida, and within one and thirty degrees of northern latitude, and so west in a direct line as far as the south seas aforesaid.