Reminiscences of James A. Hamilton: Or, Men and Events, at Home and Abroad, During Three Quarters of a Century |
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... nation laboring all night to support his family . " Talleyrand came to this country in 1794 , with a letter of introduction to Hamilton from Mrs. Church , the sister of Mrs. Hamilton . He had occasion to pass Hamilton's office late at ...
... nation laboring all night to support his family . " Talleyrand came to this country in 1794 , with a letter of introduction to Hamilton from Mrs. Church , the sister of Mrs. Hamilton . He had occasion to pass Hamilton's office late at ...
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... Nation on a good footing , I go to take a little care of my own ; which need my care not a little . " Love to Mr. Church . Betsy will add a line or two . Adieu . " SAME TO SAME . " ALBANY , March 6 , 1795 . " To indulge in my domestic ...
... Nation on a good footing , I go to take a little care of my own ; which need my care not a little . " Love to Mr. Church . Betsy will add a line or two . Adieu . " SAME TO SAME . " ALBANY , March 6 , 1795 . " To indulge in my domestic ...
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... nation ( a paper circulation ) alone during the war * * * of proper denominations for circulation . " Mr. Jefferson , in 1813 , was earnestly in favor of a funding system identical with that recommended by Hamilton . In a letter to 18 ...
... nation ( a paper circulation ) alone during the war * * * of proper denominations for circulation . " Mr. Jefferson , in 1813 , was earnestly in favor of a funding system identical with that recommended by Hamilton . In a letter to 18 ...
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... nation . " This is the testimony of Jefferson- " disinterested , honest and honorable— duly valuing virtue in private life , " and yet Jefferson distinctly represents this man as having misrepresented the amount of the debt of the ...
... nation . " This is the testimony of Jefferson- " disinterested , honest and honorable— duly valuing virtue in private life , " and yet Jefferson distinctly represents this man as having misrepresented the amount of the debt of the ...
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... such was the desperate condition of the exchequer of the nation that Tompkins , Rufus King , and many others , and particularly , old Federalists , advanced their private means to defray the expense 44 REMINISCENCES OF JAMES A. HAMILTON .
... such was the desperate condition of the exchequer of the nation that Tompkins , Rufus King , and many others , and particularly , old Federalists , advanced their private means to defray the expense 44 REMINISCENCES OF JAMES A. HAMILTON .
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Page 464 - AND WHEREAS it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said articles of confederation and perpetual union.
Page 606 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Page 608 - Whereas neither that point of the highlands lying due north from the source of the river St. Croix, and designated in the former treaty of peace between the two Powers as the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, nor the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River, has yet been ascertained...
Page 464 - ... of the said Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union and all and singular the matters and things therein contained. And we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled on all questions which by the said Confederation are submitted to them.
Page 156 - SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of this act, and whenever required by the Secretary of the Treasury, the said corporation shall give the necessary facilities for transferring the public funds from place to place, within the United States, or the territories thereof, and for distributing the same in payment of the public creditors...
Page 613 - ... leading from the navigable waters emptying into the Atlantic, to the Ohio, to the said state, and through the same, such roads to be laid out under the authority of Congress, with the consent of the several states through which the road shall pass...
Page 606 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 111 - I will here express but one sentiment, which is, that DISMEMBERMENT of our EMPIRE will be a clear sacrifice of great positive advantages, without any counterbalancing good; administering no relief to our real disease, which is DEMOCRACY ; the poison of which, by a subdivision, will only be the more concentrated in each part, and consequently the more virulent.
Page 451 - The laws of the United States must be executed. I have no discretionary power on the subject; my duty is emphatically pronounced in the Constitution.
Page 557 - An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: "SEC.