Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Volume 5American Antiquarian Society., 1889 - Electronic journals |
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... Indian Hill in the present township of West Newbury , was born , November 2 , 1820 , on this farm ( which has never been alienated from the fam- ily ) , and in the house built by the first settler . His grandfather , Daniel Noyes Poore ...
... Indian Hill in the present township of West Newbury , was born , November 2 , 1820 , on this farm ( which has never been alienated from the fam- ily ) , and in the house built by the first settler . His grandfather , Daniel Noyes Poore ...
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... Indians , are included ; often , however , such uncertainty vanishes by an inspection of the figures . Other elements of vagueness and of per- plexity will suggest themselves , as we consider the field in detail . Taking the colonies in ...
... Indians , are included ; often , however , such uncertainty vanishes by an inspection of the figures . Other elements of vagueness and of per- plexity will suggest themselves , as we consider the field in detail . Taking the colonies in ...
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... Indian , -four or five times as great a proportion , that is to say , as in her neighbors , and unequalled anywhere north of Mason and Dixon's line . Passing to Connecticut , we find there , with even more regular growth , no such ...
... Indian , -four or five times as great a proportion , that is to say , as in her neighbors , and unequalled anywhere north of Mason and Dixon's line . Passing to Connecticut , we find there , with even more regular growth , no such ...
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... Indian , -four or five times as great a proportion , that is to say , as in her neighbors , and unequalled anywhere north of Mason and Dixon's line . Passing to Connecticut , we find there , with even more regular growth , no such ...
... Indian , -four or five times as great a proportion , that is to say , as in her neighbors , and unequalled anywhere north of Mason and Dixon's line . Passing to Connecticut , we find there , with even more regular growth , no such ...
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... Indians living among the whites ( Col. Records , xi . , 575 , 630 ) . 2 A census in 1774 gave 196,088 , without Wyoming ( Col. Records , xiv . 490-1 ) ; the estimate of Congress in 1774 was 192,000 , and another in 1775 was 262,000 . 8 ...
... Indians living among the whites ( Col. Records , xi . , 575 , 630 ) . 2 A census in 1774 gave 196,088 , without Wyoming ( Col. Records , xiv . 490-1 ) ; the estimate of Congress in 1774 was 192,000 , and another in 1775 was 262,000 . 8 ...
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Page 252 - The navigable waters leading into the Mississippi and St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways, and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said territory, as to the citizens of the United States, and those of any other states that may be admitted into the confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 253 - Provided the constitution and government so to be formed shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles, and, so far as it can be consistent with the general interest of the Confederacy, such admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand.
Page 253 - 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 243 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever...
Page 249 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land; and, should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same.
Page 249 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared that no law ought ever to be made or have force in the said Territory that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private contracts, or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Page 244 - Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid that there shall be appointed from time to time, by Congress, a governor whose commission shall continue in force for the term of three years, unless sooner revoked by Congress...
Page 252 - The middle state shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from post Vincents to the Ohio ; by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Page 251 - The legislatures of those districts or new states shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers.
Page 251 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property rights and liberty they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall, from time to time, be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.