Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Volume 5American Antiquarian Society., 1889 - Electronic journals |
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... later , our munificent benefactor , President Salisbury , presented an adjoining tract of land , with the nucleus of a building- fund , thus making possible the erection of the western half of this hall in 1877 , by which means our ...
... later , our munificent benefactor , President Salisbury , presented an adjoining tract of land , with the nucleus of a building- fund , thus making possible the erection of the western half of this hall in 1877 , by which means our ...
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... later , he accompanied his parents on a trip to Europe . He was then for a short time a pupil in Dummer Academy , near his own door , and later in a New York school , while his father was expecting for him an appointment to the United ...
... later , he accompanied his parents on a trip to Europe . He was then for a short time a pupil in Dummer Academy , near his own door , and later in a New York school , while his father was expecting for him an appointment to the United ...
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... he was transferred a year later to that of clerk of the Senate Com- mittee on Printing , in which he continued ( with one brief interruption ) until his death , thus having charge of 1887. ] 15 Report of the Council .
... he was transferred a year later to that of clerk of the Senate Com- mittee on Printing , in which he continued ( with one brief interruption ) until his death , thus having charge of 1887. ] 15 Report of the Council .
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... later he was transferred to the pastorate of the First Church in Exeter , N. H. , where he continued until May , 1865. During the war he served on the United States Christian Commission , and wrote and spoke extensively for the Union ...
... later he was transferred to the pastorate of the First Church in Exeter , N. H. , where he continued until May , 1865. During the war he served on the United States Christian Commission , and wrote and spoke extensively for the Union ...
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... later . His first name was derived from a direct ancestor on his moth- er's side , the Rev. Dr. Elihu Spencer , of New Jersey . He was graduated from Dickinson College , at Carlisle , Pa . , in 1840 , having exhibited already a zeal for ...
... later . His first name was derived from a direct ancestor on his moth- er's side , the Rev. Dr. Elihu Spencer , of New Jersey . He was graduated from Dickinson College , at Carlisle , Pa . , in 1840 , having exhibited already a zeal for ...
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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.