The History of the United States of America, Volume 4Harper, 1851 - United States |
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... Treasury was equally empty ; and had it been otherwise , no quorum of the states could be obtained com- petent to authorize the expenditure of money . Anxious for the due accommodation of the national Legislature , and desirous to hold ...
... Treasury was equally empty ; and had it been otherwise , no quorum of the states could be obtained com- petent to authorize the expenditure of money . Anxious for the due accommodation of the national Legislature , and desirous to hold ...
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... , with whom were Jay , Secreta- ry for Foreign Affairs , General Knox , Secretary at War , Samuel Osgood , Arthur Lee , and Walter Livingston , CHAPTER Commissioners of the Treasury , and Ebenezer Hazard , WASHINGTON'S JOURNEY . 55.
... , with whom were Jay , Secreta- ry for Foreign Affairs , General Knox , Secretary at War , Samuel Osgood , Arthur Lee , and Walter Livingston , CHAPTER Commissioners of the Treasury , and Ebenezer Hazard , WASHINGTON'S JOURNEY . 55.
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Richard Hildreth. CHAPTER Commissioners of the Treasury , and Ebenezer Hazard , I. Postmaster General , these heads of departments still con- 1789. tinuing to act under their appointments from the Conti- nental Congress until new ...
Richard Hildreth. CHAPTER Commissioners of the Treasury , and Ebenezer Hazard , I. Postmaster General , these heads of departments still con- 1789. tinuing to act under their appointments from the Conti- nental Congress until new ...
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... treasury , which was almost totally empty , and upon which there were so many claims , Madison sug- gested the adoption of a temporary system of imposts , to be based on that proposed by the Continental Congress , and to which all the ...
... treasury , which was almost totally empty , and upon which there were so many claims , Madison sug- gested the adoption of a temporary system of imposts , to be based on that proposed by the Continental Congress , and to which all the ...
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... Treasury Department was reorganized substan- tially on the plan adopted by the Continental Congress in 1781 ; but the title of its head was changed from Superintendent of Finance to Secretary of the Treas ury . It was made the duty of ...
... Treasury Department was reorganized substan- tially on the plan adopted by the Continental Congress in 1781 ; but the title of its head was changed from Superintendent of Finance to Secretary of the Treas ury . It was made the duty of ...
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Page 200 - ... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Page 686 - ... constantly keeping in view that it is folly in one nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its independence for whatever it may accept under that character; that by such acceptance it may place itself in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favors, and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There can be no greater error than to expect or calculate upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion...
Page 271 - I do believe in one God, the Creator and Governor of the Universe, the rewarder of the good and the punisher of the wicked. And I do acknowledge the scriptures of the old and new testament to be given by divine inspiration...
Page 364 - That I have utterly, in my private conversations, disapproved of the system of the Secretary of the Treasury, I acknowledge and avow ; and this was not merely a speculative difference. His system flowed from principles adverse to liberty, and was calculated to undermine and demolish the republic, by creating an influence of his department over the members of the legislature.
Page 617 - In place of that noble love of liberty and republican government which carried us triumphantly through the war, an Anglican monarchical and aristocratical party has sprung up, whose avowed object is to draw over us the substance, as they have already done the forms, of the British Government.
Page 363 - I was duped into by the Secretary of the Treasury, and made a tool for forwarding his schemes, not then sufficiently understood by me ; and, of all the errors of my political life, this has occasioned me the deepest regret.
Page 203 - That Congress have no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them in any of the States; it remaining with the several States alone to provide rules and regulations therein, which humanity and true policy may require.
Page 361 - I considered myself as compelled to this conduct by reasons public as well as personal, of the most cogent nature. I know that I have been an object of uniform opposition from Mr. Jefferson, from the moment of his coming to the city of New- York to enter upon his present office. I know from the most authentic sources, that I have been the frequent subject of the most unkind whispers and insinuations from the same quarter. I have long seen a formed party in the legislature under his auspices, bent...
Page 320 - States," in those of equity and in those of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction, according to the principles, rules and usages which belong to courts of equity and to courts of admiralty respectively, as contradistinguished from courts of common law ; except so far as may have been provided for by the act to establish the judicial courts of the United States...
Page 37 - These debts had become hereditary from father to son, for many generations, so that the planters were a species of property, annexed to certain mercantile houses in London.