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... July 13 , 1787 , when it was superseded by the celebrated " Ordinance of Freedom , " in reality it was a dead letter . The establishment of government in the West and the promotion of settle- ment there seem to have been warm- ly ...
... July 13 , 1787 , when it was superseded by the celebrated " Ordinance of Freedom , " in reality it was a dead letter . The establishment of government in the West and the promotion of settle- ment there seem to have been warm- ly ...
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... July 18th , Isaac Sherman , Connecticut , General Rufus Putnam being then engaged in surveying lands in Maine for the State of Massachusetts , General Ben- jamin Tupper was appointed in his stead . Caleb Harris and Nathaniel Adams ...
... July 18th , Isaac Sherman , Connecticut , General Rufus Putnam being then engaged in surveying lands in Maine for the State of Massachusetts , General Ben- jamin Tupper was appointed in his stead . Caleb Harris and Nathaniel Adams ...
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... July Buell made this significant entry : " The great day of American Inde- pendence was commemorated by the discharge of thirteen guns ; after which the troops were served with extra rations of liquor and allowed to get as drunk as they ...
... July Buell made this significant entry : " The great day of American Inde- pendence was commemorated by the discharge of thirteen guns ; after which the troops were served with extra rations of liquor and allowed to get as drunk as they ...
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... July 27 , 1787 , Congress declared that tracts of land surround- ing the towns mentioned , amounting in the whole to ten thousand acres , should be reserved and held in trust by the Moravians , or United Breth- ren , of Bethlehem ...
... July 27 , 1787 , Congress declared that tracts of land surround- ing the towns mentioned , amounting in the whole to ten thousand acres , should be reserved and held in trust by the Moravians , or United Breth- ren , of Bethlehem ...
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... July , 1787 , which is known in history as the Ordinance of Freedom , and was the funda- mental law from the time of its en- actment until the Territory ceased to exist . The text of the ordinance is as follows : " An ordinance for the ...
... July , 1787 , which is known in history as the Ordinance of Freedom , and was the funda- mental law from the time of its en- actment until the Territory ceased to exist . The text of the ordinance is as follows : " An ordinance for the ...
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History of Noble County, Ohio: With Portraits and Biographical Sketches ... No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 64 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 65 - 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; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government...
Page 89 - 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.
Page 65 - 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 63 - ... each vacancy, and return their names to Congress, one of whom Congress shall appoint and commission...
Page 65 - 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 60 - That the said territory, for the purpose of temporary government, be one district, subject, however, to be divided into two districts, as future circumstances may, in the opinion of Congress, make it expedient.
Page 60 - And until the governor and judges shall adopt laws as hereinafter mentioned, estates in the said territory may be devised, or bequeathed by wills in writing, signed and sealed by him or her, in whom the estate may be, (being of full age) and attested by three witnesses...
Page 64 - Religion, morality and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged. The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent...
Page 63 - As soon as a legislature shall be formed in the district, the council and house assembled, in one room, shall have authority, by joint ballot, to elect a delegate to Congress, who shall have a seat in Congress, with a right of debating, but not of voting, during this temporary government.