The St. Clair Papers: The Life and Public Services of Arthur St. Clair : Soldier of the Revolutionary War, President of the Continental Congress; and Governor of the North-western Territory : with His Correspondence and Other Papers, Volume 2R. Clarke, 1882 - Generals |
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... received from the honorable the Commissioners for Indian Affairs , upon their departure from this post , I have to inform your Excellency that I detached Ensign Armstrong , with a party of twenty men , furnished with fifteen days ...
... received from the honorable the Commissioners for Indian Affairs , upon their departure from this post , I have to inform your Excellency that I detached Ensign Armstrong , with a party of twenty men , furnished with fifteen days ...
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... received the following intelligence , viz : One John Bull ( called by the Indians Sheebo ) informs me that he left Detroit on the 29th of April , in company with one hundred Moravian Indians , men , women , and children , who are at ...
... received the following intelligence , viz : One John Bull ( called by the Indians Sheebo ) informs me that he left Detroit on the 29th of April , in company with one hundred Moravian Indians , men , women , and children , who are at ...
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... received , by the hand of Major North , instructions from the Secretary of War , under date of June 27th , replied at length . He said that , in obedience to instructions , he should detach two companies to the rapids of the Ohio to ...
... received , by the hand of Major North , instructions from the Secretary of War , under date of June 27th , replied at length . He said that , in obedience to instructions , he should detach two companies to the rapids of the Ohio to ...
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... received no order from you upon this head , I have given express orders to Captain Finney not to form any offensive operations into the Indian country without my directions . The in- habitants in the neighborhood of the Falls will be ...
... received no order from you upon this head , I have given express orders to Captain Finney not to form any offensive operations into the Indian country without my directions . The in- habitants in the neighborhood of the Falls will be ...
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... received your letter of the 26th of April.1 Immediately upon the receipt of your letter , I began to make the necessary preparations to execute the orders of Congress , and have , accordingly , evacuated Fort Steuben , and have ...
... received your letter of the 26th of April.1 Immediately upon the receipt of your letter , I began to make the necessary preparations to execute the orders of Congress , and have , accordingly , evacuated Fort Steuben , and have ...
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Page 617 - Pennsylvania and the said territorial line: provided, however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three states shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan.
Page 383 - 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 502 - 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 617 - 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 358 - The Governor and Judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the District, such laws of the original States, criminal and civil, as may be necessary, and best suited to the circumstances of the District...
Page 618 - ... 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 615 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws, and constitutions, are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory...
Page 615 - ... in fifty acres of land in the district having been a citizen of one of the states and being resident in the district; or the like freehold and two years...
Page 610 - 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 617 - St. Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same shall be common highways, and forever free...