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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... session of family at Philadelphia . 2 Three townships on Lake Erie were reserved for the use of refugees from Canada and Nova Scotia ; lands at the Moravian villages of Gnadenhütten , Schoenbrun , and Salem were reserved for the ...
... session of family at Philadelphia . 2 Three townships on Lake Erie were reserved for the use of refugees from Canada and Nova Scotia ; lands at the Moravian villages of Gnadenhütten , Schoenbrun , and Salem were reserved for the ...
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... session to carry on such an expedition . I shall transmit the dupli- cate of your letter of the 14th of November , and a copy of Sulli- van's letter to Major Brown , to Major Wyllys , as soon as the weather permits , with strict orders ...
... session to carry on such an expedition . I shall transmit the dupli- cate of your letter of the 14th of November , and a copy of Sulli- van's letter to Major Brown , to Major Wyllys , as soon as the weather permits , with strict orders ...
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... Sessions of the Peace for the County of Washington " ( a court of record ) -Rufus Putnam , Ben- jamin Tupper , Archibald Crary , Isaac Peirce , and Thomas Lord ; Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas and Clerk of the Court of ...
... Sessions of the Peace for the County of Washington " ( a court of record ) -Rufus Putnam , Ben- jamin Tupper , Archibald Crary , Isaac Peirce , and Thomas Lord ; Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas and Clerk of the Court of ...
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... sessions of the peace . They were also commissioned justices of the peace and quorum in Hamilton county . Jacob Topping , Benjamin Stites , and John Stites Gano , also , as justices of the peace . John Brown , gentleman , as sheriff ...
... sessions of the peace . They were also commissioned justices of the peace and quorum in Hamilton county . Jacob Topping , Benjamin Stites , and John Stites Gano , also , as justices of the peace . John Brown , gentleman , as sheriff ...
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... Sessions , etc .-- Antoine Gamelin , Paul Gamelin and Francis Bussero : Judge of Probate - Antoine Gamelin ; Prothonotary and Clerk - Samuel Baird ; Recorder of Deeds - John Mills ; Justices of the Peace - James Johnson and Luke Decker ...
... Sessions , etc .-- Antoine Gamelin , Paul Gamelin and Francis Bussero : Judge of Probate - Antoine Gamelin ; Prothonotary and Clerk - Samuel Baird ; Recorder of Deeds - John Mills ; Justices of the Peace - James Johnson and Luke Decker ...
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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...