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... tion on board the vessels of the Hudson . The Hudson river issues from an elevated country between Lakes Ontario and Champlain , and intersects the state from north to south for a distance of 250 miles . It is navigable for sloops of ...
... tion on board the vessels of the Hudson . The Hudson river issues from an elevated country between Lakes Ontario and Champlain , and intersects the state from north to south for a distance of 250 miles . It is navigable for sloops of ...
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... tion of the inhabitants of Albany , Kingston , and other villages ; and there are several little colonies of German farmers , who , like the former , retain the language , habits , and customs of their forefathers . The Dutch are ...
... tion of the inhabitants of Albany , Kingston , and other villages ; and there are several little colonies of German farmers , who , like the former , retain the language , habits , and customs of their forefathers . The Dutch are ...
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... tion in all civil and ecclesiastical matters . The English statute laws , and the acts of assembly under the king's government , which formed the law of the province , on the 19th of April 1775 became the law of the state , but subject ...
... tion in all civil and ecclesiastical matters . The English statute laws , and the acts of assembly under the king's government , which formed the law of the province , on the 19th of April 1775 became the law of the state , but subject ...
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... tion of two short portages in the latter , between Schenectady and Lake Ontario , a distance of 203 miles . It is proposed to form a communication between the Hudson river and Lake Erie , by means of a canal which will admit the passage ...
... tion of two short portages in the latter , between Schenectady and Lake Ontario , a distance of 203 miles . It is proposed to form a communication between the Hudson river and Lake Erie , by means of a canal which will admit the passage ...
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... tion , each town receiving in proportion to its amount on the grand list ; and the schools in each are regulated and superin- tended by a committee chosen by the inhabitants . Colleges . - Yale College , founded in 1701 , STATISTICAL ...
... tion , each town receiving in proportion to its amount on the grand list ; and the schools in each are regulated and superin- tended by a committee chosen by the inhabitants . Colleges . - Yale College , founded in 1701 , STATISTICAL ...
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Page 115 - That all power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Page 248 - 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 102 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience...
Page 248 - 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 47 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul : neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.
Page 116 - That all persons shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, unless for capital offences, when the proof is evident or the presumption great...
Page 241 - That no goods, wares, or merchandise, unless in cases provided for by treaty, shall be imported into the United States from any foreign port or place, except in vessels of the United States, or in such foreign vessels as truly and wholly belong to the citizens or subjects of that country of which the goods are the growth, production, or manufacture, or from which such goods, wares, or merchandise can only be, or most usually are, first shipped for transportation.
Page 39 - That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions, from unreasonable searches and seizures...
Page 40 - ... court, register's court, and a court of quarter sessions of the peace, for each county; in justices of the peace, and in such other courts as the legislature may, from time to time establish.
Page 39 - No person who acknowledges the being of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this Commonwealth.