Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, Volume 5American Antiquarian Society., 1889 - United States |
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... probably as many people as the rest of British America ; and some retardation of the rate of increase , unequalled in the early stages of any other colony , except Pennsylvania , then set in . For sixty years , however , we have no ...
... probably as many people as the rest of British America ; and some retardation of the rate of increase , unequalled in the early stages of any other colony , except Pennsylvania , then set in . For sixty years , however , we have no ...
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... probably too large . 2 Douglass's Summary , ii . , 180 . 8 Memorial to Sovereigns of Europe ( 1780 ) , 58 ; probably he derived his figures from the polling - list . 4 Hist . of Amer . , v . , 151 , from the Board of Trade's Report , in ...
... probably too large . 2 Douglass's Summary , ii . , 180 . 8 Memorial to Sovereigns of Europe ( 1780 ) , 58 ; probably he derived his figures from the polling - list . 4 Hist . of Amer . , v . , 151 , from the Board of Trade's Report , in ...
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... probably 800 persons , and Lord Say and Sele in 1642 testifies to the understanding in Eng- land that the same settlements had grown by that time to over 2,000 . At the establishment of the New England Confederacy in 1643 , the towns ...
... probably 800 persons , and Lord Say and Sele in 1642 testifies to the understanding in Eng- land that the same settlements had grown by that time to over 2,000 . At the establishment of the New England Confederacy in 1643 , the towns ...
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... probably to be modified by Governor Clinton's admission in reporting on the returns of yet another census in 1749,7 that since , the officers have no pay for this service , it is performed reluc- tantly and carelessly . Again , in 1756 ...
... probably to be modified by Governor Clinton's admission in reporting on the returns of yet another census in 1749,7 that since , the officers have no pay for this service , it is performed reluc- tantly and carelessly . Again , in 1756 ...
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... probably a fair estimate for 1775,3 and a State census for 1786 , after the results of peace were actually in hand , gave 50,000 more , 1- not perhaps a complete return , as the Federal census four years later gained on this figure by ...
... probably a fair estimate for 1775,3 and a State census for 1786 , after the results of peace were actually in hand , gave 50,000 more , 1- not perhaps a complete return , as the Federal census four years later gained on this figure by ...
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Page 334 - 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 331 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land; and, should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same.
Page 325 - That the estates both of resident and non-resident proprietors in the said territory, dying intestate, shall descend to and be distributed among their children and the descendants of a deceased child in equal parts ; the descendants of a deceased child or grandchild to take the share of their deceased parent in equal parts among them ; and where there shall be no children or descendants, then in equal parts to the...
Page 328 - ... after which the number and proportion of representatives shall be regulated by the legislature : provided that no person be eligible or qualified to act as a representative, unless he shall have been a citizen of one of the United States three years, and be a resident in the district, or unless he shall have resided in the district three years ; and in either case shall likewise hold in his own right, in...
Page 329 - And the governor, legislative council, and house of representatives, shall have authority to make laws in all cases for the good government of the district, not repugnant to the principles and articles in this ordinance established and declared. And all bills having passed by a majority in the house, and by a majority in the council, shall be referred to the governor for his assent ; but no bill or legislative act whatever, shall be of any force without his assent. The governor shall have power to...
Page 325 - ... 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 ; and real estates may be conveyed by lease and release, or bargain and sale, signed, sealed, and delivered, by the person, being of full age, in whom the estate may be, and attested by two witnesses, provided such wills be duly proved, and such conveyances be acknowledged, or the execution thereof duly proved, and be recorded within...
Page 335 - 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 326 - Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid that there shall be appointed from time to time, by Congress, a governor whose commission shall continue in force for the term of three years, unless sooner revoked by Congress...
Page 332 - 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 327 - For the prevention of crimes and injuries, the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in all parts of the district, and for the execution of process, criminal and civil, the governor shall make proper divisions thereof; and he shall proceed, from time to time, as circumstances may require, to lay out the parts of the district in which the Indian title shall have been extinguished, into counties and townships, subject, however, to such alterations as may thereafter be made by the legislature.