Magazine of Western History1885 - Local history |
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... honor of the first exploration of Ohio has long been claimed by the French for their countryman , Robert Cavalier de La Salle , but the details of this exploration were so meager , its date so doubtful and the extent of his travels so ...
... honor of the first exploration of Ohio has long been claimed by the French for their countryman , Robert Cavalier de La Salle , but the details of this exploration were so meager , its date so doubtful and the extent of his travels so ...
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... honor , his interest and his ambi- tion all forced him in one direction , toward the country where he was directed to go and to stay as long as he could subsist . What the Abbé Faillon states in the third volume of his ' French Colo ...
... honor , his interest and his ambi- tion all forced him in one direction , toward the country where he was directed to go and to stay as long as he could subsist . What the Abbé Faillon states in the third volume of his ' French Colo ...
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... honored name in history . First in Normandy , and after the eleventh century for many generations in Scotland , its possessors were men of wealth and a high order of intelligence , and were among the most prominent characters of the ...
... honored name in history . First in Normandy , and after the eleventh century for many generations in Scotland , its possessors were men of wealth and a high order of intelligence , and were among the most prominent characters of the ...
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... honored name . His first lessons in the art of war were taken under the tuition of such veterans as Lawrence , Murray and Wolfe , the story of whose heroic deeds for English supremacy in Canada is familiar to every reader . In every ...
... honored name . His first lessons in the art of war were taken under the tuition of such veterans as Lawrence , Murray and Wolfe , the story of whose heroic deeds for English supremacy in Canada is familiar to every reader . In every ...
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... honor . That it is false in every particular , a bare recital of the above facts , coupled with the additional fact that Dr. Cutler , in the daily journal he kept , makes no reference to General St. Clair in connection with the ...
... honor . That it is false in every particular , a bare recital of the above facts , coupled with the additional fact that Dr. Cutler , in the daily journal he kept , makes no reference to General St. Clair in connection with the ...
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Page 59 - 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 58 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, That the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE i.
Page 57 - ... 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 57 - Congress shall appoint & commission to serve as aforesaid ; and whenever a vacancy shall happen in the council by death or removal from office, the house of Representatives shall nominate two persons qualified as aforesaid, for each vacancy, and return their names to Congress...
Page 57 - 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, and report them to Congress from time to time : which laws shall be in force in the district until the organization of the General Assembly therein, unless disapproved of by Congress; but afterwards the Legislature shall have authority to alter them as they shall think fit.
Page 57 - ... and return their names to congress; one of whom congress shall appoint and commission for the residue of the term.
Page 56 - ... 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...
Page 56 - 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 58 - 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.
Page 56 - 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...