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Admiralty American Andover appear Appleton appointed April Bodkin Boston Gazette called Cambridge Cambridge Village Capt Carolina Church Clarke Colony Records Committee Congress Council Court of Admiralty Court of Assistants daughter death December Declaration Deponent died Edward Eliphalet Pearson England estates father February Frémont Friend George Burdett GEORGE LYMAN KITTREDGE give Governor Harvard College hath HENRY HENRY H Historical Society History House Ibid Indians interest Island Jackson James JAMES MARTINEAU January John JOHN BOYDELL Jonathan Judge July June Justice King Land letter lived LL.D Lord Majesty March married Meeting Member Menzeis National Park November October Palatine paper persons Petition present President printed Province Laws Report resolve Richard Richard Clarke Round pond Salem Saltonstall Samuel says Suffolk Suffolk Court Files thereof Thomas Town Washington Whale William WILLIAM HENRY FURNESS wrote Yarmouth Yosemite Yosemite Valley
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Page 308 - That It be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs, has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents In particular, and America In general.
Page 131 - But an old age serene and bright, And lovely as a Lapland night, Shall lead thee to thy grave.
Page 66 - ... perfectly consistent not only with justice and equity, but with that spirit of conciliation which on the return of the blessings of peace should universally prevail...
Page 22 - Work; it pleased God to stir up the heart of one Mr. Harvard (a godly Gentleman and a lover of Learning, there living amongst us) to give the one halfe of his Estate (it being in all about ^1700) towards the erecting of a Colledge, and all his Library...
Page 371 - That said public park shall be under the exclusive control of the Secretary of the Interior, whose duty it shall be, as soon as practicable, to make and publish such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary or proper for the care and management of the same.
Page 384 - Map of Oregon and Upper California From the Surveys of John Charles Fremont And other Authorities, which accompanied Fremont's Geographical Memoir upon Upper California, published in 1849.
Page 373 - Rivers; thence east to the place of beginning, is hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, and dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people...
Page 200 - ... to have, hold, use, exercise, and enjoy the same, as amply, fully and in as ample manner, as any Bishop of Durham, in our kingdom of England, ever heretofore had, held, used, or enjoyed, or of right ought or could have, use, or enjoy...
Page 369 - ... might in future be seen (by some great protecting policy of government) preserved in their pristine beauty and wildness, in a magnificent park, where the world could see for ages to come, the native Indian in his classic attire, galloping his wild horse, with sinewy bow, and shield and lance, amid the fleeting herds of elks and buffaloes.
Page 371 - That the tract of land in the Territories of Montana and Wyoming, lying near the headwaters of the Yellowstone River, and described as follows ... is hereby reserved and withdrawn from settlement, occupancy, or sale under the laws of the United States, and dedicated and set apart as a public park or pleasuring-ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people...