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... Boston Arnold's Route · Vicinity of New York . 143 The Operations of the Army of 149 the Potomac , etc. 168 Vicinity of Vicksburg . 369 • 377 Vicinity of Philadelphia 169 The Peninsula , etc. , between Nor- Crown Point and Ticonderoga ...
... Boston Arnold's Route · Vicinity of New York . 143 The Operations of the Army of 149 the Potomac , etc. 168 Vicinity of Vicksburg . 369 • 377 Vicinity of Philadelphia 169 The Peninsula , etc. , between Nor- Crown Point and Ticonderoga ...
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... Boston in Eng- land , and many others from its neighborhood , that name was given to the place . Others who came from Dorchester in England gave that name to a place near by . The English very often gave the names of their old homes to ...
... Boston in Eng- land , and many others from its neighborhood , that name was given to the place . Others who came from Dorchester in England gave that name to a place near by . The English very often gave the names of their old homes to ...
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... Boston . The peninsula of Boston was at that time connected with the mainland by a narrow neck over which the sea would wash . This peninsula was uneven in surface , having high hills and marshy hollows , and was bare of wood . No ...
... Boston . The peninsula of Boston was at that time connected with the mainland by a narrow neck over which the sea would wash . This peninsula was uneven in surface , having high hills and marshy hollows , and was bare of wood . No ...
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... Boston and Salem harbors , and smaller ports , to Virginia and Bermuda , and across the ocean to England . 39. The Beginnings of Massachusetts . While this bustling life was adding strength and wealth to the colony , the people were ...
... Boston and Salem harbors , and smaller ports , to Virginia and Bermuda , and across the ocean to England . 39. The Beginnings of Massachusetts . While this bustling life was adding strength and wealth to the colony , the people were ...
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... Boston . For ten years the colony grew rapidly . Within those years about twenty thousand persons crossed the Atlantic to New England . It was the first great migration of Englishmen , and it was mainly a migration of Puritans.1 ― 40 ...
... Boston . For ten years the colony grew rapidly . Within those years about twenty thousand persons crossed the Atlantic to New England . It was the first great migration of Englishmen , and it was mainly a migration of Puritans.1 ― 40 ...
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Page 468 - 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 300 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Page 461 - NEW YORK: William Floyd; Philip Livingston; Francis Lewis; Lewis Morris. NEW JERSEY: Richard Stockton; John Witherspoon; Francis Hopkinson; John Hart; Abraham Clark. PENNSYLVANIA: Robert Morris; Benjamin Rush; Benjamin Franklin; John Morton; George Clymer; James Smith; George Taylor; James Wilson, George Ross.
Page 464 - ... and return their names to Congress, one of whom, Congress shall appoint and commission for the residue of the term; and every five years, four months at least before the expiration of the time of service of the members of council, the said house shall nominate ten persons, qualified as aforesaid, and return their names to Congress...
Page 465 - ... 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...
Page 475 - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Page 388 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder...
Page 467 - Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common high-ways, 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. Art. 5th. There shall be formed in the said territory, not less than three, nor more than five states...
Page 132 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the First his Cromwell — and George the Third — ("Treason," cried the Speaker — "treason, treason," echoed from every part of the House.
Page 462 - 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...