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... Letter of Judge Innes to the President . - Other letters of a similar char- acter . Strong hold of the Indians on the Ohio , near the Scioto river.- Inattention of the Government complained of . - Expedition of X CONTENTS .
... Letter of Judge Innes to the President . - Other letters of a similar char- acter . Strong hold of the Indians on the Ohio , near the Scioto river.- Inattention of the Government complained of . - Expedition of X CONTENTS .
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... River . - Claims of Ken- tucky . Inconveniences . - Act of the Legislature touching it . - Com- pact between Virginia and Kentucky . - Legislation of the Governor and Judges . Of the General Assembly . - Education encouraged . - Protec ...
... River . - Claims of Ken- tucky . Inconveniences . - Act of the Legislature touching it . - Com- pact between Virginia and Kentucky . - Legislation of the Governor and Judges . Of the General Assembly . - Education encouraged . - Protec ...
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... river - changed his position without necessity ; and placed his little band of half naked troops , the last hope of liberty , in a situation from which they could not retreat , and in which they could not sustain themselves twenty ...
... river - changed his position without necessity ; and placed his little band of half naked troops , the last hope of liberty , in a situation from which they could not retreat , and in which they could not sustain themselves twenty ...
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... river , about sixty - five or seventy rods . The latter is about forty feet higher than the former , and extends in the same direction , an average distance of about a mile and a half . When the town was laid out , and for several years ...
... river , about sixty - five or seventy rods . The latter is about forty feet higher than the former , and extends in the same direction , an average distance of about a mile and a half . When the town was laid out , and for several years ...
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Jacob Burnet. the river ; in consequence of which , there was a narrow swamp , or morass formed , which extended the entire length of the town , and subjected the inhabitants , during the sum- mer and fall , to agues and intermittent ...
Jacob Burnet. the river ; in consequence of which , there was a narrow swamp , or morass formed , which extended the entire length of the town , and subjected the inhabitants , during the sum- mer and fall , to agues and intermittent ...
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Page 368 - 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 367 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Page 222 - I have now informed you of , the boundaries of the Miami nation, where the Great Spirit placed my forefather a long time ago, and charged him not to sell or part with his lands, but to preserve them for his posterity.
Page 177 - SIR, I have received your letter of this date, requiring from me the motives which have moved the army under my command to the position they at present occupy, far within the acknowledged jurisdiction of the United States of America. Without questioning the authority, or the propriety, sir, of your interrogatory, I think I may, without breach of decorum, observe to you, that were you...
Page 321 - 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 titles shall have been extinguished into counties and townships subject however to such alterations as may thereafter be made by the legislature...
Page 246 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
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