Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C., Volume 9The Society, 1906 - Washington (D.C.) |
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... transportation of goods , wares , mer- chandise , produce or commodities , were not chargeable with these duties . These licenses were payable in September . Carriages set up at any other time of II2 Records of the Columbia Historical ...
... transportation of goods , wares , mer- chandise , produce or commodities , were not chargeable with these duties . These licenses were payable in September . Carriages set up at any other time of II2 Records of the Columbia Historical ...
Page 139
... TRANSPORTATION . Before post routes were established in America for the benefit of the public , schemes were adopted for the transmission of official letters . In Virginia this was provided for by an act of the Virginia Assembly dated ...
... TRANSPORTATION . Before post routes were established in America for the benefit of the public , schemes were adopted for the transmission of official letters . In Virginia this was provided for by an act of the Virginia Assembly dated ...
Page 140
... transportation . The stage coach was not introduced in the postal service until 1785 , and five years thereafter there were but twenty mail contracts ( corresponding to the number of stage- coach routes ) in existence , this , probably ...
... transportation . The stage coach was not introduced in the postal service until 1785 , and five years thereafter there were but twenty mail contracts ( corresponding to the number of stage- coach routes ) in existence , this , probably ...
Page 141
... transportation facilities was Robert Fulton's invention , the steamboat . There was apparently no notice taken of the successful trip of the " Clermont " in connection with mail transportation until 1813. That year Congress authorized ...
... transportation facilities was Robert Fulton's invention , the steamboat . There was apparently no notice taken of the successful trip of the " Clermont " in connection with mail transportation until 1813. That year Congress authorized ...
Page 142
... transportation - a galloping pony carrying a mail mes- senger and mail bag . There is no earlier incident in post office history which would suggest a galloping pony , for prior to the introduction of the stage coach there were no ...
... transportation - a galloping pony carrying a mail mes- senger and mail bag . There is no earlier incident in post office history which would suggest a galloping pony , for prior to the introduction of the stage coach there were no ...
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Page 16 - If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but must expect little intelligence; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind, such as soon escape the memory, and are rarely transmitted by tradition.
Page 92 - But these considerations, however powerfully they address themselves to your sensibility, are greatly outweighed by those which apply more immediately to your interest ; here every portion of our country finds the most commanding motives for carefully guarding and preserving the union of the whole.
Page 57 - Born in America, in Europe bred, In Afric traveled, and in Asia wed ; Where long he lived and thrived, in London dead. Much good, some ill, he did ; so hope all's even, And that his soul through mercy's gone to Heaven.
Page 67 - I, AB, do swear, that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure, as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murthered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 44 - Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced* Of Heaven, and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered: as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath.
Page 184 - Pyrenees ; so shall it be with yours. You may carry them to the loftiest peaks of the Cordilleras, they may wave with insolent triumph in the Halls of the Montezumas, the armed men of Mexico may quail before them, but the weakest hand in Mexico^ uplifted in prayer to the God of Justice, may call down against you a Power, in the presence of which, the iron hearts of your warriors shall be turned into ashes. Mr. President, if the history of our race has established any truth, it is but a confirmation...
Page 51 - When a retrospect is taken of the Washingtonian administration for eight years, it is a subject of the greatest astonishment that a single individual should have cankered the principles of republicanism in an enlightened people, just emerged from the gulf of despotism, and should have carried his designs against the public liberty so far, as to have put in jeopardy its very existence. Such however are the facts, and with these staring us in the face, this day ought to be a JUBILEE in the United States.
Page 117 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin...
Page 89 - Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your children, that the liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights of an Englishman...
Page 220 - That on the first Monday in December, in the year 1800, the seat of the Government of the United States shall, by virtue of this act, be transferred to the district and place aforesaid. And all offices attached to the said seat of government shall accordingly be removed thereto by their respective holders and shall, after the said day, cease to be exercised elsewhere...