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... to receive them , and they were delivered on the 28th June , 1816 , as appears by the following certificate , under the list of the slaves thus delivered . I do certify that the persons whose names and descriptions [ 1 ] 3 CO.
... to receive them , and they were delivered on the 28th June , 1816 , as appears by the following certificate , under the list of the slaves thus delivered . I do certify that the persons whose names and descriptions [ 1 ] 3 CO.
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... certificate of Michael Jones , the Register , and one of the Commissioners , it appears that the claim was rejected because it was not supported . The committee cannot conceive how it would be pos- sible to support a claim with much ...
... certificate of Michael Jones , the Register , and one of the Commissioners , it appears that the claim was rejected because it was not supported . The committee cannot conceive how it would be pos- sible to support a claim with much ...
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... certificate of the Commissioner of the General Land Office , with an accompanying plat , and by the letters of Mr. Burnett and Mr. Pat- terson , which all accompany this report . This mass of evidence is not all of the most formal and ...
... certificate of the Commissioner of the General Land Office , with an accompanying plat , and by the letters of Mr. Burnett and Mr. Pat- terson , which all accompany this report . This mass of evidence is not all of the most formal and ...
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... certificate of the Commissioner of the General Land Office , with an accompanying plat , and by the letters of Mr. Burnett and Mr. Patterson , which all accompany this report . This mass of evidence is not all of the most formal and ...
... certificate of the Commissioner of the General Land Office , with an accompanying plat , and by the letters of Mr. Burnett and Mr. Patterson , which all accompany this report . This mass of evidence is not all of the most formal and ...
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... certificate , of itself amounted to an assent . If the officer had been left free to make his choice , and having made it , the government had given him what he freely consented to receive , the argument would not have been without some ...
... certificate , of itself amounted to an assent . If the officer had been left free to make his choice , and having made it , the government had given him what he freely consented to receive , the argument would not have been without some ...
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accounts aforesaid agent alleged amount appears appointed appropriation army authority Bill British Calvert county Capitol captain cents certificate claimant Colonel Brearly command commissioners Committee of Claims Congress court house David Brearly December Delawares Department deponent deposition destroyed destruction District dollars duty dwelling house Ebenezer Sage enemy entitled evidence expenditures expense February Fort Hawkins Fort Mitchell Fort Scott Fowl Town freemen frontier furnished Georgia honor House of Representatives hundred Indians James Guyon January John Joseph Janey Judge Advocate land letter March ment military militia Mohiccans Monday's Point Moses Hazen nation Navy officers opinion ordered to lie payment Pensions petitioner present provisions Public Buildings received referred the petition relief resolution Resolved respectfully Richard Bland Lee river Secretary Secretary of War Seminole Seminole war store house territory testimony thereof tion Treasury treaty treaty of Brownstown troops United votes warriors whole House William
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Page 5 - Resolved, That the committee on the judiciary be directed to inquire into the expediency of...
Page 4 - That the same computation shall extend to the corps not belonging to the lines of particular states, and who are entitled to half pay for life as aforesaid ; the acceptance or refusal to be determined by corps, and to be signified in the same manner, and within the same time as above mentioned.
Page 10 - ... there be no limitation either in the manner or measure of the punishment, the condition of the citizen will be perilous indeed. Which of these doctrines is to prevail, time will decide. Where there is no fixed law, the judgment on any particular case is the law of that single case only, and dies with it.
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