The Register of Pennsylvania: Devoted to the Preservation of Facts and Documents and Every Other Kind of Useful Information Respecting the State of Pennsylvania, Volume 8Samuel Hazard W.F. Geddes, 1828 - Pennsylvania |
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... leave wanting a link to connect the city ty of such improvements , we believe has never been of Philadelphia with the coal region and the north doubted ; and the only question at present is , will the branch trade of the Susquehanna ...
... leave wanting a link to connect the city ty of such improvements , we believe has never been of Philadelphia with the coal region and the north doubted ; and the only question at present is , will the branch trade of the Susquehanna ...
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... leave this to - morrow for Erie . The following correspondence took place between a number of citizens friendly to the Governor , and his Excellency , in relation to a public dinner proposed to be given to him . PITTSBURG , June 10 . To ...
... leave this to - morrow for Erie . The following correspondence took place between a number of citizens friendly to the Governor , and his Excellency , in relation to a public dinner proposed to be given to him . PITTSBURG , June 10 . To ...
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... leave the seat of government for a season ; my great regret is , that I cannot devote more of my time to an object in which we all have so deep a stake , and I am sure you will ap- prove of my determination , when I assure you , that ...
... leave the seat of government for a season ; my great regret is , that I cannot devote more of my time to an object in which we all have so deep a stake , and I am sure you will ap- prove of my determination , when I assure you , that ...
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... leave of this subject , without taking a cursory view of the therapeutic means now in our pos- session . We have advanced but little further in our curative than in our preventive means . From our predecessors , except the excision and ...
... leave of this subject , without taking a cursory view of the therapeutic means now in our pos- session . We have advanced but little further in our curative than in our preventive means . From our predecessors , except the excision and ...
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... leaving the store with an umbrella , when defendant told him to leave it in the store , it would look better that it should burn . " He gave wit- ness his cane , and told him to wait outside ; one candle was then lighting in the store ...
... leaving the store with an umbrella , when defendant told him to leave it in the store , it would look better that it should burn . " He gave wit- ness his cane , and told him to wait outside ; one candle was then lighting in the store ...
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Page 20 - That all persons living in this province, who confess and acknowledge the one Almighty and eternal God, to be the Creator, Upholder and Ruler of the world; and that hold themselves obliged in conscience to live peaceably and justly in civil society, shall, in no ways, be molested or prejudiced for their religious persuasion, or practice, in matters of faith and worship, nor shall they be compelled, at any time, to frequent or maintain any religious worship, place or ministry whatever.
Page 25 - 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.
Page 108 - The existence of a God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, are totally foreign to the subject.
Page 231 - Page.Ksql for the able, dignified and impartial manner in which he has discharged the duties devolved on him as president of this Council. STATISTICS OF PRISONS AND CHIME. The "Society for alleviating the miseries of prisons...
Page 334 - That the Mayor be and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant...
Page 137 - When therefore a purchase of land for any of these purposes is made by the national government, and the State Legislature has given its .consent to the purchase, the land so purchased by the very terms of the constitution ipso facto falls within the exclusive legislation of Congress, and the State jurisdiction is completely ousted.
Page 276 - I, AB, do voluntarily declare, that I will persevere in endeavouring to form a brotherhood of affection among Irishmen of every religious persuasion, and that I will also persevere in my endeavours to obtain an equal, full, and adequate representation of all the people of Ireland.
Page 326 - When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Page 325 - ... obtaining relief, ascertaining and establishing the just rights of the people, and restoring the public tranquillity ; and we deeply lament that contrary modes of proceeding have been pursued, which have involved the Colonies in confusion, appear likely to produce violence and bloodshed, and threaten the subversion of the constitutional government, and of that liberty of conscience, for the enjoyment of which, our ancestors were induced to encounter the manifold dangers and difficulties of crossing...
Page 117 - Let these truths be indelibly impressed on our minds — that we cannot be HAPPY, without being FREE — that we cannot be free, without being secure in our property — that we cannot be secure in our property, if, without our consent, others may, as by right, take it away...