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Page 339
The troops were organized and moved forward , as follows : “ The Kentuckians
composed three battalions , under the Majors Hall , McMullen and Ray , with
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Trotter at their head . The Pennsylvanians were
...
The troops were organized and moved forward , as follows : “ The Kentuckians
composed three battalions , under the Majors Hall , McMullen and Ray , with
Lieutenant Colonel Commandant Trotter at their head . The Pennsylvanians were
...
Page 342
The detachment marched in three columns , the federal troops in the centre , at
the head of which I was posted , with Major Wyllys and Colonel Hardin in my front
; the militia formed the columns to the right and left . From delays , occasioned by
...
The detachment marched in three columns , the federal troops in the centre , at
the head of which I was posted , with Major Wyllys and Colonel Hardin in my front
; the militia formed the columns to the right and left . From delays , occasioned by
...
Page 361
This was effected , and as soon as it was open , the militia took along it , followed
by the troops ; Major Clarke , with his battalion , covering the rear . The retreat , in
those circumstances , was , you may be sure , a very precipitate one . It was , in ...
This was effected , and as soon as it was open , the militia took along it , followed
by the troops ; Major Clarke , with his battalion , covering the rear . The retreat , in
those circumstances , was , you may be sure , a very precipitate one . It was , in ...
Page 408
I have the honor to be sir , with great respect , your most obedient and very
humble servant , ANTHONY WAYNE , Major General , And Commander - in -
chief of the Federal Army . To Major William Cambell , & c . [ NUMBER INI . ] Fort
Miami ...
I have the honor to be sir , with great respect , your most obedient and very
humble servant , ANTHONY WAYNE , Major General , And Commander - in -
chief of the Federal Army . To Major William Cambell , & c . [ NUMBER INI . ] Fort
Miami ...
Page 516
The front line was composed of one battalion of United States ' infantry under the
command of Major Floyd , flanked on the right by two companies of militia , and
on the left by one company . The rear line was composed of a battalion of United
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The front line was composed of one battalion of United States ' infantry under the
command of Major Floyd , flanked on the right by two companies of militia , and
on the left by one company . The rear line was composed of a battalion of United
...
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Page 296 - ... establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory : to provide also for the establishment of States, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original States, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Page 262 - Port, Place, and Harbour within the same ; leaving in all Fortifications the American Artillery that may be therein : and shall also order and cause all Archives, Records, Deeds, and Papers belonging to any of the said States, or their Citizens, which in the course of the War may have fallen into the hands of his Officers, to be forthwith restored and delivered to the proper States and Persons to whom they belong.
Page 257 - Mississippi; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude...
Page 262 - Acts perfectly consistent, not only with justice and equity, but with that spirit of conciliation, which, on the return of the blessings of Peace, should universally prevail.
Page 294 - There shall be appointed from time to time, by congress, a secretary whose commission shall continue in force for four years, unless sooner revoked; he shall reside in the district, and have a freehold estate therein, in five hundred acres of land, while in the exercise of his office...
Page 293 - Be it ordained by the authority aforesaid that the estates both of resident and nonresident proprietors in the said territory, dying intestate, shall descend to and be distributed among their children and the descendants of a deceased child in equal parts, the descendants of a deceased child or grandchild to take the share of their deceased parent in equal parts among them; and where there shall be no children or descendants, then in equal parts to the next of kin, in equal degree...
Page 294 - Previous to the organization of the General Assembly, the governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers, in each county or township, as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same...
Page 293 - Be it ordained by the United States in Congress assembled, That the said territory, for the purpose of temporary government, be one district, subject, however, to be divided into two districts, as future circumstances may, in the opinion of Congress, make it expedient.
Page 261 - It is agreed that creditors on either side, shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Page 262 - British subjects, and also of the estates, rights and properties of persons resident in districts in the possession of His Majesty's arms, and who have not borne arms against the said United States: And that persons of any other description shall have free liberty to go to any part or parts of any of the thirteen United States, and therein to remain twelve months, unmolested in their endeavours to obtain the restitution of such of their estates, rights and properties as may have been confiscated...
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| Title | Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which Have Occurred in the Western States and Territories, from the Discovery of the Mississippi Valley to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Forty Five Issue 32169 of CIHM/ICMH microfiche series |
| Author | James Handasyd Perkins |
| Publisher | J.R. Albach, 1846 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 14 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 591 pages |
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