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 |
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Page 157
Returning to Virginia , in the autumn of 1775 , he prepared to move permanently
to the West , in the following spring . Having done this early in 1776 , Clark ,
whose views reached much farther than those of most of the Pioneers , set
himself ...
Returning to Virginia , in the autumn of 1775 , he prepared to move permanently
to the West , in the following spring . Having done this early in 1776 , Clark ,
whose views reached much farther than those of most of the Pioneers , set
himself ...
Page 265
The northern savages again prepared their scalping knives , and the traders from
Canada , if not the agents of the British government , urged them to harass the
frontiers . Although Kentucky , therefore , grew rapidly during 1784 , the
emigrants ...
The northern savages again prepared their scalping knives , and the traders from
Canada , if not the agents of the British government , urged them to harass the
frontiers . Although Kentucky , therefore , grew rapidly during 1784 , the
emigrants ...
Page 456
... was Nathaniel Massie , then twentyseven years old . He had been for six years
or more in the west , and had prepared himself in Colonel Anderson's office for
the details of his business . Thus prepared , in December , 1790 , he eitered into
...
... was Nathaniel Massie , then twentyseven years old . He had been for six years
or more in the west , and had prepared himself in Colonel Anderson's office for
the details of his business . Thus prepared , in December , 1790 , he eitered into
...
Page 505
His conversations with the Morgans at Pittsburgh ; $ the views of the “ Querist ”
prepared by Blennerhasset under Burr's eye ; and the declarations of
Blennerhasset to Henderson and Graham , ** seem to leave no room for
doubting the fact that ...
His conversations with the Morgans at Pittsburgh ; $ the views of the “ Querist ”
prepared by Blennerhasset under Burr's eye ; and the declarations of
Blennerhasset to Henderson and Graham , ** seem to leave no room for
doubting the fact that ...
Page 514
Here the coen cil terminated.t The now undoubted purposes of the Brothers
being of a character necessarily leading to war , Governor Harrison proceeded to
strengthen himself for the contest by preparing the militia , and posting the
regular ...
Here the coen cil terminated.t The now undoubted purposes of the Brothers
being of a character necessarily leading to war , Governor Harrison proceeded to
strengthen himself for the contest by preparing the militia , and posting the
regular ...
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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...