The History of North America, Volume 8Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe Printed and published for subscribers only by George Barrie & Sons, 1904 - Indians of North America |
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... acres of land at $ 2.50 per hundred acres , and all that was necessary in order to perfect the claim was to build a cabin and raise a crop of corn . For abour $ 40 per hundred acres such a settler had a right to preëmpt one thousand ...
... acres of land at $ 2.50 per hundred acres , and all that was necessary in order to perfect the claim was to build a cabin and raise a crop of corn . For abour $ 40 per hundred acres such a settler had a right to preëmpt one thousand ...
Page 65
... acres of land on the Ohio south of the mouth of Green River . Thus the pro- prietary government fell , but the title to the land was con- firmed to the actual occupants , and the communities begun under the leadership of Henderson ...
... acres of land on the Ohio south of the mouth of Green River . Thus the pro- prietary government fell , but the title to the land was con- firmed to the actual occupants , and the communities begun under the leadership of Henderson ...
Page 79
... acres of land . Congress was to appoint a secretary who was to hold office for four years . He must reside in the district while holding this office and own five hundred acres of land . Congress was also to appoint a court , consisting ...
... acres of land . Congress was to appoint a secretary who was to hold office for four years . He must reside in the district while holding this office and own five hundred acres of land . Congress was also to appoint a court , consisting ...
Page 89
... acre . A large number of land companies were formed before the Revolution and many more after the rush of settlers to the west commenced , in the decade following the close of the Revolution . Some of the promoters of these companies ...
... acre . A large number of land companies were formed before the Revolution and many more after the rush of settlers to the west commenced , in the decade following the close of the Revolution . Some of the promoters of these companies ...
Page 90
... acres . For a form of government it was proposed to take the charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony . The plan was strenuously opposed by Lord Hillsborough , who wrote a re- port to the Board of Trade . Hillsborough objected to the ...
... acres . For a form of government it was proposed to take the charter of the Massachusetts Bay Colony . The plan was strenuously opposed by Lord Hillsborough , who wrote a re- port to the Board of Trade . Hillsborough objected to the ...
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Page 370 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 456 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted by its delegates into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states in all respects whatever; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government: provided the constitution and government so to be formed shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles...
Page 81 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid, that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Page 205 - States declares that congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory and other property belonging to the United States.
Page 284 - 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 80 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws, and constitutions are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory...
Page 461 - ... thereby guarding in the same sentence, and under the same words, the freedom of religion, of speech, and of the press, insomuch, that whatever violates either, throws down the sanctuary which covers the others, and that libels, falsehoods, and defamation, equally with heresy and false religion, are withheld from the cognizance of federal tribunals.
Page 84 - That, after the year 1800 of the Christian era-, there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the said States, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted to have been personally guilty.
Page 117 - State from bringing with them such persons as are deemed slaves by the laws of any one of the United States...
Page 305 - State during the six months immediately preceding such election, and shall have declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States, conformably to the laws of the United States on the subject of naturalization, shall be entitled to vote in the township or precinct where he may reside.