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Journal, acts and proceedings, of the convention ... which formed the ... - Page 489
by United States federal convention - 1819
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The American Whig Review, Volume 2; Volume 8

1848 - 738 pages
...over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States ; and to exercise like authority over all places purchased by the consent of the Legislature of the State in...
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The Plan of the American Union, and the Structure of Its Government ...

James A. Williams - Constitutional history - 1848 - 188 pages
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The Seat of Government of the United States: A Review of the Discussions, in ...

Viator - United States - 1848 - 84 pages
...over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to make all laws which may be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers. By...
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Commentaries on Statute and Constitutional Law and Statutory and ...

E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1040 pages
...over such district, (not exceeding ten miles square,) as may by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the legislature of the state in...
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Lives of the Heroes of the American Revolution ... Also Embracing the ...

John Frost - United States - 1848 - 424 pages
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The Principles of Civil Government Familiarly Illustrated: Including a ...

Andrew White Young - United States - 1848 - 304 pages
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The American's Own Book: Or, The Constitutions of the Several States in the ...

John Bigelow - Constitutions - 1848 - 538 pages
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The Pictorial History of the American Revolution: With a Sketch of the Early ...

Robert Sears - United States - 1850 - 448 pages
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A Disquisition on Government

John Caldwell Calhoun - Political science - 1851 - 462 pages
...such district, — not exceeding ten miles square, as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of 'Congress, become the seat of government of the United States ; and to make all laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other...
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Commentaries on American Law, Volume 1

James Kent - Law - 1851 - 706 pages
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