Journals of the American Congress: from 1774-1788: In Four Volumes, Volum 1Way and Gideon, 1823 |
Inni boken
Resultat 1-5 av 100
Side 153
... Whereupon , it is resolved , that John Penn , esq . be , and he is hereby appointed a delegate in be- half of this province , in conjunction with William Hooper , and Joseph Hewes , esqrs . and that he be invested with the same power ...
... Whereupon , it is resolved , that John Penn , esq . be , and he is hereby appointed a delegate in be- half of this province , in conjunction with William Hooper , and Joseph Hewes , esqrs . and that he be invested with the same power ...
Side 195
... Whereupon , Resolved , That the number and denominations of the bills ordered to be emitted , be as follows : 83,334 of 8 dollars each , 83,333 of 7 do . 83,333 of 6 do . 83,334 of 4 dollars each . 83,333 of 3 do . 83,333 of 2 83,333 of ...
... Whereupon , Resolved , That the number and denominations of the bills ordered to be emitted , be as follows : 83,334 of 8 dollars each , 83,333 of 7 do . 83,333 of 6 do . 83,334 of 4 dollars each . 83,333 of 3 do . 83,333 of 2 83,333 of ...
Side 207
... Whereupon , Resolved , That the second resolution in the report of the committee on the general's letter , relative to transports , be committed . Resolved , That lieutenant Hay , of the 7th regiment , who is now a prisoner , have ...
... Whereupon , Resolved , That the second resolution in the report of the committee on the general's letter , relative to transports , be committed . Resolved , That lieutenant Hay , of the 7th regiment , who is now a prisoner , have ...
Side 227
... Whereupon , Resolved , That Mr. James Lovell , an inhabitant of Boston , now held a close prisoner there , by order of general Howe , has discovered , under the severest trials , the warmest attachment to public liberty , an inflexible ...
... Whereupon , Resolved , That Mr. James Lovell , an inhabitant of Boston , now held a close prisoner there , by order of general Howe , has discovered , under the severest trials , the warmest attachment to public liberty , an inflexible ...
Side 252
... Whereupon , Resolved , That Mr. Barbarie , owner of the sloop and cargo said to have been taken by the enemy , and retaken by one of the continental vessels of war , ought to make and prosecute his claim to the same , before the court ...
... Whereupon , Resolved , That Mr. Barbarie , owner of the sloop and cargo said to have been taken by the enemy , and retaken by one of the continental vessels of war , ought to make and prosecute his claim to the same , before the court ...
Andre utgaver - Vis alle
Journals of the American Congress: from 1774-1788: In Four Volumes, Volum 1 United States. Continental Congress Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1823 |
Journals of the American Congress from 1774-1788: In Four Volumes United States Continental Congress,United States Continental Congress Com Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2018 |
Journals of the American Congress from 1774-1788: In Four Volumes United States Continental Congress Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2017 |
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
accounts be paid Adjourned to ten America arms assembly battalion brigadier-general brought Canada captain claims reported colonel commanding officer commission commissioners committee appointed committee be directed committee of claims committee of safety committee of three Congress and read consideration the report continent continental army Continental Congress council of safety court-martial day referred delegates deputy desired dollars be advanced dollars be drawn elected empowered expenses farther consideration Great-Britain inhabitants inlist John laid before Congress liberty lieutenant lord Sterling marine committee Maryland Massachusetts-Bay Mease members chosen militia Monday necessary New-Jersey nine o'clock non-commissioned officer North-Carolina o'clock to-morrow pay-master persons petition Philadelphia postponed presented to Congress prisoners proper province quarter-master raised received recommended regiment resolution Resolved respective resumed the consideration safety of Pennsylvania Schuyler secret committee sent taken into consideration thereof troops Trumbull United Colonies vessels Virginia Washington Whereupon William
Populære avsnitt
Side 30 - Nor can we suppress our astonishment, that a British parliament should ever consent to establish in that country, a religion that has deluged your island in blood, and dispersed impiety, bigotry, persecution, murder, and rebellion through every part of the world.
Side 20 - ... in all cases of taxation and internal polity, subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed...
Side 84 - I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Side 84 - As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the congress, that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge, and that is all I desire...
Side 139 - Colony, for contributing their Proportion to the common Defence, (such Proportion to be raised under the Authority of the General Court, or General Assembly of such Province or Colony, and disposable by Parliament,) and shall engage to make Provision also, for the support of the Civil Government, and the Administration of Justice...
Side 43 - When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner.
Side 20 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.
Side 407 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Side 85 - And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress...
Side 21 - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.