The History of the Virginia Federal Convention of 1788: With Some Account of Eminent Virginians of that Era who Were Members of the Body[Virginia historical] society, 1890 |
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... Letters of John Winthrop , " the first Governor of Massachusetts , by the Hon . Robert C. Winthrop , LL.D. , was particularly attracted by the sketch of Forth Winthrop's brief career , and has affixed his name to these verses in ...
... Letters of John Winthrop , " the first Governor of Massachusetts , by the Hon . Robert C. Winthrop , LL.D. , was particularly attracted by the sketch of Forth Winthrop's brief career , and has affixed his name to these verses in ...
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... letters , which have been gladly printed in our successive serials or volumes . " A Virginian of the Virginians - President of their Historical Society , and Chancellor of their oldest college ; bound to the Old Dominion by every tie of ...
... letters , which have been gladly printed in our successive serials or volumes . " A Virginian of the Virginians - President of their Historical Society , and Chancellor of their oldest college ; bound to the Old Dominion by every tie of ...
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... letter - writing is more and more lost in telegraphic and tele- phonic and postal - card communication . " There is hardly anything more interesting in all our seven- teen volumes of Proceedings than his letter to me of March 30 , 1866 ...
... letter - writing is more and more lost in telegraphic and tele- phonic and postal - card communication . " There is hardly anything more interesting in all our seven- teen volumes of Proceedings than his letter to me of March 30 , 1866 ...
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... letters alone would have occupied more than the leisure of any common man . " Meantime , he was devoted to ... letter to me , dated not long before his illness , concludes by saying : My employments for the past two weeks have ...
... letters alone would have occupied more than the leisure of any common man . " Meantime , he was devoted to ... letter to me , dated not long before his illness , concludes by saying : My employments for the past two weeks have ...
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... letters , which , written by the actors when the contest was at the highest and instantly forgotten , have been saved in old repositories , and upon those recollections , gathered at various times during a quarter of a century past ...
... letters , which , written by the actors when the contest was at the highest and instantly forgotten , have been saved in old repositories , and upon those recollections , gathered at various times during a quarter of a century past ...
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Side 367 - Year one thousand eight hundred and eight, but a Tax or Duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person. 2. The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. 3. No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. 4. No Capitation or other direct Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Side 367 - State be obliged to enter, clear, or pay duties in another. 7. No money shall be drawn from the treasury but in consequence of appropriations made by law ; and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. 8. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States ; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present emolument, office, or title...
Side 369 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Side 365 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Side 370 - States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Side 372 - All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the confederation. 2. -This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be...
Side 364 - Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business ; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of Absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide.
Side 366 - Nations ; 11 To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water ; 12 To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years ; 18 To provide and maintain a Navy...
Side 363 - Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the State of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New- York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia...
Side 367 - No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws ; and the net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the...