An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Volum 2Tiebout and O'Brien, 1796 |
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Side 57
... extends on a fuppofed due weft course , till it croffes Connecticut river , and ends on its western bank , the distance being fifty - five miles . From the point where this line ftrikes Connecticut river , up to the forty - fifth degree ...
... extends on a fuppofed due weft course , till it croffes Connecticut river , and ends on its western bank , the distance being fifty - five miles . From the point where this line ftrikes Connecticut river , up to the forty - fifth degree ...
Side 58
... extends along the high lands , seventeen miles and two hundred and feven rods , to the head of the north - wef- tern branch of Connecticut river ; at which extremity is a fir tree , infcribed N. H. N. W. 1789. Thence the boundary def ...
... extends along the high lands , seventeen miles and two hundred and feven rods , to the head of the north - wef- tern branch of Connecticut river ; at which extremity is a fir tree , infcribed N. H. N. W. 1789. Thence the boundary def ...
Side 59
... extends . The deepeft fnows fall with a north - eaft wind , and storms from that quarter are most violent , and of longeft duration ; af- ter which , the wind commonly changes to the N. W. and blows brifkly for a day or two , driving ...
... extends . The deepeft fnows fall with a north - eaft wind , and storms from that quarter are most violent , and of longeft duration ; af- ter which , the wind commonly changes to the N. W. and blows brifkly for a day or two , driving ...
Side 61
... extending from eaft to weft , but more commonly riles from a dark convexity in the north , and flashes upward toward the zenith . In a calm night , and in the intervals between gentle flaws of wind , an attentive ear , in a retired ...
... extending from eaft to weft , but more commonly riles from a dark convexity in the north , and flashes upward toward the zenith . In a calm night , and in the intervals between gentle flaws of wind , an attentive ear , in a retired ...
Side 67
... extends N. E. and S. W. to an immenfe distance , î area of their base is an irregular figure , the whole circuit of w is not lefs than fixty miles . The number of fummits within t area cannot at present be afcertained , the country ...
... extends N. E. and S. W. to an immenfe distance , î area of their base is an irregular figure , the whole circuit of w is not lefs than fixty miles . The number of fummits within t area cannot at present be afcertained , the country ...
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An historical, geographical, commercial and philosophical view of ..., Volum 2 William Wintherbotham Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1796 |
An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of ..., Volum 2 William Winterbotham Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1796 |
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Side 177 - In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them : the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them: the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them : to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Side 171 - It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a constitution of government, to provide for an equitable mode of making laws, as well as for an impartial interpretation and a faithful execution of them; that every man may, at all times, find his security in them.
Side 176 - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property and character, that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial and independent, as the lot of humanity will admit.
Side 425 - All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Side 459 - 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...
Side 461 - The western state in the said territory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio and Wabash rivers ; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and post Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, and by the said territorial line to the lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Side 174 - And no subject shall be arrested, imprisoned, despoiled, or deprived of his property, immunities, or privileges, put out of the protection of the law, exiled, or deprived of his life, liberty, or estate, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Side 54 - River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Side 461 - Provided, however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three States shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two States in that part of the said Territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan.
Side 189 - Court by a dependence on them for his support, that he should in all cases act with freedom for the benefit of the public, that he should not have his attention necessarily diverted from that object to his private concerns, and that he should maintain the dignity of the Commonwealth in the character of its chief...