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These facts are from the pen of a well - known writer , and may be relied upon as
accurate . In the history of the Counties , facts and figures , incidents and
reminiscences , a necdotes and sketches , are given , with a variety and
completeness ...
These facts are from the pen of a well - known writer , and may be relied upon as
accurate . In the history of the Counties , facts and figures , incidents and
reminiscences , a necdotes and sketches , are given , with a variety and
completeness ...
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This territory is known as the " Black Hawk Purchase . " Althongh it was not the
first portion of Iowa ceded to the United States by the Sacs and Foxes , it was the
first opened to actual settlement by the tide of emigration that flowed across the ...
This territory is known as the " Black Hawk Purchase . " Althongh it was not the
first portion of Iowa ceded to the United States by the Sacs and Foxes , it was the
first opened to actual settlement by the tide of emigration that flowed across the ...
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liam Clark , Commissioner , wherein the Sac and Fox nation relinquished their
title to all lands in Missouri , and that portion of the southeast corner of Iowa
known as the “ Half - Breed Tract ' was set off and reserved for the use of the half
...
liam Clark , Commissioner , wherein the Sac and Fox nation relinquished their
title to all lands in Missouri , and that portion of the southeast corner of Iowa
known as the “ Half - Breed Tract ' was set off and reserved for the use of the half
...
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The place became known as the “ Spanish Miners , " or , more commonly , “
Dubuque ' s Lead Mines . ” In 1796 , Dubuque filed a petition with Baron de
Carondelet , the Spanish Governor of Louisiana , asking that the tract ceded to
him by the ...
The place became known as the “ Spanish Miners , " or , more commonly , “
Dubuque ' s Lead Mines . ” In 1796 , Dubuque filed a petition with Baron de
Carondelet , the Spanish Governor of Louisiana , asking that the tract ceded to
him by the ...
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In 1795 , the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Louisiana granted to Basil Girard five
thousand eight hundred and sixty acres of land , in what is now Clayton County ,
known as the “ Girard Tract . ” He occupied the land during the time that Iowa ...
In 1795 , the Lieutenant Governor of Upper Louisiana granted to Basil Girard five
thousand eight hundred and sixty acres of land , in what is now Clayton County ,
known as the “ Girard Tract . ” He occupied the land during the time that Iowa ...
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Side 68 - State, but all acts, rules and regulations of said Board may be altered, amended, or repealed by the General Assembly ; and when so altered, amended, or repealed, they shall not be re-enacted by the Board of Education.
Side 101 - The interest on these loans is apportioned by the State Auditor semi-annually to the several counties of the State, in proportion to the number of persons between the ages of five and twenty-one years. The counties also levy an annual tax for school purposes, which is apportioned to the several district townships in the same way.
Side 96 - Company, every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for ten sections in width on each side...
Side 58 - ... middle of the main channel of the Mississippi river; thence down the middle of the main channel of said Mississippi river, to the place of beginning.
Side 25 - British trader had landed at Rock Island with two boats loaded with goods, and requested us to come up immediately, because he had good news for us, and a variety of presents. The express presented us with tobacco, pipes and wampum. The news ran through our camp like fire on a prairie.
Side 30 - By this treaty, the Sacs and Foxes ceded to the United States a strip of land on the eastern border of Iowa, fifty miles wide, from the northern boundary of Missouri to the mouth of the Upper Iowa River, containing about six million acres. The western line of the purchase was parallel with the Mississippi. In consideration...
Side 34 - ... understood that the points of termination for the present cession shall be the northern and southern points of said tract as fixed by the survey made under the authority of the United States, and that a line shall be drawn between them so as to intersect a line extended westwardly from the angle of said tract nearly opposite to Rock Island, as laid down in the above survey, so far as may be necessary to include the number of acres hereby ceded, which last mentioned line, it is estimated, will...
Side 49 - The organic act provided for a Governor, whose term of office should be three years, and for a Secretary, Chief Justice, two Associate Justices, and Attorney and Marshal, who should serve four years, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The act also provided for the election, by the white male inhabitants, citizens of the United States, over twenty-one years of age, of a House of Representatives, consisting of twenty-six members, and a Council, to consist...
Side 109 - While awaiting an answer to this request, he conditionally accepted a sufficient number of companies to compose two additional regiments. In a short time, he was notified that both of these would be accepted. Soon after the completion of the Second and Third Regiments (which was near the close of May), the Adjutant General of the State reported that upward of one hundred and seventy companies had been tendered to the Governor to serve against the enemies of the Union. " Much difficulty and considerable...
Side 14 - ... of the Executive, they will wait the issue of such measures as that department of the government shall have pursued, for asserting the rights and vindicating the injuries of the United States ; — holding it to be their duty, at the same time, to express their unalterable determination to maintain the boundaries, and the rights of navigation and commerce through the river Mississippi, as established by existing treaties.
Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties, Iowa |
| Forfatter | W. E. Alexander |
| Bidragsyter | Western Publishing Company (Sioux City, Iowa) |
| Utgiver | Western Publishing Company, 1882 |
| Original fra | New York Public Library |
| Digitalisert | 23. jan 2008 |
| Lengde | 738 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |