Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western TerritoryD. Appleton & Company, 1847 - 501 sider |
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... enemy , who over- ran that state . See note on page 18 . Dr. Burnet was in the medical service of the country , from the commencement of the contest , and was the super- intendent of a Military Hospital , established on his own ...
... enemy , who over- ran that state . See note on page 18 . Dr. Burnet was in the medical service of the country , from the commencement of the contest , and was the super- intendent of a Military Hospital , established on his own ...
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... enemy , the traitor had caused some of the heavy cannon to be dismounted , and portions of the masonry to be taken down , to be rebuilt , as he pretended , with additional strength . After the arrival of the Commander - in - chief at ...
... enemy , the traitor had caused some of the heavy cannon to be dismounted , and portions of the masonry to be taken down , to be rebuilt , as he pretended , with additional strength . After the arrival of the Commander - in - chief at ...
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... enemy ; and , after a rapid retreat , place his exhausted army in a situation of temporary safety , on the west bank of the Del- aware . That retrograde movement , with the losses which preceded it , produced a general opinion , that ...
... enemy ; and , after a rapid retreat , place his exhausted army in a situation of temporary safety , on the west bank of the Del- aware . That retrograde movement , with the losses which preceded it , produced a general opinion , that ...
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Jacob Burnet. took the enemy by surprise at Princeton , broke through their line , captured many prisoners and much ... enemies of Washington , and never afterwards permitted an opportunity , to question his talents or injure his military ...
Jacob Burnet. took the enemy by surprise at Princeton , broke through their line , captured many prisoners and much ... enemies of Washington , and never afterwards permitted an opportunity , to question his talents or injure his military ...
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... enemy at Princeton . These conflicting claims for the laurels of Washington , destroy each other ; but if either be well founded , we can- not escape the conclusion , that the Commander - in - chief was the weakest officer in the army ...
... enemy at Princeton . These conflicting claims for the laurels of Washington , destroy each other ; but if either be well founded , we can- not escape the conclusion , that the Commander - in - chief was the weakest officer in the army ...
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Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western Territory Jacob Burnet Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1847 |
Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western Territory Jacob Burnet Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1847 |
Notes on the Early Settlement of the North-western Territory Jacob Burnet Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1847 |
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Side 368 - And whenever any of the said states shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such state shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original states, in all respects whatever, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and state government...
Side 367 - September last, shall be disposed of for the common benefit of the United States and be settled and formed into distinct republican States, which shall become members of the Federal Union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Side 222 - I have now informed you of , the boundaries of the Miami nation, where the Great Spirit placed my forefather a long time ago, and charged him not to sell or part with his lands, but to preserve them for his posterity.
Side 177 - SIR, I have received your letter of this date, requiring from me the motives which have moved the army under my command to the position they at present occupy, far within the acknowledged jurisdiction of the United States of America. Without questioning the authority, or the propriety, sir, of your interrogatory, I think I may, without breach of decorum, observe to you, that were you...
Side 321 - For the prevention of crimes and injuries the laws to be adopted or made shall have force in all parts of the district and for the execution of process criminal and civil, the governor shall make proper divisions thereof, and he shall proceed from time to time as circumstances may require to lay out the parts of the District in which the indian titles shall have been extinguished into counties and townships subject however to such alterations as may thereafter be made by the legislature...
Side 246 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
Side 303 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land...