A History of the Commonwealth of Kentuckyauthor, 1834 - 396 sider |
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... claims of his history to the public attention on a basis higher , than any personal intercourse he may have enjoyed , at the late period of his removal to the west . It is on a body of private papers belonging to some of the princi pal ...
... claims of his history to the public attention on a basis higher , than any personal intercourse he may have enjoyed , at the late period of his removal to the west . It is on a body of private papers belonging to some of the princi pal ...
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... claims are solemnly appealed to in a diplomatic memorial , addressed by the British ministry to the Duke Mirepoix , on the part of France , on the 7th June , 1755 . * " It is a certain truth , " this memorial states , " that the ...
... claims are solemnly appealed to in a diplomatic memorial , addressed by the British ministry to the Duke Mirepoix , on the part of France , on the 7th June , 1755 . * " It is a certain truth , " this memorial states , " that the ...
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... claim a right of conquest over the Illinois and all the Missis- sippi , as far as they extend . " This , he adds , " is confirmed by their own claims and possessions in 1742 , which include all the bounds here laid down ( meaning on his ...
... claim a right of conquest over the Illinois and all the Missis- sippi , as far as they extend . " This , he adds , " is confirmed by their own claims and possessions in 1742 , which include all the bounds here laid down ( meaning on his ...
Side 7
... claims of the Miamies were bounded on the north and west by those of the Illinois confederacy , consisting originally of five tribes , called Kaskaskias , Cahokias , Peo- rians , Michiganians , and Temarois , speaking the Miami lan ...
... claims of the Miamies were bounded on the north and west by those of the Illinois confederacy , consisting originally of five tribes , called Kaskaskias , Cahokias , Peo- rians , Michiganians , and Temarois , speaking the Miami lan ...
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... claimed from Dunmore's expedition . The principal blow had been struck by the left wing of his army apart from him , at the bloody battle of Point Pleasant , in which , under Col. Andrew Lewis , with the choicest spirits of the western ...
... claimed from Dunmore's expedition . The principal blow had been struck by the left wing of his army apart from him , at the bloody battle of Point Pleasant , in which , under Col. Andrew Lewis , with the choicest spirits of the western ...
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A History of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: From Its Exploration and ... Mann Butler Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1836 |
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Side 306 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Side 285 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Side 136 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Side 283 - President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States...
Side 285 - Resolved, That the several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States and of amendments thereto, they constituted a General Government for special purposes...
Side 311 - England, a navy of the United States, are ready to join, and final orders are given to my friends and followers. It will be a host of choice spirits. Wilkinson shall be second to Burr only ; Wilkinson shall dictate the rank and promotion of his officers. Burr will proceed westward 1st August, never to return. With him goes his daughter ; the husband will follow in October, with a corps of worthies.
Side 339 - That in the late campaign against the Indians on the Wabash, Governor WH Harrison has, in the opinion of this Legislature, behaved like a hero, a patriot, and a general; and that for his cool, deliberate, skillful, and gallant conduct in the late battle of Tippecanoe, he deserves the warmest thanks of the nation.
Side 17 - America do presume for the present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest...
Side 392 - ... of, in, or to the same, or any part thereof; To have and to hold the...
Side 197 - Wilkinson to rush forward with the first battalion. The order was executed with promptitude, and this detachment gained the bank of the river just as the rear of the enemy had embarked...