History of the City of Memphis Tennessee: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and PioneersD. Mason & Company, 1888 |
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... Colonel Woods , of Virginia , in 1655 , were the first white men after De Soto to enter the limits of what is now Tennessee . Winsor's " Narrative and Critical History of America . " Frontenac , writing to Colbert , the French minister ...
... Colonel Woods , of Virginia , in 1655 , were the first white men after De Soto to enter the limits of what is now Tennessee . Winsor's " Narrative and Critical History of America . " Frontenac , writing to Colbert , the French minister ...
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... Colonel Alexander Spottiswood , lieutenant - governor of Virginia , with the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe , in 1714 , explored the western country as far as Cumberland Gap , which he thus named , and also the beautiful river after ...
... Colonel Alexander Spottiswood , lieutenant - governor of Virginia , with the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe , in 1714 , explored the western country as far as Cumberland Gap , which he thus named , and also the beautiful river after ...
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... Colonel James Smith , with a small company , explored the country west as far as the mouth of the Tennesee River , and his recital of the extraordinary riches of the land excited , in Carolina , Virginia , Pennsylvania , and Maryland ...
... Colonel James Smith , with a small company , explored the country west as far as the mouth of the Tennesee River , and his recital of the extraordinary riches of the land excited , in Carolina , Virginia , Pennsylvania , and Maryland ...
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... Colonel Hawkins , writing in 1798 , describing the Creek Mico , whose crown was made of feathers , says " that he superintends all public and domestic concerns , receives all public characters , hears their talks , lays them before the ...
... Colonel Hawkins , writing in 1798 , describing the Creek Mico , whose crown was made of feathers , says " that he superintends all public and domestic concerns , receives all public characters , hears their talks , lays them before the ...
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... colonel . He distinguished himself at the battle of ' King's Mountain , ' and in 1780 received for his bravery a vote of thanks and a sword from the Legislature of North Carolina , to which he was chosen a member in 1781 . He afterward ...
... colonel . He distinguished himself at the battle of ' King's Mountain , ' and in 1780 received for his bravery a vote of thanks and a sword from the Legislature of North Carolina , to which he was chosen a member in 1781 . He afterward ...
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Seite 330 - That the foregoing proposition covers and was intended to embrace the whole subject of slavery agitation in Congress ; and therefore the democratic party of the Union, standing on this national platform, will abide by and adhere to a faithful execution of the acts known as the compromise measures, settled by the last Congress, the "act for reclaiming fugitives from service or labor...
Seite 314 - Through every stage of the conflict, the United States have maintained an impartial neutrality, giving aid to neither of the parties in men, money, ships, or munitions of war. They have regarded the contest not in the light of an ordinary insurrection or rebellion, but as a civil war between parties nearly equal, having, as to neutral powers, equal rights.
Seite 106 - The southern boundary of the United States, which divides their territory from the Spanish colonies of East and West Florida, shall be designated by a line beginning on the River Mississippi, at the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of latitude north of the equator, which from thence shall be drawn due east to the middle of the River Apalachicola, or Catahouche, thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint; thence straight to the head of St.
Seite 388 - Court, and having decided that this plea showed that the Circuit Court had not jurisdiction, and consequently that this is a case to which the judicial power of the United States does not extend, they have gone on to examine the merits of the case as they appeared on the trial before the court and jury, on the...
Seite 25 - Near the latitude of thirty-three degrees, on the western bank of the Mississippi, stood the village of Mitchigamea, in a region that had not been visited by Europeans since the days of De Soto. ' Now,' thought Marquette, ' we must indeed ask the aid of the Virgin.
Seite 192 - That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties or privileges, or outlawed or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Seite 194 - ... that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.
Seite 259 - All property shall be taxed according to its value, that value to be ascertained in such manner as the Legislature shall direct, so that taxes shall be equal and uniform throughout the State.
Seite 44 - The Cherokees in their dispositions and manners are grave and steady ; dignified and circumspect in their deportment ; rather slow and reserved in conversation, yet frank, cheerful, and humane ; tenacious of the liberties and natural rights of man ; secret, deliberate, and determined in their councils ; honest, just, and liberal, and ready always to sacrifice every pleasure and gratification, even their blood and life itself, to defend their territory and maintain their rights.
Seite 347 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...