A History of the Commonwealth of Kentuckyauthor, 1834 - 396 Seiten |
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... obtained from the inquiries , so courteously promoted by Governor Breathitt of Kentucky , and addressed to the government of our parent State . Yet the hope is but faint , unless the inquiry shall be pursued to the Colonial office in ...
... obtained from the inquiries , so courteously promoted by Governor Breathitt of Kentucky , and addressed to the government of our parent State . Yet the hope is but faint , unless the inquiry shall be pursued to the Colonial office in ...
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... obtained the custody of the great calumet , which was the emblem of the confederacy of nine tribes , formed by British influence against the United States , and terminated only by the victory of Wayne , at the rapids of the Maumee , in ...
... obtained the custody of the great calumet , which was the emblem of the confederacy of nine tribes , formed by British influence against the United States , and terminated only by the victory of Wayne , at the rapids of the Maumee , in ...
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... obtained the name of the Long Hunters . " This expedition reached " the country south of the Kentucky river , " and became acquainted with Green river , and the lower part of the Cumber- land . In addition to these parties , so ...
... obtained the name of the Long Hunters . " This expedition reached " the country south of the Kentucky river , " and became acquainted with Green river , and the lower part of the Cumber- land . In addition to these parties , so ...
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... obtain settlers , and establish an independent State . The election had , however , proceeded too far to change its object , when Clark , who had been detained , arrived at the town ; the gentlemen elected , although they were aware the ...
... obtain settlers , and establish an independent State . The election had , however , proceeded too far to change its object , when Clark , who had been detained , arrived at the town ; the gentlemen elected , although they were aware the ...
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... obtained the erection of the county of Kentucky , which then embraced the limits of the present State of that name . Thus , our political organization was prin- cipally obtained by the generous daring of George Rogers Clark , who must ...
... obtained the erection of the county of Kentucky , which then embraced the limits of the present State of that name . Thus , our political organization was prin- cipally obtained by the generous daring of George Rogers Clark , who must ...
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Seite 138 - 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.
Seite 308 - 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.
Seite 287 - That to this compact each State acceded as a State, and is an integral party, its co-States forming as to itself, the other party: 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...
Seite 285 - 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...
Seite 287 - 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.
Seite 287 - 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...
Seite 313 - 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.
Seite 341 - 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.
Seite 19 - 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...
Seite 394 - ... of, in, or to the same, or any part thereof; To have and to hold the...