The Natural and Civil History of Vermont, Band 2Samuel Mills. Sold at his Bookstore in Burlington, by Mills and White, Middlebury, Isaiah Thomas, Jun. Worcester, Thomas and Andrews, Boston, Thomas and Whipple and S. Sawyer and Company Newburyport., 1809 |
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... Connecticut river . This fort , was then admitted to be within Massachusetts , afterwards it was found to be in New Hampshire , and is now in Vermont . This was the first settlement , any civilized nation had ever made , in this state ...
... Connecticut river . This fort , was then admitted to be within Massachusetts , afterwards it was found to be in New Hampshire , and is now in Vermont . This was the first settlement , any civilized nation had ever made , in this state ...
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... Connecticut river . The soil was rich and fertile , favorable in many places to the production of grain , and in all to grazing and the raising of cattle . It was plentifully watered by streams and rivers , and abounded with necessary ...
... Connecticut river . The soil was rich and fertile , favorable in many places to the production of grain , and in all to grazing and the raising of cattle . It was plentifully watered by streams and rivers , and abounded with necessary ...
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... Connecticut river . From these circumstances , it was not doubted either in Britain , or in America , but that the jurisdiction of New Hampshire extend- ed to the west of Connecticut river ; but how far to the west , had never been ...
... Connecticut river . From these circumstances , it was not doubted either in Britain , or in America , but that the jurisdiction of New Hampshire extend- ed to the west of Connecticut river ; but how far to the west , had never been ...
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... Connecticut river . The whole number of grants , in one or two years more , amounted to one hundred and thirty eight ; and their extent , was from Connecticut river , to what was esteemed twenty miles east of Hud- son's river , so far ...
... Connecticut river . The whole number of grants , in one or two years more , amounted to one hundred and thirty eight ; and their extent , was from Connecticut river , to what was esteemed twenty miles east of Hud- son's river , so far ...
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... Connecticut river , and commanding the sheriff of the county of Albany , to make a return of the names of all persons , who under the color of the New Hamp- shire grants , had taken possession of any lands to the west of the river . To ...
... Connecticut river , and commanding the sheriff of the county of Albany , to make a return of the names of all persons , who under the color of the New Hamp- shire grants , had taken possession of any lands to the west of the river . To ...
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Seite 393 - Convention, in which two-thirds of the whole number elected shall agree; and whose duty it shall be to enquire whether the constitution has been preserved inviolate, in every part; and whether the legislative and executive branches of government have performed their duty as guardians of the people; or assumed to themselves, or exercised, other or greater powers, than they are entitled to by the constitution.
Seite 381 - ... nor can any man, who acknowledges the being of a God, be justly deprived or abridged of any civil right as a citizen, on account of his religious sentiments or peculiar mode of religious worship...
Seite 288 - ... 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 162 - Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES ; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connexion between them and the state of Great Britain* is, and ought to be, totally dissolved...
Seite 10 - Hudson's river, and all the lands from the west side of Connecticut river, to the east side of Delaware bay.
Seite 33 - 'in the name of the great Jehovah and of the continental congress.
Seite 169 - That it be recommended to the respective Assemblies and Conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such Government as shall, in the opinion of the Representatives of the People, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular and America in general.
Seite 381 - ... no authority can or ought to be vested in, or assumed by, any power whatever, that shall in any case interfere with, or in any manner control, the rights of conscience in the free exercise of religious worship.
Seite 393 - ... have been disposed of, and whether the laws have been duly executed: For these purposes they shall have power to send for persons, papers and records; they shall have authority to pass public censures, to order impeachments, and to recommend to the legislature the repealing such laws as appear to them to have been enacted contrary ;to the principles of the constitution.
Seite 221 - Resolved, that it be an indispensable preliminary to the recognition of the independence of the people inhabiting the territory called Vermont and their admission into the Federal Union, that they explicitly relinquish all demands of lands or jurisdiction the east side of the west bank of Connecticut River...