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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... favor of New York On July 20th , 1764 , his majesty . ordered and declared , " the western banks of the river Connecticut , from where it enters the province of the Massachusetts bay , as far north as the forty fifth degree of northern ...
... favor of New York On July 20th , 1764 , his majesty . ordered and declared , " the western banks of the river Connecticut , from where it enters the province of the Massachusetts bay , as far north as the forty fifth degree of northern ...
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... favor of the New York proceedings , and against all titles and grants , derived from the governor of New Hampshire . The case of the settlers did not admit of any relief , from the customary forms of law ; but only from the equity , the ...
... favor of the New York proceedings , and against all titles and grants , derived from the governor of New Hampshire . The case of the settlers did not admit of any relief , from the customary forms of law ; but only from the equity , the ...
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... favor the American procee- dings . No confidence could be placed in either , to undertake the defence of the city ; and had it not been for the intervention of the river , it does not seem that there would have been much difficulty or ...
... favor the American procee- dings . No confidence could be placed in either , to undertake the defence of the city ; and had it not been for the intervention of the river , it does not seem that there would have been much difficulty or ...
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... favor him . Arnold paraded his men on the plains of Abra- ham , set guards to cut off the communication between the city and country , and sent a flag to demand the surrender of the place . His flag was fired upon , and refused ...
... favor him . Arnold paraded his men on the plains of Abra- ham , set guards to cut off the communication between the city and country , and sent a flag to demand the surrender of the place . His flag was fired upon , and refused ...
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... favors on his prisoners , which increased their obligations to preserve the honor of sol- diership in every part of their conduct . But as it was altogether uncertain what new forces the H VOL . II . ... ་ ་ Americans might bring ...
... favors on his prisoners , which increased their obligations to preserve the honor of sol- diership in every part of their conduct . But as it was altogether uncertain what new forces the H VOL . II . ... ་ ་ Americans might bring ...
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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...