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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... of Europe has received in America . No. XIII . Topographical Table of the Towns and Counties in the State of Vermont . 458 465 Additional Notes . 479 THE NATURAL AND CIVIL HISTORY OF VERMONT . CHAPTER I. 8 CONTENTS .
... of Europe has received in America . No. XIII . Topographical Table of the Towns and Counties in the State of Vermont . 458 465 Additional Notes . 479 THE NATURAL AND CIVIL HISTORY OF VERMONT . CHAPTER I. 8 CONTENTS .
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... at Montreal . In 1635 , the English began the town of Springfield , upon Connecti- cut river ; and by 1670 , had extended as far up the river , as Deerfield . On September 3d , VOL . II . A 1696 , Colonel Fletcher , governor of New York ,
... at Montreal . In 1635 , the English began the town of Springfield , upon Connecti- cut river ; and by 1670 , had extended as far up the river , as Deerfield . On September 3d , VOL . II . A 1696 , Colonel Fletcher , governor of New York ,
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... town- ship of Willsborough ) about seventy miles in length , and in width , twelve miles from Hud- son's river . In 1699 , this grant was declared by the government of New York to have been extravagant , and vacated on that account ...
... town- ship of Willsborough ) about seventy miles in length , and in width , twelve miles from Hud- son's river . In 1699 , this grant was declared by the government of New York to have been extravagant , and vacated on that account ...
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... towns complied with this requisition , and bought their lands the se- cond time , but the greater part refused it : And where it was not complied with , on the part of the grantees , new grants were made of their lands , to such ...
... towns complied with this requisition , and bought their lands the se- cond time , but the greater part refused it : And where it was not complied with , on the part of the grantees , new grants were made of their lands , to such ...
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... town- ship , were about one hundred dollars ; under the government of New York , they generally amounted to two thousand or two thousand six hundred dollars . justifiable as those of the people , against whom they HISTORY OF VERMONT . 19.
... town- ship , were about one hundred dollars ; under the government of New York , they generally amounted to two thousand or two thousand six hundred dollars . justifiable as those of the people , against whom they HISTORY OF VERMONT . 19.
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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...