Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events, which Have Occurred in the Western States and Territories, from the Discovery of the Mississippi Valley to the Year Eighteen Hundred and FiftyJ.R. Albach, 1850 - 808 páginas |
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... John Mason Peck. X 1731 . 1732 . 1735 . CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE . Previous to this , Gov. Keith wishes West secured to England . Company of Indies resign Louisiana to King . Vincennes settled according to some , ( see pp . 66-68 . ) Daniel ...
... John Mason Peck. X 1731 . 1732 . 1735 . CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE . Previous to this , Gov. Keith wishes West secured to England . Company of Indies resign Louisiana to King . Vincennes settled according to some , ( see pp . 66-68 . ) Daniel ...
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... John Mason Peck. 1787. Nov. 26 , December , 1788. Summer , January , Feb. 29 , Symines issues proposals for settlers . John Brown , first western representative goes to Congress . Indians expected to make treaty at Marietta . Great ...
... John Mason Peck. 1787. Nov. 26 , December , 1788. Summer , January , Feb. 29 , Symines issues proposals for settlers . John Brown , first western representative goes to Congress . Indians expected to make treaty at Marietta . Great ...
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... John Mason Peck. 30 Reach the Mississippi . 1673 . plan , begged them to desist . There were Indians , they said , on that great river , who would cut off their heads without the least cause ; warriors who would seize them ; monsters who ...
... John Mason Peck. 30 Reach the Mississippi . 1673 . plan , begged them to desist . There were Indians , they said , on that great river , who would cut off their heads without the least cause ; warriors who would seize them ; monsters who ...
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... John Mason Peck. which the priests soon retreated to a tent as preferable , if all this is so , still how pleasant to think of what this city will one day be , and instead of weeping over its decay and ruin to look forward to its growth ...
... John Mason Peck. which the priests soon retreated to a tent as preferable , if all this is so , still how pleasant to think of what this city will one day be , and instead of weeping over its decay and ruin to look forward to its growth ...
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... John Mason Peck. 96 Braddock's Defeat . 1755 . as Colonel Dunbar's party , who lay six miles on this side . The officers were absolutely sacrificed by their good behavior , ad- vancing sometimes in bodies , sometimes separately , hoping ...
... John Mason Peck. 96 Braddock's Defeat . 1755 . as Colonel Dunbar's party , who lay six miles on this side . The officers were absolutely sacrificed by their good behavior , ad- vancing sometimes in bodies , sometimes separately , hoping ...
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Página 522 - The legislatures of those districts, or new States, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bonafide purchasers.
Página 317 - ... establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of States, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original States, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Página 279 - It is agreed, that the Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective states, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights, and properties, which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects...
Página 774 - It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary, First. To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state under any pretext whatsoever ; and, Second.
Página 516 - The western state in the said territory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio and Wabash rivers ; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and post Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, and by the said territorial line to the lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Página 508 - 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...
Página 495 - His Majesty will withdraw all his troops and garrisons from all posts and places within the boundary lines assigned by the treaty of peace to the United States.
Página 770 - That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirtysix degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the State contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
Página 435 - I soon discovered, from the weight of the fire and extent of their lines, that the enemy were in full force in front, in possession of their favorite ground, and endeavoring to turn our left flank. I therefore gave orders for the second line to advance to support the first, and directed Major General Scott to gain and turn the right flank of the savages, with the whole of the mounted volunteers, by a circuitous route.
Página 119 - And we do further declare it t-> be our royal will and pleasure, for the present, as aforesaid, to reserve under our sovereignty, protection, and dominion, for the use of the said Indians...