The History of Illinois, from Its First Discovery and Settlement to the Present TimeJ. Winchester, 1844 - 492 páginas |
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... remain entire , and the rest of the front is open . " The building was constructed of stone , with a mortar of lime and sand , and the whole front was covered with stucco , and painted . The piers were ornamented with spirited figures ...
... remain entire , and the rest of the front is open . " The building was constructed of stone , with a mortar of lime and sand , and the whole front was covered with stucco , and painted . The piers were ornamented with spirited figures ...
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... remain . Inscriptions on rocks and in caves , said to be of Egyptian or Phoenician origin - specimens of pottery and other relics , together with mounds , tumuli , and barrows , as they are some- times called , have led many to suppose ...
... remain . Inscriptions on rocks and in caves , said to be of Egyptian or Phoenician origin - specimens of pottery and other relics , together with mounds , tumuli , and barrows , as they are some- times called , have led many to suppose ...
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... remained a few weeks to examine its coast , was threatened with shipwreck on his return , doubled Cape Florida in a storm , and arrived safely at Porto Rico . He was appointed , afterward , governor of the territory . His commission ...
... remained a few weeks to examine its coast , was threatened with shipwreck on his return , doubled Cape Florida in a storm , and arrived safely at Porto Rico . He was appointed , afterward , governor of the territory . His commission ...
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... remained about forty days . An exploring party , sent northerly from there , reported , on their return , that the country in that direction was thinly inhabited ; that buffaloes were so numerous that maize could not be cultivated , and ...
... remained about forty days . An exploring party , sent northerly from there , reported , on their return , that the country in that direction was thinly inhabited ; that buffaloes were so numerous that maize could not be cultivated , and ...
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... remain . It seemed as though the dominion of France was now established in Florida , with Calvinism for its creed . Spain , however , had not yet relinquished her title , though many of her bravest sons had fallen in the cause , and no ...
... remain . It seemed as though the dominion of France was now established in Florida , with Calvinism for its creed . Spain , however , had not yet relinquished her title , though many of her bravest sons had fallen in the cause , and no ...
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adventure afterward American Anne Boleyn appointed arms army arrived attack bank battle became Big Knife Black Hawk British Cahokia Canada Captain chief Colonel Clarke colonists colony command commenced Continent council Detroit dollars emigrants enemy England English erected expedition feet fire followed forests Fort Frontenac France French friends garrison glory Governor granted hand honor hostile hundred Illinois Illinois river immediately Indians inhabitants Iroquois Jesuit Kaskaskia Kentucky king Lake Lake Michigan land latter Lord Louis Louis XIV Louisiana Marquis de Montcalm massacre ment miles Mississippi nation natives Nauvoo New-York officers Ohio once party passed peace person Pontiac possession Pottawatomies present prisoners Quebec received returned river ruins sailed Salle savage says sent settlement soldiers soon sought Spain surrender Tecumseh territory thence thereupon thither thousand tion town treaty tribes troops United vessels village Virginia warriors whole wounded
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Página 269 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Página 104 - In the name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and the advancement of the Christian faith...
Página 446 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience; and that no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious societies or modes of worship.
Página 29 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way: Yet simple Nature to his hope has given.
Página 233 - When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Página 104 - ... and convenient for the general good of the colony. Unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Página 216 - ... that no Governor or commander in chief of our other colonies or plantations in 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...
Página 269 - Pennsylvania and the said territorial line: provided, however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three states shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan.
Página 269 - The middle state shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from Post Vincents to the Ohio; by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami, to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Página 269 - No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States ; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.