A History of the Commonwealth of Kentuckyauthor, 1834 - 396 páginas |
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... Judge Sebastian in 1795 and 1797 ---- First conflict between the court of Appeals and the Legislature . CHAPTER XV . [ page 235 Land Laws of Kentucky - Dissatisfaction with the Constitution of 1792 - Gov . Garrard- John Adams ...
... Judge Sebastian in 1795 and 1797 ---- First conflict between the court of Appeals and the Legislature . CHAPTER XV . [ page 235 Land Laws of Kentucky - Dissatisfaction with the Constitution of 1792 - Gov . Garrard- John Adams ...
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... judges Rowan , Underwood , and Pirtle , Hon . H. Clay , and Jas . Guthrie , Dr. D. Drake , of Cincinnati , Messrs . John and James Brown , and Gov. Pope , have all most freely and kindly contributed every thing in their power . From 7 ...
... judges Rowan , Underwood , and Pirtle , Hon . H. Clay , and Jas . Guthrie , Dr. D. Drake , of Cincinnati , Messrs . John and James Brown , and Gov. Pope , have all most freely and kindly contributed every thing in their power . From 7 ...
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... judge Haywood in his His- tory of Tennessee . At the treaty of Fort Stanwix , which has so often been unavoidably brought to the reader's attention , the judge says , in 1766 , but the author thinks by mistake , some of the Cherokees ...
... judge Haywood in his His- tory of Tennessee . At the treaty of Fort Stanwix , which has so often been unavoidably brought to the reader's attention , the judge says , in 1766 , but the author thinks by mistake , some of the Cherokees ...
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... Judge David Todd , of Missouri , obligingly communicated this circumstance , from the papers of the late General Levi Todd , who acted as aid to Colonel Clark . Our country- men were called Bostoni by the French , at this time . E ...
... Judge David Todd , of Missouri , obligingly communicated this circumstance , from the papers of the late General Levi Todd , who acted as aid to Colonel Clark . Our country- men were called Bostoni by the French , at this time . E ...
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... judges , freely chosen by the people , leaving an ap- peal to Clark . About this time , M. Cerre , who was mentioned before , uneasy that his family at Kaskaskia should be the only one placed under a guard , and fearful of venturing ...
... judges , freely chosen by the people , leaving an ap- peal to Clark . About this time , M. Cerre , who was mentioned before , uneasy that his family at Kaskaskia should be the only one placed under a guard , and fearful of venturing ...
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Página 306 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Página 285 - 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; 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.
Página 136 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Página 283 - President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States...
Página 285 - Resolved, That the several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States and of amendments thereto, they constituted a General Government for special purposes...
Página 311 - England, a navy of the United States, are ready to join, and final orders are given to my friends and followers. It will be a host of choice spirits. Wilkinson shall be second to Burr only ; Wilkinson shall dictate the rank and promotion of his officers. Burr will proceed westward 1st August, never to return. With him goes his daughter ; the husband will follow in October, with a corps of worthies.
Página 339 - That in the late campaign against the Indians on the Wabash, Governor WH Harrison has, in the opinion of this Legislature, behaved like a hero, a patriot, and a general; and that for his cool, deliberate, skillful, and gallant conduct in the late battle of Tippecanoe, he deserves the warmest thanks of the nation.
Página 17 - 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 392 - ... of, in, or to the same, or any part thereof; To have and to hold the...
Página 197 - Wilkinson to rush forward with the first battalion. The order was executed with promptitude, and this detachment gained the bank of the river just as the rear of the enemy had embarked...