Biography of the Signers to the Declaration of Independence, Bind 6R. W. Pomeroy, 1824 |
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... president . He was authorized , in the name of the people , to declare to the governor and council , that the authority of the proprietary government should be no longer respected . 4 In pursuance of this declaration , after some strug ...
... president . He was authorized , in the name of the people , to declare to the governor and council , that the authority of the proprietary government should be no longer respected . 4 In pursuance of this declaration , after some strug ...
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... president of congress , and , having their families with them , they had a joint establish- ment . This domestic arrangement accorded per- fectly with the taste of both parties , for being men of a liberal and hospitable disposition ...
... president of congress , and , having their families with them , they had a joint establish- ment . This domestic arrangement accorded per- fectly with the taste of both parties , for being men of a liberal and hospitable disposition ...
Side 58
... president Washington announced to the senate , the nomina- tion of the honourable John Jay as envoy extraor- dinary to his Britannic majesty , for the purpose of adjusting the difficulties which existed between the two countries . On ...
... president Washington announced to the senate , the nomina- tion of the honourable John Jay as envoy extraor- dinary to his Britannic majesty , for the purpose of adjusting the difficulties which existed between the two countries . On ...
Side 59
... lost in the senate , on the twenty- eighth of April , by the casting vote of Mr. Adams , the vice - president . * * Marshall's Life of Washington , vol . iv . The feelings which actuated Mr. Clark in his course of CLARK . 59.
... lost in the senate , on the twenty- eighth of April , by the casting vote of Mr. Adams , the vice - president . * * Marshall's Life of Washington , vol . iv . The feelings which actuated Mr. Clark in his course of CLARK . 59.
Side 101
... president at the time of his death . In 1787 he was appointed president of the convention of Virginia , which met to consider the constitution of the United States , and all the weight of his talents and character aided its adoption ...
... president at the time of his death . In 1787 he was appointed president of the convention of Virginia , which met to consider the constitution of the United States , and all the weight of his talents and character aided its adoption ...
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Side 4 - An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned." And also to the act, entitled " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and...
Side 4 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Side 312 - The legislature shall, as soon as conveniently may be, provide, by law, for the establishment of schools throughout the State, in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis.
Side 135 - Sir, a letter which I received last night, contained the following paragraph. " In a letter from General Conway to General Gates, he says, ' heaven has been determined to save your country ; or a weak General and bad Counsellors would have ruined it ; I am, sir, &.c.
Side 206 - British colonies on this continent, to consult together on the present circumstances of the colonies, and the difficulties to which they are, and must be, reduced by the operation of the acts of Parliament for levying duties and taxes on the colonies ; and to consider of a general and united, dutiful, loyal, and humble representation of their condition to his majesty and to the Parliament, and to implore relief.
Side 180 - I will be content to be declared infamous, if I do not, to the last hour of my life, at all times, in all places, and upon all occasions, exert every power with which I either am or ever shall be legally invested in order to obtain and maintain for the continent of America that satisfaction which I have been...
Side 131 - DO, in the name and by the authority of the good people of these 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...
Side 237 - To consult on proper measures to obtain a repeal of the several acts of the British parliament for levying taxes on his majesty's subjects in America without their consent, and upon proper measures to establish the rights and liberties of the colonies upon a just and solid foundation, agreeably to instructions given by the general assembly.
Side 210 - ... to form and adopt a plan for the purposes of obtaining redress of American grievances, ascertaining American rights upon the most solid and constitutional principles, and for establishing that union and harmony between Great Britain and the colonies, which is indispensably necessary to the welfare and happiness of both.
Side 306 - The law, sir, has been my study from my infancy, and my only profession. I have gone' through the circle of office, in the legislative, executive, and judicial, departments of government; and from all my study, observation, and experience, I must declare, that from a full examination and due consideration of this system, it appears to me the best the world has yet seen.