Annals of North America: Being a Concise Account of the Important Events in the United States, the British Provinces, and Mexico, from Their Discovery Down to the Present Time, (1492-1877.) Showing the Steps of Their Political, Religious, Social, Legislative, and Industrical Progress |
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... vote . It was the special duty of the councils to provide that " the true word and service of God , according to the rites and services of the Church of England , be preached , planted , and used in the colonies and among the neigh ...
... vote . It was the special duty of the councils to provide that " the true word and service of God , according to the rites and services of the Church of England , be preached , planted , and used in the colonies and among the neigh ...
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... vote of the freemen . Trade in corn with the Indians was prohibited . A tax of ten pounds of tobacco on each person was levied for the expenses of the war , and another of four for the sending an agent to England . 1624. EDWARD WINSLOW ...
... vote of the freemen . Trade in corn with the Indians was prohibited . A tax of ten pounds of tobacco on each person was levied for the expenses of the war , and another of four for the sending an agent to England . 1624. EDWARD WINSLOW ...
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... voted , " That none but the gen- eral court hath power to make and establish laws , " or " to raise moneys and taxes ; " also , " that none but freemen should have any vote in any town in any action of authority , or necessity , or that ...
... voted , " That none but the gen- eral court hath power to make and establish laws , " or " to raise moneys and taxes ; " also , " that none but freemen should have any vote in any town in any action of authority , or necessity , or that ...
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... vote with us . " These deeds were merely memorandums ; and in December , 1661 , Roger Williams made a formal deed , and five years afterwards another , dating it back to the 8th day of the eighth month , 1638 . 1638 , MARCH . - William ...
... vote with us . " These deeds were merely memorandums ; and in December , 1661 , Roger Williams made a formal deed , and five years afterwards another , dating it back to the 8th day of the eighth month , 1638 . 1638 , MARCH . - William ...
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... voted from the town treasury . In 1643 , a vote was passed that the town shall pay for the schooling of the poor , and for all deficiences . " 1642 , OCTOBER 9. The first commencement at Harvard Col- lege was held . A class of nine ...
... voted from the town treasury . In 1643 , a vote was passed that the town shall pay for the schooling of the poor , and for all deficiences . " 1642 , OCTOBER 9. The first commencement at Harvard Col- lege was held . A class of nine ...
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Page 720 - States, and from the list of such persons each party shall alternately strike out one, the petitioners beginning, until the number shall be reduced to thirteen; and from that number not less than seven nor more than nine names, as Congress shall direct, shall, in the presence of Congress, be drawn out by lot ; and the persons whose names shall be so drawn, or any five of them, shall be commissioners or judges to hear and finally determine the controversy...
Page 633 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons...
Page 718 - The said States hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty trade or any other pretence whatever.
Page 661 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...
Page 634 - ... i recommend to them that in all cases when allowed they labor faithfully for reasonable wages and i further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the united states...
Page 719 - United States in Congress assembled, for the defense of such State or its trade; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State, in time of peace, except such number only...
Page 715 - ... might want no fact of distinguished die, he is now exciting those very people to rise in arms among us, and to purchase that liberty of which he has deprived them, by murdering the people on whom he also obtruded them: thus paying off former crimes committed against the LIBERTIES of one people, with crimes which he urges them to commit against the LIVES of another.
Page 722 - ... for the defence and welfare of the United States, or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander-in-chief of the army or navy, unless nine States assent to the same...
Page 720 - States in proportion to the value of all land within each State, granted to or surveyed for, any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall from time to time direct and appoint.
Page 665 - Washington, a department of education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems, and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.