History of Louisa County, Iowa, from Its Earliest Settlement to 1912, Volume 1S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1912 - Louisa County (Iowa) |
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... divide the lowlands into two parts , one called " Alluvium , " which lies near the streams and is formed by the deposit of material from flowing water , and the other " terrace or low plain " which is slightly higher and further from ...
... divide the lowlands into two parts , one called " Alluvium , " which lies near the streams and is formed by the deposit of material from flowing water , and the other " terrace or low plain " which is slightly higher and further from ...
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... dividing it into two counties , and providing for the regular administration of justice . But when Michigan deter- mined to assume her place as one of the states of the Union , she could no longer govern any district as a territory ...
... dividing it into two counties , and providing for the regular administration of justice . But when Michigan deter- mined to assume her place as one of the states of the Union , she could no longer govern any district as a territory ...
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... divide the county had already gained some force , and later on we will find that the county was despoiled of more than one - half of its territory . On November 6 , 1837 , a convention of delegates from the portion of Wiscon- sin ...
... divide the county had already gained some force , and later on we will find that the county was despoiled of more than one - half of its territory . On November 6 , 1837 , a convention of delegates from the portion of Wiscon- sin ...
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... dividing the Indiana territory . The exact population of Illinois territory at the time of her separation from Indiana , is not known to your memorialists , but the population in 1810 , one year subsequent to that event , amounted to ...
... dividing the Indiana territory . The exact population of Illinois territory at the time of her separation from Indiana , is not known to your memorialists , but the population in 1810 , one year subsequent to that event , amounted to ...
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... Divide the Territory of Wisconsin and to Establish the Territorial Government of Iowa . " This act , usually called The Organic Law of Iowa , was built upon the same general lines as the organic act of Wisconsin . Two amendments were ...
... Divide the Territory of Wisconsin and to Establish the Territorial Government of Iowa . " This act , usually called The Organic Law of Iowa , was built upon the same general lines as the organic act of Wisconsin . Two amendments were ...
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74 north amount appointed April Black Hawk building Burlington church Clark clerk Columbus City Columbus Junction commissioners Company F Congress corporal county judge creek David district early Eighth Infantry election Eleventh Infantry February Fifth Infantry Francis Springer Fredonia Fredonia township George Grandview Grandview township Harrison held Henry Hurley Indian Iowa City Iowa river Isett Jacob James January Jefferson Jefferson township John Gilliland Joseph July June Keokuk laid land Levi line dividing located Louisa county March Marshall Marshall township miles Mississippi river Moines county Morning Sun Muscatine Nineteenth Infantry Oakland Oakland township organized plat Port Louisa quarter of section range 4 west record Rinearson road Samuel settlers sheriff Sixteenth Infantry Smith supervisors territory Thirty-fifth Infantry Thomas Toolesboro town township 73 north township 74 Twenty-fifth Infantry vote Wapello Wapello township William L William Milligan Wisconsin
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Page 419 - River; thence from the point aforesaid north along the said meridian line to the intersection of the parallel of latitude which passes through the rapids of the river Des Moines, making the said line to correspond with the Indian boundary line; thence east from the point of intersection last aforesaid along the said parallel of latitude to the middle of the channel 'of the main fork of the said river Des Moines...
Page 25 - But what is the right of a huntsman to the forest of a thousand miles over which he has accidentally ranged in quest of prey...
Page 420 - That the Inhabitants of the said Territory shall be entitled to, and enjoy, all and singular the rights, privileges, and advantages, granted and secured to the people of the Territory of the United States north-west of the river Ohio...
Page 418 - ... thence west, along the same, to a point where the said parallel is intersected by a meridian line passing through the middle of the mouth of the Kansas river...
Page 416 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 147 - For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight; His can't be wrong whose life is in the right...
Page 419 - An act to provide for the government of the territory Northwest of the river Ohio...
Page 19 - I thank thee, Blackgown, and thee, Frenchman," addressing M. Jollyet, "for taking so much pains to come and visit us ; never has the earth been so beautiful, nor the sun so bright, as to-day; never has our river been so calm, nor so free from rocks, which your canoes have removed as they passed; never has our tobacco had so fine a flavour, nor our corn appeared so beautiful as we behold it to-day.
Page 433 - Des Moines River, thence up the middle of the main channel of the said Des Moines River, to a point on said river where the Northern boundary line of the State of Missouri — as established by the constitution of that State...
Page 433 - That sections numbered sixteen and thirty-six in every township of public lands in said State, and where either of said sections, or any part thereof, has been sold or otherwise disposed of, other lands, equivalent thereto, and as contiguous as may be, shall be granted to said State for the use of schools.