Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1906, Volume 3Harper & brothers, 1905 - United States |
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... Congress in 1774 ; went tached to the staff of the New York to England in 1775 with confidential let- Tribune in 1847. In 1848 he went to ters to Franklin ; was a member of the Europe as correspondent for several executive council from ...
... Congress in 1774 ; went tached to the staff of the New York to England in 1775 with confidential let- Tribune in 1847. In 1848 he went to ters to Franklin ; was a member of the Europe as correspondent for several executive council from ...
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... Congress of minister to Russia , associated with his brother - in - law , Ben- clothed with power to make the accession of the United States to the " armed neu- trality . " He resided two years at St. Pe- tersburg , and returned to ...
... Congress of minister to Russia , associated with his brother - in - law , Ben- clothed with power to make the accession of the United States to the " armed neu- trality . " He resided two years at St. Pe- tersburg , and returned to ...
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... Congress presented him with a horse richly caparisoned . Tryon spent the night in the neighborhood for his troops to rest , and early the next morn- ing he hurried to his ships , terribly smit . ten on the way by the gathering militia ...
... Congress presented him with a horse richly caparisoned . Tryon spent the night in the neighborhood for his troops to rest , and early the next morn- ing he hurried to his ships , terribly smit . ten on the way by the gathering militia ...
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... Congress in of the island is about 14,000 . St. John 1885-87 and of the United States Senate has an area of 42 square miles . The in 1887-1905 ; author of Attachments chief exports are cattle and bay - rum , under the Code of Virginia ...
... Congress in of the island is about 14,000 . St. John 1885-87 and of the United States Senate has an area of 42 square miles . The in 1887-1905 ; author of Attachments chief exports are cattle and bay - rum , under the Code of Virginia ...
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... Congress , or of the Congress of any of the colonies or States , or of a signer of the Declaration of Independence , or of a mem- ber of the Continental Congress , or of any colonial or State Congress , and of any other recognized ...
... Congress , or of the Congress of any of the colonies or States , or of a signer of the Declaration of Independence , or of a mem- ber of the Continental Congress , or of any colonial or State Congress , and of any other recognized ...
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Page 230 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free...
Page 230 - And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defence; and 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 to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said senice.
Page 226 - State shall have participated, shall in the absence of strong countervailing testimony be deemed conclusive evidence that such State and the people thereof are not then in rebellion against the United States.
Page 227 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 226 - That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, 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...
Page 362 - Those who shall prefer to remain in the said territories, may either retain the title and rights of Mexican citizens, or acquire those of citizens of the United States. But they shall be under the obligation to make their election within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of this treaty ; and those who shall remain in the said territories after the expiration of that year, without having declared their intention to retain the character of Mexicans, shall be considered to have...
Page 226 - An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following : SEC.
Page 227 - ... 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 or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Page 226 - And I do hereby enjoin upon and order all persons engaged in the military and naval service of the United States to observe, obey, and enforce, within their respective spheres of service, the act and sections above recited. "And the Executive will in due time recommend that all citizens of the United States who shall have remained loyal thereto throughout the rebellion shall (upon the restoration of the constitutional...
Page 226 - ... against the laws, unless the person claiming said fugitive shall first make oath that the person to whom the labor or service of such fugitive is alleged to be due is his lawful owner, and has not...