The History of Political Parties in the State of New-York: From the Ratification of the Federal Constitution to December, 1840 ...Phinney & Company, 1849 - New York (State) |
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... respect to the principal object of this work , THE LIFE OF MR . WRIGHT , I will merely remark , that in my judgment , to describe the man as he really was , and his actions , both in public and private life , as they truly were , was ...
... respect to the principal object of this work , THE LIFE OF MR . WRIGHT , I will merely remark , that in my judgment , to describe the man as he really was , and his actions , both in public and private life , as they truly were , was ...
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... respect to the principal object of this work , THE LIFE OF MR . WRIGHT , I will merely remark , that in my judgment , to describe the man as he really was , and his actions , both in public and private life , as they truly were , was ...
... respect to the principal object of this work , THE LIFE OF MR . WRIGHT , I will merely remark , that in my judgment , to describe the man as he really was , and his actions , both in public and private life , as they truly were , was ...
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... respects the common branches of learning , is de- scribed as a man who possessed a clear and discerning mind , and an excellent judgment . He was bred a me- chanic , but in afterlife purchased a farm , and became and continued to be a ...
... respects the common branches of learning , is de- scribed as a man who possessed a clear and discerning mind , and an excellent judgment . He was bred a me- chanic , but in afterlife purchased a farm , and became and continued to be a ...
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... respecting the success of Mr. Wright as a teacher , but from the patience , diligence , skill , and address with which , in afterlife , he pursued his various avocations , we have no doubt he discharged his duty as a schoolmaster in a ...
... respecting the success of Mr. Wright as a teacher , but from the patience , diligence , skill , and address with which , in afterlife , he pursued his various avocations , we have no doubt he discharged his duty as a schoolmaster in a ...
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... respects Mr. Wright's professional efforts , a gentle- man who was at one time sheriff of St. Lawrence , and afterwards a member of the assembly and senate from that county , * says : - " His habits were extremely plain , simple , and ...
... respects Mr. Wright's professional efforts , a gentle- man who was at one time sheriff of St. Lawrence , and afterwards a member of the assembly and senate from that county , * says : - " His habits were extremely plain , simple , and ...
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Page 580 - No member of the Legislature shall receive any civil appointment within this State, or to the Senate of the United States from the Governor, the Governor and Senate, or- from the Legislature, or from any city government during the time for which he shall have been elected ; and all such appointments and all votes given for any such member, for any such office or appointment, shall be void.
Page 602 - ... ]N"o such law shall take effect until it shall, at a general election, have been submitted to the people, and have received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it at such election.
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Page 41 - J., in his dissenting opinion, reviews the course of decision in the state of New York, as well as in other states, and comes to the conclusion, which is, we think, unassailable, that the majority opinion was wrong. The decision in this case is to us a curious one, inasmuch as we find the same court, only one year previous, in the case of Hendricks v.
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