Minutes of the Council of the Delaware State, from 1776 to 1792 |
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... ballot of both " Houses , as prescribed by the Constitution ; and also the ap- " pointment of a Council of Safety for this State , to act during the " recess of the Legislature . " And the same being taken into consideration , the ...
... ballot of both " Houses , as prescribed by the Constitution ; and also the ap- " pointment of a Council of Safety for this State , to act during the " recess of the Legislature . " And the same being taken into consideration , the ...
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... ballot , which being taken and examined , it appeared that George Read , Esquire , John Dickinson , Esquire , and John Evans , Esquire , were duly elected . And the ballots being taken for persons to compose a Council of Safety during ...
... ballot , which being taken and examined , it appeared that George Read , Esquire , John Dickinson , Esquire , and John Evans , Esquire , were duly elected . And the ballots being taken for persons to compose a Council of Safety during ...
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... ballot of the two Houses of Assembly to represent the Delaware State in Continental Con- gress , Resolved , That they , or any one or more of them , are hereby fully authorized and empowered for and in behalf of this State to concert ...
... ballot of the two Houses of Assembly to represent the Delaware State in Continental Con- gress , Resolved , That they , or any one or more of them , are hereby fully authorized and empowered for and in behalf of this State to concert ...
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... such appointment , and that the same be done by a joint ballot of both Houses . Resolved , That a representation be made to General Washing- ton of the mistake committed with respect to the commission 50 MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL OF.
... such appointment , and that the same be done by a joint ballot of both Houses . Resolved , That a representation be made to General Washing- ton of the mistake committed with respect to the commission 50 MINUTES OF THE COUNCIL OF.
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... ballot , all " officers necessary to supply the vacancies in the battalion now raising in this State to serve during the war , and that the Coun- " cil be requested to concur herein . 66 " Which , being read , was ordered to lie for ...
... ballot , all " officers necessary to supply the vacancies in the battalion now raising in this State to serve during the war , and that the Coun- " cil be requested to concur herein . 66 " Which , being read , was ordered to lie for ...
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according to order accounts act entitled Adjourned till to-morrow admitted and delivered aforesaid amendments proposed thereto attending ballot Baning Bassett bill entitled BOOTH Castle County Chair a bill Chair the bill Charles Pope Cl'k of Assembly Clowes Collins Conwell Council adjourned Council thereto County of Kent County of Sussex Court Craghead Delaware Regiment delivery thereof according divers election entitled An act Esquire foregoing bill Gentlemen George Read House of Assembly Hyatt John John Clowes John Dickinson Justice Kent County Loan Office member also delivered member of Assembly Messrs MONDAY motion P. M. Council P. M. EODEM P. M. The Council paper of amendments Patterson persons petition Pleas and Orphans pounds Present President read a second read the second reported the delivery Resolved Richard Bassett SATURDAY sembly Sent for concurrence Speaker special order Sussex County therein thereupon transcribed and sent Treasurer Vandyke wait William Polk yesterday
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Page 114 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their Legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred...
Page 111 - In Congress, July 4, 1776 The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires...
Page 996 - States in Congress assembled shall, from time to time, direct and appoint. The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several states, within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 888 - An Act for the more easy and speedy Recovery of Small Debts...
Page 130 - And shall subscribe a profession of their Christian belief in these words : "I, AB, profess faith in God the Father, and in Jesus Christ, his eternal Son, the true God, and in the Holy Spirit, one God, blessed for evermore; and I do acknowledge the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by divine inspiration.
Page 1089 - States, with a request that it might " be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the. recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification.
Page 218 - If any person guilty of, or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall upon demand of the Governor or Executive power, of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.
Page 1089 - RESOLVED, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States, in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification ; and that each convention assenting to, and ratifying the same, should give notice thereof to the United States, in Congress; assembled.
Page 848 - Union, to that extensive tract of country which lies to the westward of the frontiers of the United States, the property of which was not vested in, or granted to, individuals at the commencement of the present war: That the same...
Page 1110 - Be it enacted by and it is hereby enacted by the Authority of the same, that such of the Acts or parts of Acts of the Legislature of this State, as are repugnant to the treaty of peace between the United States, and his britannic Majesty, or any Article thereof, shall be and hereby are repealed.