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... signed by the Speaker : * A member from the House of Assembly , attending at the door , was admitted and returned the bill for the recovery of a sum of money due from Boaz Manlove to the Delaware State , with a * The message is not ...
... signed by the Speaker : * A member from the House of Assembly , attending at the door , was admitted and returned the bill for the recovery of a sum of money due from Boaz Manlove to the Delaware State , with a * The message is not ...
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... signed by the Speaker and returned to the House of Assembly . And Mr. Vandyke was appointed for that purpose , who , being returned , reported that he had waited on the House of Assembly according to order . Then the Council took into ...
... signed by the Speaker and returned to the House of Assembly . And Mr. Vandyke was appointed for that purpose , who , being returned , reported that he had waited on the House of Assembly according to order . Then the Council took into ...
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... signed by them , signifying their approbation of this pro- ceeding of the Council , and that Mr. Vandyke and Mr. Bassett attend them for this purpose . Messrs . Vandyke and Bassett , having returned , delivered at the table the copy of ...
... signed by them , signifying their approbation of this pro- ceeding of the Council , and that Mr. Vandyke and Mr. Bassett attend them for this purpose . Messrs . Vandyke and Bassett , having returned , delivered at the table the copy of ...
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... signed by the Speaker of the House of Assembly . Ordered , That the said bills be signed by the Speaker of the Council , which was done accordingly . On motion , Resolved , That the President and Commander - in - Chief affix the Great ...
... signed by the Speaker of the House of Assembly . Ordered , That the said bills be signed by the Speaker of the Council , which was done accordingly . On motion , Resolved , That the President and Commander - in - Chief affix the Great ...
Page 178
... signing paper money " and expenses in attending Congress , " To Richard Lockwood and John Clarke , Es- " quires , each ... signed by the Speaker of the Council , together with a resolve of Council for affixing the Great Seal to the said ...
... signing paper money " and expenses in attending Congress , " To Richard Lockwood and John Clarke , Es- " quires , each ... signed by the Speaker of the Council , together with a resolve of Council for affixing the Great Seal to the said ...
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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 a resolution Chair the bill Charles Pope Cl'k of Assembly Clothier-General Clowes Collins Conwell Council adjourned Council thereto County of Kent County of Sussex Court Craghead Delaware Regiment delivery thereof according divers election empowering 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 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 transcribed and sent Vandyke wait William Polk yesterday
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Page 113 - ... full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and to do all other acts and things which independent states may of right do. And, for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor. The foregoing Declaration was, by order of Congress, engrossed, and signed by the following members...
Page 112 - 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...
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Page 128 - 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 1131 - 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 109 - 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 230 - 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 1131 - 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.