Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volume 1 |
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... believed that there remain unrestored no blacks or people of color captured during the war , other than slaves - orders having been always given to exchange and restore , as ordinary prisoners of war , all free persons of that ...
... believed that there remain unrestored no blacks or people of color captured during the war , other than slaves - orders having been always given to exchange and restore , as ordinary prisoners of war , all free persons of that ...
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... believed that no exchange of slaves took place on either sides if there was an instance of it , it was accidental . 5th . Were blacks or other men of color ( freemen ) in the service of the United States received in exchange from the ...
... believed that no exchange of slaves took place on either sides if there was an instance of it , it was accidental . 5th . Were blacks or other men of color ( freemen ) in the service of the United States received in exchange from the ...
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... believed that there remain unrestored no blacks or people of color captured during the war , other than slaves - orders having been always given to exchange and restore , as ordinary prisoners of war , all free persons of that ...
... believed that there remain unrestored no blacks or people of color captured during the war , other than slaves - orders having been always given to exchange and restore , as ordinary prisoners of war , all free persons of that ...
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... believed that the grant for said land had been taken to England , on the transfer of Florida to Spain , and was deposited ,. with the Florida archives , in the plantation office at London . If ad- ditional evidence were wanting to prove ...
... believed that the grant for said land had been taken to England , on the transfer of Florida to Spain , and was deposited ,. with the Florida archives , in the plantation office at London . If ad- ditional evidence were wanting to prove ...
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... believed that the foregoing are the only provisions of law that can , in the most remote degree , operate on the petitioner's case ; and , from these , it will appear sufficiently clear , that the commission- ers had no right to reject ...
... believed that the foregoing are the only provisions of law that can , in the most remote degree , operate on the petitioner's case ; and , from these , it will appear sufficiently clear , that the commission- ers had no right to reject ...
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accounts aforesaid agent alleged amount appears appointed appropriation army authority Bill British Calvert county Capitol captain cents certificate claimant Colonel Brearly command commissioners Committee of Claims Congress court house David Brearly December Delawares Department deponent deposition destroyed destruction District dollars duty dwelling house Ebenezer Sage enemy entitled evidence expenditures expense February Fort Hawkins Fort Mitchell Fort Scott Fowl Town freemen frontier furnished Georgia honor House of Representatives hundred Indians James Guyon January John Joseph Janey Judge Advocate land letter March ment military militia Mohiccans Monday's Point Moses Hazen nation Navy officers opinion ordered to lie payment Pensions petitioner present provisions Public Buildings received referred the petition relief resolution Resolved respectfully Richard Bland Lee river Secretary Secretary of War Seminole Seminole war store house territory testimony thereof tion Treasury treaty treaty of Brownstown troops United votes warriors whole House William
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Page 5 - Resolved, That the committee on the judiciary be directed to inquire into the expediency of...
Page 4 - That the same computation shall extend to the corps not belonging to the lines of particular states, and who are entitled to half pay for life as aforesaid ; the acceptance or refusal to be determined by corps, and to be signified in the same manner, and within the same time as above mentioned.
Page 10 - ... there be no limitation either in the manner or measure of the punishment, the condition of the citizen will be perilous indeed. Which of these doctrines is to prevail, time will decide. Where there is no fixed law, the judgment on any particular case is the law of that single case only, and dies with it.
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Page 4 - Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War...