Apr. 1, 1782, to Nov. 1, 1788, inclusive; also, the Journal of the Committee of the States, from the 1st Friday in June, to the 1st Friday in August, 1784, with an AppendixWay and Gideon, 1823 - United States |
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... postpone the appointment of commissioners , to hear and determine the case respecting the lands in con- troversy between the state of Pennsylvania and this state , until after the termination of the present war : because that sundry ...
... postpone the appointment of commissioners , to hear and determine the case respecting the lands in con- troversy between the state of Pennsylvania and this state , until after the termination of the present war : because that sundry ...
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... postponed on Friday last by the state of Rhode - Island , be farther postponed . On motion of Mr. Ramsay , seconded by Mr. Duane , Resolved , That a committee of three be appointed to take for a public celebration of the anniversary of ...
... postponed on Friday last by the state of Rhode - Island , be farther postponed . On motion of Mr. Ramsay , seconded by Mr. Duane , Resolved , That a committee of three be appointed to take for a public celebration of the anniversary of ...
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... postponed till Monday next . Congress resumed the consideration of the report of the grand committee , and the ... postpone the consideration of the paragraph with the amendments , and to take into consideration the following set ...
... postponed till Monday next . Congress resumed the consideration of the report of the grand committee , and the ... postpone the consideration of the paragraph with the amendments , and to take into consideration the following set ...
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... postpone , the yeas and nays being required by Mr. Duane , N - Hampshire , Mr. Gilman , Massachusetts , Mr. Osgood ... postponed until Congress shall first determine whether considering the present state of the army , and the number of ...
... postpone , the yeas and nays being required by Mr. Duane , N - Hampshire , Mr. Gilman , Massachusetts , Mr. Osgood ... postponed until Congress shall first determine whether considering the present state of the army , and the number of ...
Page 91
... postpone the consideration of that motion , in order to introduce the following : " That it be impressed on the ... postponing , the yeas and JOURNALS OF CONGRESS , 1782 . 91.
... postpone the consideration of that motion , in order to introduce the following : " That it be impressed on the ... postponing , the yeas and JOURNALS OF CONGRESS , 1782 . 91.
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accounts aforesaid amendment appointed army articles of confederation ay ay ay ay ayay ay Connecticut ay div ay Maryland ay Massachusetts ay New-Jersey ay New-York ay Pennsylvania ay Rhode-Island ay S.-Carolina ay Virginia ayay ay Beatty Beresford Blanchard board of treasury Boudinot Cadwallader Carroll certificates Clark commander in chief commissioners committee Condict Congress assembled consisting court debt Delaware delegates Dick dollars Duane elected Ellery Fitzsimmons Foster Gerry Grayson Great-Britain Hardy Hawkins hereby Hindman Holten Houstoun Huntington Indians Island Izard Johnson King L'Hommedieu lands legislature Madison McHenry Mifflin MONDAY Monroe Montgomery motion N-Hampshire nays being required officers ordinance Osgood Patridge Pinckney postpone Present question to agree question was lost Ramsay Read referred a letter referred a memorial requisition resolution Resolved respective Rhode Rutledge seconded secretary secretary at war Sherman Smith South-Carolina Spaight superintendent of finance thereof treaty TUESDAY United Wadsworth Williamson yeas and nays
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Page 185 - States in proportion to the value of all land within each State, granted to or surveyed for, any person, as such land and the buildings and improvements thereon shall be estimated, according to such mode as the United States in Congress assembled shall from time to time direct and appoint.
Page 263 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury which shall be supplied by the several states...
Page 386 - ... or executive authority of the other state in controversy, and a day assigned for the appearance of the parties by their lawful agents, who shall then be directed to appoint by joint consent, commissioners or judges to constitute a court for hearing and determining the matter in question...
Page 329 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 330 - Order, and cause all Archives, Records, Deeds and Papers belonging to any of the said States, or their Citizens, which in the Course of the War may have fallen into the Hands of his Officers, to be forthwith restored and delivered to the proper States and Persons to whom they belong.
Page 269 - Mississippi ; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the said river Mississippi until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of north latitude : south by a line to be drawn due east from the determination of the line last mentioned, in the latitude of...
Page 69 - ... in judgment, shall take an oath to be administered by one of the judges of the supreme or superior court of the state, where the cause shall be tried, "well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favour, affection or hope of reward:" provided also that no state shall be deprived of territory for the benefit of the united states.
Page 385 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted, by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever...
Page 269 - Superior ; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and Phelipeaux, to the Long Lake ; thence through the middle of said Long Lake, and the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods, to the said Lake of the Woods ; thence through the said lake to the most northwestern point thereof, and from thence on a due west course to the river Mississippi...
Page 331 - Congress shall earnestly recommend it to the legislatures of the respective states, to provide for the restitution of all estates, rights and properties, which have been confiscated, belonging to real British subjects, and also of the estates, rights and properties of persons resident in districts in the possession of his Majesty's arms, and who have not borne arms against the said United States. And that persons of any other description...