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... seat of government , and of the circumstances under which it was finally established on the banks of the Potomac . The Congress of the Revolution was sometimes a fugitive , holding its sessions , as the chances of war required , at ...
... seat of government , and of the circumstances under which it was finally established on the banks of the Potomac . The Congress of the Revolution was sometimes a fugitive , holding its sessions , as the chances of war required , at ...
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... seat of government in such a position as to have nine States of the thirteen to the northward of the place ; while the South Carolinians objected to Philadel- phia on account of the number of Quakers , who , they said , continually ...
... seat of government in such a position as to have nine States of the thirteen to the northward of the place ; while the South Carolinians objected to Philadel- phia on account of the number of Quakers , who , they said , continually ...
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... seat of govern- ment . Its establishment here was due , in a large measure , to his influence ; it was his wisdom and prudence that composed disputes and settled conflicting titles ; and it was chiefly through his personal influence ...
... seat of govern- ment . Its establishment here was due , in a large measure , to his influence ; it was his wisdom and prudence that composed disputes and settled conflicting titles ; and it was chiefly through his personal influence ...
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... seats once occupied by the mighty three , whose names and fame , associated in life , death has not been able to ... seat . He , too , was even such a Senator . Conscious of his own vast powers , he reposed with confidence on himself ...
... seats once occupied by the mighty three , whose names and fame , associated in life , death has not been able to ... seat . He , too , was even such a Senator . Conscious of his own vast powers , he reposed with confidence on himself ...
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... " a series of let- ters under the signature of Novan- glus , and Discourses on Davila . It was as Vice - President that he had a seat in the Senate . ADAMS , JOHN . He was a Representative in Con- 18 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES .
... " a series of let- ters under the signature of Novan- glus , and Discourses on Davila . It was as Vice - President that he had a seat in the Senate . ADAMS , JOHN . He was a Representative in Con- 18 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES .
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Page 113 - The Congress shall have Power to declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood or Forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted. ARTICLE IV. SECTION 1. Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the Public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State.
Page 107 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to th.e places of choosing senators.
Page 120 - THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added...
Page 106 - No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be president of the senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.
Page 120 - After the first enumeration required by the first Article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number...
Page 116 - Delaware, December 7, 1787; Pennsylvania. December 12, 1787; New Jersey, December 18, 1787; Georgia, January 2, 1788; Connecticut, January 9, 1788; Massachusetts. February 6, 1788; Maryland, April 28, 1788; South Carolina, May 23, 1788; New Hampshire, June 21, 1788; Virginia, June 26, 1788; and New York, July 26, 1788.
Page 120 - ARTICLES IN ADDITION TO, AND AMENDMENT OF, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PROPOSED BY CONGRESS, AND RATIFIED BY THE LEGISLATURES OF THE SEVERAL STATES PURSUANT TO THE FIFTH ARTICLE OF THE ORIGINAL CONSTITUTION : Article I.
Page 114 - ... states concerned, as well as of the congress. The congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this constitution shall be so construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. SECT. 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ;...
Page 120 - RESOLVED, By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, two-thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following articles be proposed to the legislatures of the several States, as amendments to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 263 - This committee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston.