A History of Indiana, from Its Earliest Exploration by Europeans to the Close of the Territorial Government, in 1816: Comprehending a History of the Discovery, Settlement, and Civil and Military Affairs of the Territory of the U.S. Northwest of the River Ohio, and a General View of the Progress of Public Affairs in Indiana, from 1816 to 1856 |
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... immediately after the peace of Ryswick , to give orders for the establishing of a colony there , and maintaining a garrison , which has kept and preserved the possession we had taken , in the very year of 1683 , of the lands , coasts ...
... immediately after the peace of Ryswick , to give orders for the establishing of a colony there , and maintaining a garrison , which has kept and preserved the possession we had taken , in the very year of 1683 , of the lands , coasts ...
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... Immediately after the cession of Louisiana to the Western Company , that corporation began to make extraordinary efforts to increase the number , and advance the prosperity of French settlements within the boundaries of their province ...
... Immediately after the cession of Louisiana to the Western Company , that corporation began to make extraordinary efforts to increase the number , and advance the prosperity of French settlements within the boundaries of their province ...
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... immediately began to adopt active measures , for the purpose of opposing and defeating the movements and designs of the Ohio Company . The contest between France and England , for the sovereignty of the regions lying west of the ...
... immediately began to adopt active measures , for the purpose of opposing and defeating the movements and designs of the Ohio Company . The contest between France and England , for the sovereignty of the regions lying west of the ...
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... immediately desist from that illicit practice . † These threatening letters did not , however , prevent the directors of the Ohio Company from prosecuting their designs . They employed an agent , Christopher Gist , " to explore the ...
... immediately desist from that illicit practice . † These threatening letters did not , however , prevent the directors of the Ohio Company from prosecuting their designs . They employed an agent , Christopher Gist , " to explore the ...
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... immediately determined to engage , vigorously , in a war against France . The English colonies in America were directed to take up arms , and to act , with united exertions , against the French in North America . In February , 1755 ...
... immediately determined to engage , vigorously , in a war against France . The English colonies in America were directed to take up arms , and to act , with united exertions , against the French in North America . In February , 1755 ...
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Page 600 - 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 97 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 274 - It is agreed that creditors on either side shall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in sterling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Page 386 - ... any false, scandalous and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress of the United States...
Page 597 - ... to take the share of their deceased parent in equal parts among them; and where there shall be no children or descendants, then in equal parts to the next of kin, in equal degree; and among collaterals, the children of a deceased brother or sister of the intestate shall have in equal parts among them their deceased parents.
Page 601 - ... an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan. 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, and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government.
Page 601 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 599 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original states and the people and states in the said territory...
Page 601 - Lawrence, and the carrying places between the same, shall be common highways and forever free, as well to the inhabitants of the said Territory as to the citizens of the United States and those of any other States that may be admitted into the Confederacy, without any tax, impost, or duty therefor.
Page 598 - Previous to the organization of the General Assembly the Governor shall appoint such magistrates and other civil officers, in each county or township, as he shall find necessary for the preservation of the peace and good order in the same.