History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the Mississippi, by the Three Great European Powers, Spain, France, and Great Britain: And the Subsequent Occupation, Settlement and Extension of Civil Government by the United States Until the Year 1846, Հատոր 2Harper & Bros., 1846 |
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... Towns . - Emigration to Kentucky . - Arrival of Immigrants in 1779 . -Scarcity of Provisions . - Depreciation of Paper Currency . - Distress of Emigrants until 1780. - Defenses on the Ohio .- " Fort Nelson . " - Colonel Slaughter ...
... Towns . - Emigration to Kentucky . - Arrival of Immigrants in 1779 . -Scarcity of Provisions . - Depreciation of Paper Currency . - Distress of Emigrants until 1780. - Defenses on the Ohio .- " Fort Nelson . " - Colonel Slaughter ...
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... Town of Pittsburgh laid out . - Brownsville laid out ; be- comes an important Point . - First Newspaper in the West . - Pittsburgh becomes a Market Town in 1788. - Trade and Manufactures spring up . - It derives great Im- portance as a ...
... Town of Pittsburgh laid out . - Brownsville laid out ; be- comes an important Point . - First Newspaper in the West . - Pittsburgh becomes a Market Town in 1788. - Trade and Manufactures spring up . - It derives great Im- portance as a ...
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... town or settle- ment , or even an extensive section of country , simultaneously . People in every direction are fired with a desire to be present at the appointed time and place of meeting . They assemble as to an imposing spectacle ...
... town or settle- ment , or even an extensive section of country , simultaneously . People in every direction are fired with a desire to be present at the appointed time and place of meeting . They assemble as to an imposing spectacle ...
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... town , probably two hundred miles distant , and known to be the dwelling - place of hostile bands which had repeatedly laid waste the settlements with conflagration and blood , all were eager to engage in the enterprise . Fathers , sons ...
... town , probably two hundred miles distant , and known to be the dwelling - place of hostile bands which had repeatedly laid waste the settlements with conflagration and blood , all were eager to engage in the enterprise . Fathers , sons ...
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... town called Leicester now stands . The Indians had just completed their work of death , when some Royalists belonging to their party came up and discovered an infant still alive in the cradle . An Indian warrior noted for his barbarity ...
... town called Leicester now stands . The Indians had just completed their work of death , when some Royalists belonging to their party came up and discovered an infant still alive in the cradle . An Indian warrior noted for his barbarity ...
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History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the ..., Հատոր 2 John Wesley Monette Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1846 |
History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the ..., Հատոր 2 John Wesley Monette Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1848 |
History of the Discovery and Settlement of the Valley of the ..., Հատոր 2 John Wesley Monette Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1846 |
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afterward American Pioneer army arrived attack authority Boonesborough British Burr Captain ceded Cherokees Chickasâ Choctâs civil Claiborne Colonel colony command commenced comprised Congress Constitution convention court Creek nation Cumberland Cumberland River defense District early east emigrants enemy enterprise erected expedition extended Federal government Florida Fort Pitt Fort Washington frontier garrison Georgia Governor hostile hundred Idem incursions inhabitants invasion Jackson John jurisdiction Kenton Kentucky Kentucky River killed lands Legislature Louisiana M'Intosh Martin's Louisiana ment Mexico Miami miles military militia Mississippi Territory mouth Natchez North Carolina Northwestern Territory occupied officers Ohio River organized Orleans party peace population portion president retired savages Scioto session settlements Shawanese Simon Girty soon Spanish station stockade Tennessee Tennessee River territorial government Texas thousand tion Tombigby town treaty treaty of Greenville tribes troops United vicinity Virginia warriors Washington western whole Wilkinson William C. C. Claiborne wounded
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Էջ 226 - 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.
Էջ 225 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Էջ 226 - No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States ; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Էջ 579 - ... applied to the payment of the debts and liabilities of said Republic of Texas, and the residue of said lands, after discharging said debts and liabilities, to be disposed of as said State may direct; but in no event are said debts and liabilities to become a charge upon the Government of the United States.
Էջ 226 - Indians; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property rights and liberty they shall never be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congress...
Էջ 564 - ... political connection with the Mexican nation has forever ended, and that the people of Texas do now constitute a free, sovereign, and independent republic, and are fully invested with all the rights and attributes which properly belong to independent nations...
Էջ 577 - Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King of the Belgians at the Court of Japan.
Էջ 360 - I have therefore thought fit to issue this my proclamation, warning and enjoining all faithful citizens who have been led without due knowledge or consideration to participate in the said unlawful enterprises to withdraw from the same without delay, and commanding all persons whatsoever engaged or concerned in the same to cease all further proceedings therein, as they will answer the contrary at their peril. And...
Էջ 579 - First, Said State to be formed, subject to the adjustment by this government of all questions of boundary that may arise with other governments...
Էջ 17 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
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Die Kolonisation des Mississippitales bis zum Ausgange der französischen ... Alexander Franz Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1906 |