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... authority the same was granted ; " also , " the time when said claim for extra compensation was first presented to the War Department , " & c . , I have the honor to state that a claim of General Scott , for $ 1,952 , for services as ...
... authority the same was granted ; " also , " the time when said claim for extra compensation was first presented to the War Department , " & c . , I have the honor to state that a claim of General Scott , for $ 1,952 , for services as ...
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... authority hereby conferred upon you is made subject to the following absolute restrictions , viz : that no proposals are to be received from the Indians until the great body of the chiefs , headmen , and people of the remaining ...
... authority hereby conferred upon you is made subject to the following absolute restrictions , viz : that no proposals are to be received from the Indians until the great body of the chiefs , headmen , and people of the remaining ...
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... authority to make an arrangement with John Ross . and others , but in all other respects enforces the observance of the course previously adopted by the general for emigrating purposes . I do not per- ceive , then , that the allowance ...
... authority to make an arrangement with John Ross . and others , but in all other respects enforces the observance of the course previously adopted by the general for emigrating purposes . I do not per- ceive , then , that the allowance ...
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... authority to make arrangements or contracts for the removal of the Indians , if thereby the ob- jects of the treaty could be accomplished on reasonable terms , and without a resort to force . Under this authority General Scott acted ...
... authority to make arrangements or contracts for the removal of the Indians , if thereby the ob- jects of the treaty could be accomplished on reasonable terms , and without a resort to force . Under this authority General Scott acted ...
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... authority conferred upon him as commissioner , he was enabled to change his character from that of a destroying warrior to that of a kind pacificator . The duty was easier , and of a more agreeable character . Upon the whole case , I am ...
... authority conferred upon him as commissioner , he was enabled to change his character from that of a destroying warrior to that of a kind pacificator . The duty was easier , and of a more agreeable character . Upon the whole case , I am ...
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Page 1 - 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, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent, to wit: ARTICLE I.
Page 269 - ... Philosophical and scientific apparatus, utensils, instruments, and preparations, including bottles and boxes containing the same, specially imported in good faith for the use and by order of any society or institution incorporated or established solely for religious, philosophical, educational, scientific, or literary purposes, or for the encouragement of the fine arts, or for the use or by order of any college, academy, school or seminary of learning in the United States, or any State or public...
Page 7 - It is also understood that the permission granted by this article is not to extend to allow the -vessels of the United States to carry on any part of the coasting trade of the said British territories...
Page 9 - ... to be recovered by any person who will sue for the same in any Court of Record in this State, in the name of the Governor of the Commonwealth.
Page 56 - ... and port charges, as well as to the fees and perquisites of public officers, and all other duties and charges, of whatever kind or denomination, levied in the name or to the profit of the Government, the local authorities, or of any private establishment whatsoever.
Page 107 - Sykes's hydrometer, and so in proportion for any greater or less strength than the strength of proof, and for any greater or less quantity than a gallon, viz.
Page 11 - Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety seven and in the one hundred and twenty first year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America.
Page 19 - An Act for enrolling and licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same.