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... Indian World in Calcutta . Controversial and hot - tempered by nature , Duane became a force to be reckoned with in British India . He acquired both wealth and prestige - and the enmity of the East India Company , whose operations he ...
... Indian World in Calcutta . Controversial and hot - tempered by nature , Duane became a force to be reckoned with in British India . He acquired both wealth and prestige - and the enmity of the East India Company , whose operations he ...
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... Indian neighbors are advancing , many of them with spirit , and others beginning to en . gage in the pursuits of agriculture and house . hold manufacture , They are becoming sensible that the earth yields subsistence with less labor and ...
... Indian neighbors are advancing , many of them with spirit , and others beginning to en . gage in the pursuits of agriculture and house . hold manufacture , They are becoming sensible that the earth yields subsistence with less labor and ...
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... Indians inhabiting the Messouri and other parts beyond the Mississippi , come charged with assurances of their satisfaction with the new relations in which they are placed with us , of their disposi tions to cultivate our peace and ...
... Indians inhabiting the Messouri and other parts beyond the Mississippi , come charged with assurances of their satisfaction with the new relations in which they are placed with us , of their disposi tions to cultivate our peace and ...
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... Indian title shall have been extinguished , in the state of Tennessee . Resolved , That commissioners be appointed with ample powers to settle ail disputes , relative to the lands ceded by North Carolina to the United States , and to ...
... Indian title shall have been extinguished , in the state of Tennessee . Resolved , That commissioners be appointed with ample powers to settle ail disputes , relative to the lands ceded by North Carolina to the United States , and to ...
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... .. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States . IN the course of the last year , the follow ing treaties and conventions for the extinguish- ment of Indian title to land within our limits , THE SENATE . 105.
... .. To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States . IN the course of the last year , the follow ing treaties and conventions for the extinguish- ment of Indian title to land within our limits , THE SENATE . 105.
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act supplementary act to regulate Adair Adams adjourned to 11 advise and consent affirmative Anderson appointed Baldwin Bashaw Bayard Beckley bill pass Bradley clerk committee Congress consider and report December district enrolled bill entitled An act following written message Gaillard George Rapp Hillhouse House of Representa House of Representatives Howland Indiana territory Indians instant January Kitchel lie for consideration Logan Maclay message was received Messrs Mitchill Monday motion negative nominations North Carolina notify the House Ordered Piankeshaw Pickering Plumer port President President-The House read the second read the third referred report thereon Representatives accordingly Resolved resumed the consideration Samuel Chase second reading secretary desire Secretary lay secretary notify Senate adjourned Senate resumed Senate took senators present Seth Harding Smith of Maryland Smith of Ohio Smith of Tennessee Smith of Vermont Sumter territory of Orleans third reading Thruston tion took into consideration Tracy treaty Tripoli Turner United voted Worthington Wright yeas and nays
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Page 234 - WHEN a question has been once made and carried in the affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for any member of the majority to move for the re-consideration thereof...
Page 236 - Senate, on motion made and seconded to shut the doors of the Senate on the discussion of any business, which may in the opinion of a member, require secrecy, the President shall direct the gallery to be cleared, and during the discussion of such motion, the doors shall remain shut.
Page 114 - Resolved — That the President of the United States be requested to cause to be laid before the House...
Page 84 - 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 article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States...
Page 185 - An act for establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States,
Page 232 - When a member shall be called to order, he shall sit down until the President shall have determined whether he is in order or not...
Page 231 - Speaker as often as any member desires it for his information. 2 Hats , 82. [The rule of the Senate is, when a motion shall be made and seconded, it shall be reduced to writing, if desired by the President or any member, delivered in at the table, and read by the President, before the same shall be debated.
Page 232 - EVERY bill shall receive three readings previous to its being passed ; and the President shall give notice at each, whether it be the first, second, or third ; which readings shall be on three different days, unless the Senate unanimously direct otherwise...
Page 42 - An act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumberland, in the State of Maryland, to the State of Ohio...
Page 128 - American vessels and their cargoes, on the pretext of their being employed in a trade with the enemies of Great Britain, prohibited in time of peace, is an unprovoked aggression upou the property of the citizens of these United States, a violation of their neutral rights, and an encroachment upon their national independence.