Gazetteer of the State of Missouri: With a Map of the State...To which is Added an Appendix, Containing Frontier Sketches, and Illustrations of Indan Character. With a Frontispiece, Engraved on Steel |
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... river , separating it from the States of Illinois , Kentucky , and Tennessee ; and south by the State of Arkansas . Extract from the Revised Statutes of Missouri . " Description of ... river ; 2 D GENERAL TOPOGRAPHY, ETC OF MISSOURI.
... river , separating it from the States of Illinois , Kentucky , and Tennessee ; and south by the State of Arkansas . Extract from the Revised Statutes of Missouri . " Description of ... river ; 2 D GENERAL TOPOGRAPHY, ETC OF MISSOURI.
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... river ; thence down following the course of the Mississippi river , in the middle of the main channel thereof , to ... Missouri , and by the idea formed of a prairie by those who have never seen a natural meadow . It has been ...
... river ; thence down following the course of the Mississippi river , in the middle of the main channel thereof , to ... Missouri , and by the idea formed of a prairie by those who have never seen a natural meadow . It has been ...
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... Missouri furnish a devious channel , where , in more or less peril , the navigator holds profitable inter- course with a rich and prosperous people , for a distance of near six hundred miles . Upon the right and left banks of this river ...
... Missouri furnish a devious channel , where , in more or less peril , the navigator holds profitable inter- course with a rich and prosperous people , for a distance of near six hundred miles . Upon the right and left banks of this river ...
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... Missouri , and , throughout the summer season , affords better music than the ill- taught vocalists of the ... river counties . The second leads off and traverses the mineral region , in Washington county , to the iron mountain ...
... Missouri , and , throughout the summer season , affords better music than the ill- taught vocalists of the ... river counties . The second leads off and traverses the mineral region , in Washington county , to the iron mountain ...
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... Missouri river in Jackson county . " 2d . That the proposed railroad from St. Louis to Fayette ought to cross the Missouri river at the town of St. Charles , and through or within one mile of the several towns of Warren- ton , Danville ...
... Missouri river in Jackson county . " 2d . That the proposed railroad from St. Louis to Fayette ought to cross the Missouri river at the town of St. Charles , and through or within one mile of the several towns of Warren- ton , Danville ...
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Gazetteer of the State of Missouri: With a Map of the State...to Which Is ... Alphonso Wetmore No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 369 - ... other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost or toll therefor.
Page 304 - Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home; 'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come...
Page 372 - The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man: and every citizen may freely speak, write, and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.
Page 361 - The Governor shall be commander-in-chief of the military and naval forces of the State (except when they shall be called into the service of the United States); and may call out the same to execute the laws, suppress insurrection, and repel invasion.
Page 359 - The .House of -Representatives shall have the sole power of impeaching, but a majority of all the members must concur in an impeachment; all impeachments shall be tried by the Senate...
Page 355 - The Legislative authority of this State shall be vested in a General Assembly, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives...
Page 360 - The style of the laws of this State shall be: Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio.
Page 368 - The legislatures of those districts, or new states, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary, for securing the title in such soil, to the bona-fide purchasers. 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.
Page 371 - That all political powe'r is vested in, and derived from the people; that all government of right originates from the people, is founded upon their will only, and is instituted solely for the good of the whole.
Page 362 - President as herein provided within twenty days (Sundays excepted) after it shall have been presented to him, the same shall become a law in like manner as if he had signed it...