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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... emigrants , who would become purchasers of these tracts of land , and thus cut off their prospect of extending their possessions for their own use or that of their progeny ; but , from the liberal , high- minded , and public - spirited ...
... emigrants , who would become purchasers of these tracts of land , and thus cut off their prospect of extending their possessions for their own use or that of their progeny ; but , from the liberal , high- minded , and public - spirited ...
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... emigrant Indians ; east by the Mississippi 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 the ...
... emigrant Indians ; east by the Mississippi 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 the ...
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... the train of the pioneer emigrant . The beaver , that formerly laid his cast - steel teeth to the trunk of our forest - trees , is rarely found lingering among us ; and the visit of a GENERAL TOPOGRAPHY , ETC. OF MISSOURI . 29.
... the train of the pioneer emigrant . The beaver , that formerly laid his cast - steel teeth to the trunk of our forest - trees , is rarely found lingering among us ; and the visit of a GENERAL TOPOGRAPHY , ETC. OF MISSOURI . 29.
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... emigrants to settle in Boone . There is a valuable public journal published in Columbia , with the appropriate name of " PATRIOT . " Near to the town there is a paper - mill . The " Patriot , " having the raw material at hand , will be ...
... emigrants to settle in Boone . There is a valuable public journal published in Columbia , with the appropriate name of " PATRIOT . " Near to the town there is a paper - mill . The " Patriot , " having the raw material at hand , will be ...
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... emigrant can find here a wide field for selecting land , which is subject to entry at the minimum price of one dollar and a quarter per acre ... Wyaconda empties into Missouri five miles above the mouth of Grand river . The bluff on the ...
... emigrant can find here a wide field for selecting land , which is subject to entry at the minimum price of one dollar and a quarter per acre ... Wyaconda empties into Missouri five miles above the mouth of Grand river . The bluff on the ...
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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...