Documentary Source Book of American History, 1606-1898, Volume 10William MacDonald This book contains hundreds of primary documents from United States history, between 1606 and 1898. Most of the primary sources are colonial or United States government laws or other orders. The author provides analysis and notes with the sources. |
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... common Soccage only , and not in Capite : XIX . [ Tenure of land under the second colony as in Section XVIII . ] XX . ALL which Lands , Tenements , and Hereditaments , so to be passed by the said several Letters - patent , shall be ...
... common Soccage only , and not in Capite : XIX . [ Tenure of land under the second colony as in Section XVIII . ] XX . ALL which Lands , Tenements , and Hereditaments , so to be passed by the said several Letters - patent , shall be ...
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... common Seal , to serve for the said Body or Commonalty ; And that they , and their Successors , shall be KNOWN , CALLED , and INCORPORATED by the Name of , The Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London for ...
... common Seal , to serve for the said Body or Commonalty ; And that they , and their Successors , shall be KNOWN , CALLED , and INCORPORATED by the Name of , The Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London for ...
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... Common Seal , DISTRIBUTE , convey , assign , and set over , such particular Por- tions of Lands , Tenements , and Hereditaments , by these Presents , formerly granted , unto such our loving Subjects , naturally born , or Denizens , or ...
... Common Seal , DISTRIBUTE , convey , assign , and set over , such particular Por- tions of Lands , Tenements , and Hereditaments , by these Presents , formerly granted , unto such our loving Subjects , naturally born , or Denizens , or ...
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... common socage , and paying one fifth part of all gold and silver ores . ] AND . . wee will and ordeyne , That the saide Sir Henry Rose- well . . . [ and others ] .. and all such others as shall here- after be admitted and made free of ...
... common socage , and paying one fifth part of all gold and silver ores . ] AND . . wee will and ordeyne , That the saide Sir Henry Rose- well . . . [ and others ] .. and all such others as shall here- after be admitted and made free of ...
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... Berks , in free and common SOCCAGE , by Fealty only for all Services , and not in capite , nor by Knight's SERVICE , YIELDING therefore unto US . . . two D INDIAN ARROws of those Parts , to be delivered at 1632 ] 33 CHARTER OF MARYLAND.
... Berks , in free and common SOCCAGE , by Fealty only for all Services , and not in capite , nor by Knight's SERVICE , YIELDING therefore unto US . . . two D INDIAN ARROws of those Parts , to be delivered at 1632 ] 33 CHARTER OF MARYLAND.
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Popular passages
Page 307 - In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparation for our defense.
Page 445 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Page 202 - The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians ; their lands and property shall never be taken from them without their consent; and in their property, rights, and liberty, they never shall be invaded or disturbed, unless in just and lawful wars authorized by Congr.ess ; but laws founded in justice and humanity shall from time to time be made, for preventing wrongs being done to them, and for preserving peace and friendship with them.
Page 301 - 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.
Page 368 - Mexicans who, in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Page 185 - For the more convenient management of the general interest of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year...
Page 368 - In the said territories, property of every kind, now belonging to Mexicans not established there, shall be inviolably respected. The present owners, the heirs of these, and all Mexicans who may hereafter acquire said property by contract, shall enjoy with respect to it guaranties equally ample as if the same belonged to citizens of the United States.
Page 187 - IX. The United States in Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in the cases mentioned in the sixth article — of sending and receiving ambassadors — entering into treaties and alliances, provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners, as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the...
Page 190 - ... in congress assembled : But if the united states in congress assembled shall, on consideration of circumstances judge proper that any state should not raise men, or should raise a smaller number than its quota, and that any other state should raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof, such extra number shall be raised, officered, clothed, armed and equipped in the same manner as the quota of such state, unless the legislature of such state shall judge that such extra number cannot...
Page 215 - No Person held to, Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due.