Annals of the Congress of the United States, Volume 1; Volume 23Gales and Seaton, 1853 - Law |
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... persons as shall hereafter subscribe to an institution for the purpose of min . read and referred to a select committee , to con- ing and smelting of lead ; and the petition was sider and report thereon by bill or otherwise ; and Messrs ...
... persons as shall hereafter subscribe to an institution for the purpose of min . read and referred to a select committee , to con- ing and smelting of lead ; and the petition was sider and report thereon by bill or otherwise ; and Messrs ...
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... persons who performed the services , or their legal representatives , and shall not be transferable to any other person or persons ; and may , at their option , be located with the register of either of the land offices of the United ...
... persons who performed the services , or their legal representatives , and shall not be transferable to any other person or persons ; and may , at their option , be located with the register of either of the land offices of the United ...
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... persons then composing the Govern- ment , I could not , without the most convincing evidence , persuade myself to believe it . I should be forced to conclude that however sincerely the gentleman might believe what he stated , he must ...
... persons then composing the Govern- ment , I could not , without the most convincing evidence , persuade myself to believe it . I should be forced to conclude that however sincerely the gentleman might believe what he stated , he must ...
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... persons who voted for the repeal of the embargo , to charge unjustly , in his opinion , the whole responsibility of that measure on the Administration . But he could not com- prehend upon what ground the honorable gentle- man from ...
... persons who voted for the repeal of the embargo , to charge unjustly , in his opinion , the whole responsibility of that measure on the Administration . But he could not com- prehend upon what ground the honorable gentle- man from ...
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... persons who perished in the city of Richmond , in Vir- iel Smith , naval officer for the district of Provi - ginia , on the night of the 26th of the present month . dence , praying additional compensation for his services , for reasons ...
... persons who perished in the city of Richmond , in Vir- iel Smith , naval officer for the district of Provi - ginia , on the night of the 26th of the present month . dence , praying additional compensation for his services , for reasons ...
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Page 481 - Honor and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
Page 241 - Congress concerning the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies...
Page 459 - British usurpation has not been more warmly cherished by these great men and their compatriots ; not more by Washington, Hancock, and Henry, than by Chatham and his illustrious associates in the British Parliament. It ought to be remembered, too, that the heart of the English people was with us. It was a selfish and corrupt Ministry, and their servile tools, to whom we were not more opposed than they were.
Page 79 - States, suspended by this act, and by the act laying an embargo on all ships and vessels in the ports and harbors of the United States, and the several acts supplementary thereto, may be renewed with the nation so doing.
Page 645 - ... have the character as well as the effect of war on our lawful commerce.
Page 241 - Resolved, That the Act passed the eighth day of April, 1812, entitled " an Act for the admission of the State of Louisiana into the Union and to extend the laws of the United States to the said State...
Page 461 - municipal decrees." confiscating in mass your whole property. You would have had instant war ! The whole land would have blazed out in war. And shall Republicans become the instruments of him who had effaced the title of Attila to the
Page 251 - An act making further provision for settling the claims to land in the territory of Missouri...
Page 451 - They have carried them off under pretence of legal adjudication, but not daring to approach a court of justice, they have plundered and sunk them by the way, or in obscure places where no evidence could arise against them ; maltreated the crews, and abandoned them in boats in the open sea or on desert shores without food or covering.
Page 203 - An act to regulate the laying out and making a road from Cumberland, in the State of Maryland, to the State of Ohio...