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... Michigan 810 Illinois . Ohio 814 820 The United States PROPOSED APPLICATIONS OF SMITHSON'S BEQUEST -- . By Thomas Cooper 824 , 834 837 838 Francis Wayland 839 John Quincy Adams .. 842 , 846 Richard Rush .__ 849 Stephen Chapin 856 ...
... Michigan 810 Illinois . Ohio 814 820 The United States PROPOSED APPLICATIONS OF SMITHSON'S BEQUEST -- . By Thomas Cooper 824 , 834 837 838 Francis Wayland 839 John Quincy Adams .. 842 , 846 Richard Rush .__ 849 Stephen Chapin 856 ...
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... Michigan , bearing six per cent . interest , payable semi- annually hereafter , on the first Mondays in January and July , from the 1st of May last . The interest on all these bonds is payable at the city of New York . There is still ...
... Michigan , bearing six per cent . interest , payable semi- annually hereafter , on the first Mondays in January and July , from the 1st of May last . The interest on all these bonds is payable at the city of New York . There is still ...
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... Michigan , bearing six per cent . inter- est , payable semi - annually on the first Mondays in January and July from the 1st of May , 1838 ; the interest on all these bonds being payable at the city of New York . By these transactions ...
... Michigan , bearing six per cent . inter- est , payable semi - annually on the first Mondays in January and July from the 1st of May , 1838 ; the interest on all these bonds being payable at the city of New York . By these transactions ...
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... Michigan bonds_ * 666 * * 99 100 December_ . 10,000 00 Arkansas bonds . 100 13,000 00 Arkansas bonds . 6 983 1840 , February- 26,000 00 Illinois bonds .-- | 6 73 Authority by which the investments were made - Act of July 7 , 1838 ...
... Michigan bonds_ * 666 * * 99 100 December_ . 10,000 00 Arkansas bonds . 100 13,000 00 Arkansas bonds . 6 983 1840 , February- 26,000 00 Illinois bonds .-- | 6 73 Authority by which the investments were made - Act of July 7 , 1838 ...
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... Illinois 26,000 18,980 00 Illinois 6,000 4,223 00 Illinois 24,000 19,200 00 Michigan 8,000 8,270 67 Ohio 18,000 16,980 00 $ 620,000 $ 600,980 17 PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE . SENATE , December 7 , 246 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS .
... Illinois 26,000 18,980 00 Illinois 6,000 4,223 00 Illinois 24,000 19,200 00 Michigan 8,000 8,270 67 Ohio 18,000 16,980 00 $ 620,000 $ 600,980 17 PROCEEDINGS IN THE SENATE . SENATE , December 7 , 246 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS .
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