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... resolved , that John Linsey , es- quire , stand appointed surveyor for said district of Tennessee . " Two days afterwards , ( 14th August , 1786 , ) the General Assembly adopted the following resolution : " That each of the ...
... resolved , that John Linsey , es- quire , stand appointed surveyor for said district of Tennessee . " Two days afterwards , ( 14th August , 1786 , ) the General Assembly adopted the following resolution : " That each of the ...
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... therefore , recommend to the House the following resolution : Resolved , That the claim of Samuel Hughes , of the state of Ma- ryland , ought not to be allowed . Case of Samuel Hughes , of the state of Maryland [ 6 ]
... therefore , recommend to the House the following resolution : Resolved , That the claim of Samuel Hughes , of the state of Ma- ryland , ought not to be allowed . Case of Samuel Hughes , of the state of Maryland [ 6 ]
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... resolve of the 21st of October , 1780 , Congress stipulated that half pay for life should be allowed to the officers of the revolutionary army , who should continue in service till the end of the war : That they did continue in service ...
... resolve of the 21st of October , 1780 , Congress stipulated that half pay for life should be allowed to the officers of the revolutionary army , who should continue in service till the end of the war : That they did continue in service ...
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... resolve of the 21st October , 1780 , as a contract between the government and the off- cers , voluntarily and freely entered into , at a time when both par- ties were at liberty in regard to the subject of it ; and stipulating , as the ...
... resolve of the 21st October , 1780 , as a contract between the government and the off- cers , voluntarily and freely entered into , at a time when both par- ties were at liberty in regard to the subject of it ; and stipulating , as the ...
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... resolve of 1783. It could not pay in money , and it did not pay in what was equivalent to money . The commutation certificate was then , and for some time after , worth not more than one eighth , perhaps even less , of its nominal value ...
... resolve of 1783. It could not pay in money , and it did not pay in what was equivalent to money . The commutation certificate was then , and for some time after , worth not more than one eighth , perhaps even less , of its nominal value ...
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accounts aforesaid agent alleged amount appears appointed appropriation army authority Bill British Calvert county Capitol captain cents certificate claimant Colonel Brearly command commissioners Committee of Claims Congress court house David Brearly December Delawares Department deponent deposition destroyed destruction District dollars duty dwelling house Ebenezer Sage enemy entitled evidence expenditures expense February Fort Hawkins Fort Mitchell Fort Scott Fowl Town freemen frontier furnished Georgia honor House of Representatives hundred Indians James Guyon January John Joseph Janey Judge Advocate land letter March ment military militia Mohiccans Monday's Point Moses Hazen nation Navy officers opinion ordered to lie payment Pensions petitioner present provisions Public Buildings received referred the petition relief resolution Resolved respectfully Richard Bland Lee river Secretary Secretary of War Seminole Seminole war store house territory testimony thereof tion Treasury treaty treaty of Brownstown troops United votes warriors whole House William
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Page 5 - Resolved, That the committee on the judiciary be directed to inquire into the expediency of...
Page 4 - That the same computation shall extend to the corps not belonging to the lines of particular states, and who are entitled to half pay for life as aforesaid ; the acceptance or refusal to be determined by corps, and to be signified in the same manner, and within the same time as above mentioned.
Page 10 - ... there be no limitation either in the manner or measure of the punishment, the condition of the citizen will be perilous indeed. Which of these doctrines is to prevail, time will decide. Where there is no fixed law, the judgment on any particular case is the law of that single case only, and dies with it.
Page 3 - An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes...
Page 4 - Act of Congress entitled an Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War...