Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volume 1 |
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... to the British government , by the order of which he was incarcerated for many months , and all his personal estate sacrificed on account of his attachment to his country - That , in 1789 , when , by the treaty of peace [ 8 ] REPORT ...
... to the British government , by the order of which he was incarcerated for many months , and all his personal estate sacrificed on account of his attachment to his country - That , in 1789 , when , by the treaty of peace [ 8 ] REPORT ...
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... month of February ; 1810 , a copy of which accompanies the present report , and contains , at length , the several resolves of Congress , and the principal facts and arguments having relation to the claim , the Committee proceed ...
... month of February ; 1810 , a copy of which accompanies the present report , and contains , at length , the several resolves of Congress , and the principal facts and arguments having relation to the claim , the Committee proceed ...
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... months , and through the commanding officer of the southern army , from those under his command , within six months from the date of the resolution . That the same commutation should extend to the corps not belong- ing to the lines of ...
... months , and through the commanding officer of the southern army , from those under his command , within six months from the date of the resolution . That the same commutation should extend to the corps not belong- ing to the lines of ...
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... months be thus allowed . " That , at the expiration of the eighteen months , the petitioners had not closed their business , but continued [ 13 ] DECEMBER 15, 1818. ...
... months be thus allowed . " That , at the expiration of the eighteen months , the petitioners had not closed their business , but continued [ 13 ] DECEMBER 15, 1818. ...
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... months or longer , at any period of the war , on the continental establishment , " and who were in such reduced circumstances in life " as to be " in need of assis- tance from " their " country for support ; " to all of which facts ...
... months or longer , at any period of the war , on the continental establishment , " and who were in such reduced circumstances in life " as to be " in need of assis- tance from " their " country for support ; " to all of which facts ...
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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...