Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings of Congress, from the First Meeting Thereof to the Dissolution of the Confederation: Domestick affairs. History of the ConfederationThomas B. Wait, 1821 - 464 страници |
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... letter to this Congress ; and report as soon as possible the state of the whole , as near as it can be as- certained , to this Congress : and that he give orders for the necessary preparation of boats and stores for se- curing to the ...
... letter to this Congress ; and report as soon as possible the state of the whole , as near as it can be as- certained , to this Congress : and that he give orders for the necessary preparation of boats and stores for se- curing to the ...
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... letter of the 6th instant , from Messrs . L. Morris and J. Wilson , at Pittsburg . Resolved , That the enterprise proposed in their letter be not undertaken . SEPTEMBER 18 , 1775 . Resolved , That a secret committee be appointed to ...
... letter of the 6th instant , from Messrs . L. Morris and J. Wilson , at Pittsburg . Resolved , That the enterprise proposed in their letter be not undertaken . SEPTEMBER 18 , 1775 . Resolved , That a secret committee be appointed to ...
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... people in general are well satisfied with , at least have made no complaints in regard to the rates lately paid for the postage of letters- Resolved , That the resolution of Congress respect- ing the 1775. ] 27 DOMESTICK AFFAIRS .
... people in general are well satisfied with , at least have made no complaints in regard to the rates lately paid for the postage of letters- Resolved , That the resolution of Congress respect- ing the 1775. ] 27 DOMESTICK AFFAIRS .
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... letters from London being laid before Con- gress- Resolved , That a committee of three be appointed to prepare a ... letter be sent to general Washing- ton , to inform him that Congress , having received in- telligence of the sailing ...
... letters from London being laid before Con- gress- Resolved , That a committee of three be appointed to prepare a ... letter be sent to general Washing- ton , to inform him that Congress , having received in- telligence of the sailing ...
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... letter be written . to the said honourable council , to put the said vessels under the general's command and direction ; and to furnish him instantly with every necessary in their power , at the expense of the continent . Also , that ...
... letter be written . to the said honourable council , to put the said vessels under the general's command and direction ; and to furnish him instantly with every necessary in their power , at the expense of the continent . Also , that ...
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Страница 397 - States, and to appropriate and apply the same for defraying the public expenses ; to borrow money or emit bills on the credit of the United States — transmitting every half year to the respective States an account of the sums of money so borrowed or emitted ; to build and equip a navy; to agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each State for its quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such State...
Страница 357 - All controversies concerning the private right of soil claimed under different grants of two or more states, whose jurisdictions, as they may respect such lands, and the states which passed such grants are adjusted, the said grants or either of them being at the same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall, on the petition of either party to the Congress of the 'United States...
Страница 354 - United States in Congress assembled can be consulted ; nor shall any State grant commissions to any ships or vessels of war, nor letters of marque or reprisal, except it be after a declaration of war by the United States in Congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state, and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the United States...
Страница 359 - ... 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...
Страница 458 - States — regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the States, provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated — establishing and regulating post-offices from one State to another, throughout all the United States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing thro...
Страница 455 - ... the united states in congress assembled, shall from time to time direct and appoint. The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several states within the time agreed upon by the united states in congress assembled.
Страница 388 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever.
Страница 399 - The committee of the States, or any nine of them, shall be authorized to execute, in the recess of Congress, such of the powers of Congress as the United States, in Congress assembled, by the consent of nine States, shall, from time to time, think expedient to vest them with; provided that no power be delegated to the said committee, for the exercise of which, by the Articles of Confederation, the voice of nine States, in the Congress of the United States assembled, is requisite.
Страница 450 - II. Each State retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled.
Страница 362 - And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the Union shall be perpetual; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them; unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the Legislatures of every State.