Proceedings and Debates of the Virginia State Convention of 1829-1830: To which are Subjoined, the New Constitution of Virginia, and the Votes of the People, Страници 94–830S. Shepherd & Company, 1890 - 919 страници |
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... result of your labors will correspond with their most sanguine hopes . Mr. Gordon then moved that the Convention proceed to the election of a Clerk , and nominated Mr. Spottswood Garland of Nelson , as a suitable candidate . Mr. B. W. ...
... result of your labors will correspond with their most sanguine hopes . Mr. Gordon then moved that the Convention proceed to the election of a Clerk , and nominated Mr. Spottswood Garland of Nelson , as a suitable candidate . Mr. B. W. ...
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... result : A LIST OF DELEGATES TO THE CONVENTION . District of Amelia , Chesterfield , Cumber- land , Nottoway , Porchatan , and Town of Petersburg , District of Brunswick , Dinwiddie , Lu- nenburg , and Mecklenburg , District of the City ...
... result : A LIST OF DELEGATES TO THE CONVENTION . District of Amelia , Chesterfield , Cumber- land , Nottoway , Porchatan , and Town of Petersburg , District of Brunswick , Dinwiddie , Lu- nenburg , and Mecklenburg , District of the City ...
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... result : members whose names begin with A and B were some- times taken by surprise , but that could not happen under the rule as interpreted in the House of Delegates ; but even if some hardship did occur , Mr. M'Coy thought it best ...
... result : members whose names begin with A and B were some- times taken by surprise , but that could not happen under the rule as interpreted in the House of Delegates ; but even if some hardship did occur , Mr. M'Coy thought it best ...
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... result ? men to examine the Legislative part of it ; other thirteen to examine the Executive portion of it ; other thirteen to examine the Judicial portion of it ; and so on ; piece by piece , through half a dozen different Committees ...
... result ? men to examine the Legislative part of it ; other thirteen to examine the Executive portion of it ; other thirteen to examine the Judicial portion of it ; and so on ; piece by piece , through half a dozen different Committees ...
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... result at all surprising ; for , the men- tal , like the bodily vision , we all know , may be destroyed as well by the excess , as by the absence of light . My intellect , I own , was insufficient to take in so many con- flicting and ...
... result at all surprising ; for , the men- tal , like the bodily vision , we all know , may be destroyed as well by the excess , as by the absence of light . My intellect , I own , was insufficient to take in so many con- flicting and ...
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