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... forts designed for their protection . The commandants of these forts , in addition to their military duties , exercised , also , such civic functions as were requisite . By its charter the West India Company became , and until 1664 ...
... forts designed for their protection . The commandants of these forts , in addition to their military duties , exercised , also , such civic functions as were requisite . By its charter the West India Company became , and until 1664 ...
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... Fort Orange , ( now Albany , ) founded , in 1630 , the Colonie of Rensselaerwyck . As finally confirmed to him it embraced a tract of country extending twenty - four miles in length from north to south , and twenty- eight in width from ...
... Fort Orange , ( now Albany , ) founded , in 1630 , the Colonie of Rensselaerwyck . As finally confirmed to him it embraced a tract of country extending twenty - four miles in length from north to south , and twenty- eight in width from ...
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... Fort William , and the government of the province . Whatever we may think of the wisdom of his refusal , the pledge by which it was accompanied , that the fort and province should be delivered up to SLOUGHTER , the newly commissioned ...
... Fort William , and the government of the province . Whatever we may think of the wisdom of his refusal , the pledge by which it was accompanied , that the fort and province should be delivered up to SLOUGHTER , the newly commissioned ...
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... Fort James , or as called by him , Fort William , June 8th , 1689. It continued , nominally , until the ar- rival of Governor SLOUGHTER , March 19 , 1691 , though for several weeks imme- diately preceding , LEISLER was shut up in Fort ...
... Fort James , or as called by him , Fort William , June 8th , 1689. It continued , nominally , until the ar- rival of Governor SLOUGHTER , March 19 , 1691 , though for several weeks imme- diately preceding , LEISLER was shut up in Fort ...
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... Fort Montgomery , and the rapid advance of the enemy up the Hudson , broke up the session before any laws could be matured . * The surrender of Burgoyne and the retreat of the forces under Vaughan , to New York , enabled the Legislature ...
... Fort Montgomery , and the rapid advance of the enemy up the Hudson , broke up the session before any laws could be matured . * The surrender of Burgoyne and the retreat of the forces under Vaughan , to New York , enabled the Legislature ...
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Страница 140 - Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Страница 48 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Страница 51 - House be changed from that of the 'Provincial Congress of the Colony of New York,' to that of ' The Convention of the Representatives of the State of New York,' " and thus on the 10th day of July, 1776, the State of New York was born.
Страница 69 - ... in pursuance of an appropriation by law ; nor unless such payment be made within two years next after the passage of such appropriation act ; and every such law, making a new appropriation or continuing or reviving an appropriation, shall distinctly specify the sum appropriated, and the object to which it is to be applied ; and it shall not be sufficient for such law to refer to any other law to fix such sum.
Страница 54 - AND WHEREAS we are required by the benevolent principles of rational liberty, not only to expel civil tyranny, but also to guard against that spiritual oppression and intolerance wherewith the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests and princes have scourged mankind...
Страница 135 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...
Страница 53 - ... a Council of Revision, composed of the Governor, the Chancellor, and the Judges of the Supreme Court...
Страница 54 - That all such parts of the said common law, and all such of the said statutes and acts aforesaid, or parts thereof, as may be construed to establish or maintain any particular denomination of Christians or their ministers...
Страница 147 - ... the suggestions of humanity can restrain your hands from shedding human blood in such an impious cause, we must then tell you that we will never submit to be hewers of wood or drawers of water for any ministry or nation in the world.
Страница 69 - The corporate body incurring any such debt before or at the time of doing so shall provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on the debt and to pay the principal thereof in substantially equal annual installments within twenty years.