American Historical Documents: 1000-1904P. F. Collier & Son, 1910 - Počet stran: 491 Including: Voyages to Vinland; Letter of Columbus announcing his discovery; Amerigo Vespucci's account; John Cabot's discovery of North America; First Charter of Virginia; Mayflower Compact; Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence; 1783 treaty with Great Britain; 1083 treaty with France (Lousiana Purchase); 1850 Fugitive Slave act; 1865 Gen. Lee's surrender at Appomattox; 1867 treaty with Russia (Alaska Purchase); 1904 convention btw. the US and Panama; and others. |
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... things . LEIF THE LUCKY FINDS MEN UPON A SKERRY AT SEA It was discovered one evening that one of their company was missing ; and this proved to be Tyrker , the German . Leif was sorely troubled by this , for Tyrker had lived with Leif ...
... things . LEIF THE LUCKY FINDS MEN UPON A SKERRY AT SEA It was discovered one evening that one of their company was missing ; and this proved to be Tyrker , the German . Leif was sorely troubled by this , for Tyrker had lived with Leif ...
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... things . In the summer succeeding the first winter Skrellings were discov- ered . A great troop of men came forth from out the woods . The cattle were hard by , and the bull began to bellow and roar with a great noise , whereat the ...
... things . In the summer succeeding the first winter Skrellings were discov- ered . A great troop of men came forth from out the woods . The cattle were hard by , and the bull began to bellow and roar with a great noise , whereat the ...
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... things which they might succeed in obtaining there . To this they agreed , and she departed thence to visit her brother , Leif , and ask him to give her the house which he had caused to be erected in Wineland ; but he made her the same ...
... things which they might succeed in obtaining there . To this they agreed , and she departed thence to visit her brother , Leif , and ask him to give her the house which he had caused to be erected in Wineland ; but he made her the same ...
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... things - without receiving anything in re- turn , but they are a hopelessly timid people . It is true that since they have gained more confidence and are losing this fear , they are so unsuspicious and so generous with what they possess ...
... things - without receiving anything in re- turn , but they are a hopelessly timid people . It is true that since they have gained more confidence and are losing this fear , they are so unsuspicious and so generous with what they possess ...
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1000-1904. 66 get for us things they have in abundance , which are neces- sary to us . They have no religion , nor idolatry , except that they all believe power and goodness to be in heaven . They firmly believed that I , with my ships ...
1000-1904. 66 get for us things they have in abundance , which are neces- sary to us . They have no religion , nor idolatry , except that they all believe power and goodness to be in heaven . They firmly believed that I , with my ships ...
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aforesaid agreed America appointed arms army ARTICLE articles of confederation Atlantic Ocean authority batteries battle Bay of Fundy Britain Britannic Majesty cause ceded citizens claim colonies command Commissioners Congress assembled consent Constitution Council crest declared Division duty elected Emmetsburg enemy established execution exercise fight force Fort Schlosser Freydis Generall Court George Somers granted Greenland guns hath hereby House hundred Indians inhabitants islands judge jurisdiction justice Lake land legislature Leif liberty Lord Protector manner means ment Mexican necessary Nova Scotia oath offence officers Parliament party peace persons Plantations ports present treaty President punishment Ralegh Gilbert ratifications Rebel Republic of Panama respective river rule seals Second Corps Senate ship sovereignty Spain spirit supreme Taneytown territory thence therein thereof things Third Corps thousand tion town troops Union United unto vote wounded writs of summons
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Strana 343 - I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Strana 198 - Person. (2) The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. (3) No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. (4) No Capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Strana 277 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Strana 468 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Strana 451 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Strana 296 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Strana 196 - States; but all duties, imposts, and excises, shall be uniform throughout the United States: 2. To borrow money on the credit of the United States: 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes: 4. To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States: 5.
Strana 204 - Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of...
Strana 269 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal Constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities, of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Strana 226 - But this question is not left to mere reason; the people have in express terms decided it by saying, "this Constitution and the laws of the United States, which shall be made in pursuance thereof shall be the supreme law of the land...