American Historical Documents: 1000-1904Charles William Eliot P. F. Collier & Son, 1910 - Počet stran: 491 Including: Voyages to Vinland; Letter of Columbus announcing his discovery;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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Strana 23
... kind of government , so they returned . I heard from other Indians I had already taken that this land was an island , and thus followed the eastern coast for one hundred and seven leagues , until I came to the end of it . From that ...
... kind of government , so they returned . I heard from other Indians I had already taken that this land was an island , and thus followed the eastern coast for one hundred and seven leagues , until I came to the end of it . From that ...
Strana 24
... kind , they are satisfied . I forbade worthless things being given to them , such as bits of broken bowls , pieces of glass , and old straps , although they were as much pleased to get them as if they were the finest jewels in the world ...
... kind , they are satisfied . I forbade worthless things being given to them , such as bits of broken bowls , pieces of glass , and old straps , although they were as much pleased to get them as if they were the finest jewels in the world ...
Strana 34
... kind of hard metal : and instead of iron they put animals ' or fishes ' teeth , or a spike of tough wood , with the point hardened by fire : they are sure marksmen , for they hit whatever they aim at : and in some places the women use ...
... kind of hard metal : and instead of iron they put animals ' or fishes ' teeth , or a spike of tough wood , with the point hardened by fire : they are sure marksmen , for they hit whatever they aim at : and in some places the women use ...
Strana 38
... kind of boats of theirs , constructed from a single tree : which came towards our boats , as they had been surprised by our appearance and clothes , and kept wide of us : and thus re- maining , we made signals to them that they should ...
... kind of boats of theirs , constructed from a single tree : which came towards our boats , as they had been surprised by our appearance and clothes , and kept wide of us : and thus re- maining , we made signals to them that they should ...
Strana 42
... kind of sheep or oxen : but so numerous are the other animals which they have , and all are savage , and of none do they make use for their service , that they could not be counted . What shall we say of others ( such as ) birds ? which ...
... kind of sheep or oxen : but so numerous are the other animals which they have , and all are savage , and of none do they make use for their service , that they could not be counted . What shall we say of others ( such as ) birds ? which ...
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aforesaid agreed America appointed arms army ARTICLE articles of confederation authority batteries battle battle of Gettysburg brigade Britain Britannic Majesty cause citizens colonies command Commissioners Congress assembled consent Constitution Council crest Culp's Hill declared Division duty elected Emmetsburg enemy established execution exercise fight fire force Fort Schlosser Freydis fugitive Generall Court Gettysburg granted Greenland guns hath hereby House hundred Indians infantry inhabitants islands judge justice Lake land legislature Leif liberty Little Round Top Lord Protector manner Meade ment necessary North oath offence officers Parliament party peace persons ports President punishment Ralegh Gilbert ratifications Rebel Republic of Panama respective river Round Top rule Second Corps Senate service or labor ship Sickles South Carolina sovereignty Spain 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 446 - Dear Madam : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our heavenly Father may...
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 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 197 - To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water. 12. To raise and support armies ; but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years. 13. To provide and maintain a navy. 14. To make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces.
Strana 174 - 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' the same as may be requisite to defray the expenses of the said office — appointing all officers of the land forces, in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers — appointing...
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 338 - I trust this will not be regarded as a menace, but only as the declared purpose of the Union that it will constitutionally defend, and maintain itself. In doing this, there needs to be no bloodshed or violence; and there shall be none, unless it be forced upon the national authority.
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 263 - Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one People, under an efficient government, the period is not far off, when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose...