A Brief History of the Revolution: With a Sketch of the Life of Captain John Hewson, Including the Constitution of the United States, a Statistical View of the Grand Federal Procession, Mr. Wilson's Oration, Washington's Farewell Address, &c., &cMrs. Sarah Alcock, 1843 - Počet stran: 110 |
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... received no infor- mation of this distressing occurrence until his return home , when he found Mrs. Hewson was deceased , and her motherless children bil- leted on some kind friends in the city of Philadelphia . So that this unexpected ...
... received no infor- mation of this distressing occurrence until his return home , when he found Mrs. Hewson was deceased , and her motherless children bil- leted on some kind friends in the city of Philadelphia . So that this unexpected ...
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... received this small re - en- forcement , he held a council of war with a few of his general officers . In order to fall by surprise on some of Lord Cornwallis ' cantonments in the state of New Jersey , and having the plan of his ...
... received this small re - en- forcement , he held a council of war with a few of his general officers . In order to fall by surprise on some of Lord Cornwallis ' cantonments in the state of New Jersey , and having the plan of his ...
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... receiving the expected re - en- forcements from the continental government , it was abandoned in pur- suance of the advice and counsel of his officers . After the fall of the forts on the Delaware , all the vessels and galleys fell into ...
... receiving the expected re - en- forcements from the continental government , it was abandoned in pur- suance of the advice and counsel of his officers . After the fall of the forts on the Delaware , all the vessels and galleys fell into ...
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... received the intelligence of the surrender of General Burgoyne and the remains of his army of ten thousand royal troops , than he began to forecast in his mind , that the mere possession of Philadelphia was not a suffi- cient bonus to ...
... received the intelligence of the surrender of General Burgoyne and the remains of his army of ten thousand royal troops , than he began to forecast in his mind , that the mere possession of Philadelphia was not a suffi- cient bonus to ...
Strana 22
... , with their gun boats and armed barges , to receive provi- sions from the disaffected farmers of Jersey , who with their loaded ESCAPE OF CAPTAIN HEWSON AND THREE OFFICERS . 23 wagons 22 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION .
... , with their gun boats and armed barges , to receive provi- sions from the disaffected farmers of Jersey , who with their loaded ESCAPE OF CAPTAIN HEWSON AND THREE OFFICERS . 23 wagons 22 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE REVOLUTION .
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Strana 62 - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury ; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
Strana 56 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Strana 59 - ... 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 59 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
Strana 63 - States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Strana 64 - All debts contracted, and engagements entered into, before the adoption of this Constitution, shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution, as under the confederation. 2. -This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be...
Strana 56 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the Congress may, at any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Strana 60 - Congress. No state shall, without the consent of Congress, lay any duty on tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded, or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Strana 64 - The United States shall guaranty to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
Strana 55 - ... 3. No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.