Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History from 458 A. D. to 1909, Svazek 3Harper & brothers, 1906 - Počet stran: 524 |
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... England in 1775 with confidential let- ters to Franklin ; was a member of the executive council from 1776 to 1780 ; member of the Continental Congress from 1776 to 1778 , and again in 1784 ; member of the board of war , Nov. 17 , 1777 ...
... England in 1775 with confidential let- ters to Franklin ; was a member of the executive council from 1776 to 1780 ; member of the Continental Congress from 1776 to 1778 , and again in 1784 ; member of the board of war , Nov. 17 , 1777 ...
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... England , in 1622 ; set- tled in New England in 1634 ; in 1679 was elected president of the province of Maine ; and was also a judge of the Superior Court , in which capacity he strongly con- demned the action of the court in the ...
... England , in 1622 ; set- tled in New England in 1634 ; in 1679 was elected president of the province of Maine ; and was also a judge of the Superior Court , in which capacity he strongly con- demned the action of the court in the ...
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... England for supplies , and , to hasten them , White went with them , leaving behind eighty - nine men , seventeen women , and two children . Among the women was his married daugh- ter , Eleanor Dare , who had given birth to a daughter ...
... England for supplies , and , to hasten them , White went with them , leaving behind eighty - nine men , seventeen women , and two children . Among the women was his married daugh- ter , Eleanor Dare , who had given birth to a daughter ...
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... England . At the close of the War of 1812-15 prisoners held by both parties were released as soon as proper arrangements for their enlarge- ment could be made . At the conclusion of peace there were about 6,000 Ameri- can captives ...
... England . At the close of the War of 1812-15 prisoners held by both parties were released as soon as proper arrangements for their enlarge- ment could be made . At the conclusion of peace there were about 6,000 Ameri- can captives ...
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... England to raise funds for the increase of created a new corporation , called Dart- the usefulness of the school , and about mouth University , in which the property $ 50,000 were subscribed . A board of trus- of the old corporation was ...
... England to raise funds for the increase of created a new corporation , called Dart- the usefulness of the school , and about mouth University , in which the property $ 50,000 were subscribed . A board of trus- of the old corporation was ...
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Strana 226 - ... respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Strana 225 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Strana 226 - All officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the forces under their respective commands for the purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor, who may have escaped from any persons to whom such service or labor is claimed to be due, and any officer who shall be found guilty by a court-martial of violating this article shall be dismissed from the service. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted. That this act shall take effect...
Strana 230 - And I further declare and make known, that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Strana 225 - I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States and each of the States and the people thereof in which States that relation is or may be suspended or disturbed.
Strana 226 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Strana 225 - ... and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Strana 226 - That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
Strana 226 - ... approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following : " ' Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the government of the United States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army ; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the government of the United States,...
Strana 226 - ... against the laws, unless the person claiming said fugitive shall first make oath that the person to whom the labor or service of such fugitive is alleged to be due is his lawful owner, and has not...