Incidents in the Life of Jacob Barker, of New Orleans, Louisiana: With Historical Facts, His Financial Transactions with the Government, and His Course on Important Political Questions, Form 1800 to 18551855 - Počet stran: 285 |
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Strana 6
... notes on that famous island may have interest for our readers . The historical facts we give on the authority of Obed Macy , whose history of the island , pub- lished in 1835 , is before us while we write . " Nantucket was discovered in ...
... notes on that famous island may have interest for our readers . The historical facts we give on the authority of Obed Macy , whose history of the island , pub- lished in 1835 , is before us while we write . " Nantucket was discovered in ...
Strana 12
... note was again says Samuel , " I perceive . " The vessel slid off , discounted . and reached the port of her ... notes of minors . It was informed that Mr. Barker was At New York , while waiting for his brother Abraham to procure ...
... note was again says Samuel , " I perceive . " The vessel slid off , discounted . and reached the port of her ... notes of minors . It was informed that Mr. Barker was At New York , while waiting for his brother Abraham to procure ...
Strana 13
... note for codfish sold Thomas Knox , esq . , a very amiable , intelligent , aud lib- eral merchant of Wall street . Inquiry was made of Mr. Knox if he did not wish to purchase some ship bread for stores for the vessel on board which the ...
... note for codfish sold Thomas Knox , esq . , a very amiable , intelligent , aud lib- eral merchant of Wall street . Inquiry was made of Mr. Knox if he did not wish to purchase some ship bread for stores for the vessel on board which the ...
Strana 15
... note to the underwriter , requesting him to send the policy , provided it had been filled up ; if it had not been not to fill it up until he should see Mr. Barker . It had not been prepared , the underwriter detain- ed the messenger ...
... note to the underwriter , requesting him to send the policy , provided it had been filled up ; if it had not been not to fill it up until he should see Mr. Barker . It had not been prepared , the underwriter detain- ed the messenger ...
Strana 32
... notes offered ; named to him the lib- erality with which he had always been treated by the bank , the goodness of the notes offered and their rejection , adding that he presumed there must be some hidden cause which he could ...
... notes offered ; named to him the lib- erality with which he had always been treated by the bank , the goodness of the notes offered and their rejection , adding that he presumed there must be some hidden cause which he could ...
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Strana 231 - That it is the duty of every branch of the Government to enforce and practice the most rigid economy in conducting our public affairs, and that no more revenue ought to be raised than is required to defray the necessary expenses of the Government and for the gradual but certain extinction of the public debt.
Strana 260 - That the power of the several courts of the United States to issue attachments and inflict summary punishments for contempts of court, shall not be construed to extend to any cases except the misbehavior of any person or persons in the presence of the said courts...
Strana 231 - Resolved, That the proceeds of the public lands ought to be sacredly applied to the national objects specified in the Constitution ; and that we are opposed to any law for the distribution of such proceeds among the States, as alike inexpedient in policy and repugnant to the Constitution.
Strana 111 - I insist on waiting until the large pictu're of General Washington is secured, and it requires to be unscrewed from the wall. This process was found too tedious for these perilous moments; I have ordered the frame to be broken, and the canvass taken out. It is done, and the precious portrait placed in the hands of two gentlemen of New York for safe keeping.
Strana 111 - Our private property must be sacrificed, as it is impossible to procure wagons for its transportation. I am determined not to go myself until I see Mr. Madison safe, and he can accompany me, as I hear of much hostility towards him.
Strana 231 - Resolved, That the officers and soldiers who have carried the arms of their country into Mexico have crowned it with imperishable glory. Their unconquerable courage, their daring enterprise, their unfaltering perseverance and fortitude when assailed on all sides by innumerable foes and that more formidable enemy — the diseases of the climate — exalt their devoted patriotism into the highest heroism, and give them a right to the profound gratitude of their country and the admiration of the world.
Strana 221 - Legislature, abrogating the supreme law which requires us to " do unto others as we would they should do unto us...
Strana 34 - ... the spirit of the government may render a rotation in the elective officers of it more congenial with their ideas of liberty and safety, that I take my leave of them as a public man...
Strana 117 - Our kind friend, Mr. Carroll, has come to hasten my departure, and is in a very bad humor with me, because I insist on waiting until the large picture of General Washington is secured, and it requires to be unscrewed from the wall.
Strana 146 - For (to use his quaint but expressive language) "the statute is like a tyrant ; where he comes, he makes all void; but the common law is like a nursing father, and makes void only that part where the fault is, and preserves the rest.