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... Reserve Historical Society museum will be convinced they are not the work of Indians . The honor of the first exploration of Ohio has long been claimed by the French for their countryman , Robert Cavalier de La Salle , but the details ...
... Reserve Historical Society museum will be convinced they are not the work of Indians . The honor of the first exploration of Ohio has long been claimed by the French for their countryman , Robert Cavalier de La Salle , but the details ...
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... Reserve Historical Society , Tract 25 ) . Joliet was likewise ambitious of the glory of discovering the Great River , of which the Jesuit missionaries and the Indians gave glowing descriptions . He seems to have persuaded Galinée and ...
... Reserve Historical Society , Tract 25 ) . Joliet was likewise ambitious of the glory of discovering the Great River , of which the Jesuit missionaries and the Indians gave glowing descriptions . He seems to have persuaded Galinée and ...
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... Reserve grew out of that ignorance which supposed the continent narrow . King Charles granted in 1660 to Connecticut a tract seventy miles wide and over three thousand long . The money for the Reserve became the school fund of ...
... Reserve grew out of that ignorance which supposed the continent narrow . King Charles granted in 1660 to Connecticut a tract seventy miles wide and over three thousand long . The money for the Reserve became the school fund of ...
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... RESERVE PIONEER AS- SOCIATION — On the same day , the 28th of August , the members of the W. R. Pio- neer Association held their annual meet- ing in Burgess Grove , near North Solon , in sight of the log cabin in which James A. Garfield ...
... RESERVE PIONEER AS- SOCIATION — On the same day , the 28th of August , the members of the W. R. Pio- neer Association held their annual meet- ing in Burgess Grove , near North Solon , in sight of the log cabin in which James A. Garfield ...
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... Reserve , Mr. Howe has resided in Bloomfield from an early period . His daughter , Mrs. Baker , is said to have been the third child born in the township . He is probably the oldest citizen and pioneer of that county . Poland township ...
... Reserve , Mr. Howe has resided in Bloomfield from an early period . His daughter , Mrs. Baker , is said to have been the third child born in the township . He is probably the oldest citizen and pioneer of that county . Poland township ...
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Page 57 - It shall be his duty to keep and preserve the acts and laws passed by the Legislature, and the public records of the district, and the proceedings of the Governor in his executive department, and transmit authentic copies of such acts and proceedings every six months to the Secretary of Congress.
Page 59 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 441 - Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace ; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.
Page 57 - So soon as there shall be five thousand free male inhabitants, of full age, in the district, upon giving proof thereof to the governor, they shall receive authority, with time and place, to elect representatives from their counties or townships to represent them in the General Assembly...
Page 382 - This accession of territory strengthens forever the power of the United States; and I have just given to England a maritime rival that will sooner or later humble her pride.
Page 57 - The general assembly, or legislature, shall consist of the governor, legislative council, and a house of representatives. The legislative council shall consist of five members, to continue in office five years, unless sooner removed by Congress, any three of whom to be a quorum, and the members of...
Page 57 - The Governor, for the time being, shall be commander-in-chief of the militia, appoint and commission all officers in the same below the rank of general officers ; all general officers shall be appointed and commissioned by Congress.
Page 58 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions, are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments which forever hereafter shall be formed in the said territory...
Page 58 - As soon as a legislature shall be formed in the district, the council and house assembled, in one room, shall have authority, by joint ballot, to elect a delegate to Congress, who shall have a seat in Congress, with a right of debating, but not of voting, during this temporary government.
Page 59 - There shall be formed in the said Territory not less than three nor more than five States; and the boundaries of the States, as soon as Virginia shall alter her act of cession and consent to the same...