Annals of the Congress of the United States, Volume 1Gales and Seaton, 1851 |
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... things in a proper train of action , in case it should be attempt- ed , and to do so , will require all your management — I say require all your management , because you must take care , in whatever you say to Rogers , or any body else ...
... things in a proper train of action , in case it should be attempt- ed , and to do so , will require all your management — I say require all your management , because you must take care , in whatever you say to Rogers , or any body else ...
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... thing , before they had disposed of the President's Speech . Mr. NICHOLAS hoped this business would be [ H. OF R. settled so as to meet the wishes of the House . He hoped a committee would be appointed and after- wards discharged from ...
... thing , before they had disposed of the President's Speech . Mr. NICHOLAS hoped this business would be [ H. OF R. settled so as to meet the wishes of the House . He hoped a committee would be appointed and after- wards discharged from ...
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... things which tended the same way with all the rest ; but he believed this was not the case . He knew only of one emigrant ... thing of that sort which might have the worst possible effect , and could have no good effect . It may tend to ...
... things which tended the same way with all the rest ; but he believed this was not the case . He knew only of one emigrant ... thing of that sort which might have the worst possible effect , and could have no good effect . It may tend to ...
Page 75
... thing , in one instance , to give up a right for a compensation to ourselves . But Mr. Pickering , in his observations upon this circumstance , says , that this stipulation is really a beneficial thing to France , it encourages ...
... thing , in one instance , to give up a right for a compensation to ourselves . But Mr. Pickering , in his observations upon this circumstance , says , that this stipulation is really a beneficial thing to France , it encourages ...
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... thing . It had been acknowledged most ex- plicitly by Mr. Jefferson , Secretary of State , in July , 1793 , and was so declared to the Minister of France ; yet no objection was made to it until the British Treaty was ratified , though ...
... thing . It had been acknowledged most ex- plicitly by Mr. Jefferson , Secretary of State , in July , 1793 , and was so declared to the Minister of France ; yet no objection was made to it until the British Treaty was ratified , though ...
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Page 599 - AN ACT providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the Territory NORTHWEST of the Ohio, and above the mouth of the Kentucky river...
Page 55 - Such attempts ought to be repelled with a decision which shall convince France and the world that we are not a degraded people, humiliated under a colonial spirit of fear and sense of inferiority, fitted to be the miserable instruments of foreign influence, and regardless of national honor, character, and interest.
Page 561 - An Act providing for the sale of the lands of the United States in the Territory Northwest of the Ohio and above the mouth of Kentucky River, and of the Acts amendatory of the same.
Page 601 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Page 595 - This act had been preceded five days by an act "to provide for the valuation of Lands and Dwelling-houses, and the enumeration of slaves within the United States.
Page 559 - An act more effectually to protect the commerce and coasts of the United States.
Page 9 - Ordered, That the Secretary acquaint the House of Representatives that a quorum of the Senate is assembled, and ready to proceed to business.
Page 349 - That he shall have declared, on oath or affirmation, before the supreme, superior, district, or circuit court of some one of the States or of the territorial districts of the United States...
Page 405 - That it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction of the President of the United States...
Page 481 - An Act to provide more effectually for the Collection of the Duties imposed by Law on Goods, Wares, and Merchandise imported into the United States, and on the Tonnage of Ships or Vessels...