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Page xxxix
... , they charged him with fraud , injustice and oppression , in his treatment * See Vol . III , p . 417 . + See Vol . III , p . 306 . of the settlers , averring that he had employed his SECOND NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR . xxxix.
... , they charged him with fraud , injustice and oppression , in his treatment * See Vol . III , p . 417 . + See Vol . III , p . 306 . of the settlers , averring that he had employed his SECOND NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR . xxxix.
Page xl
... charges were alike brought to bear on the can- vass . Among other things he was accused of the " atrocious crime " of being a young man , as he was but thirty - three when first nominated for governor , and at this time but thirty ...
... charges were alike brought to bear on the can- vass . Among other things he was accused of the " atrocious crime " of being a young man , as he was but thirty - three when first nominated for governor , and at this time but thirty ...
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... arrested on the charge of arson , and committed to jail . In due course of law he was subsequently indicted for that crime , and detained for trial . Upon this the British minister at Washington , Mr. Fox , made a reclamation on Mr. Van ...
... arrested on the charge of arson , and committed to jail . In due course of law he was subsequently indicted for that crime , and detained for trial . Upon this the British minister at Washington , Mr. Fox , made a reclamation on Mr. Van ...
Page lix
... criminal . His case was warmly pressed . Petitions for a commutation of punishment were signed by more than two thousand persons , of all parties and ranks . But closing his eyes to every considera tion but the claims of justice and the ...
... criminal . His case was warmly pressed . Petitions for a commutation of punishment were signed by more than two thousand persons , of all parties and ranks . But closing his eyes to every considera tion but the claims of justice and the ...
Page lxi
... charge of the children and their fortune . A veto from Gov. Seward arrested the passage of this bill , * upon the ground that no nation could wisely or justly make a discrimination in its laws regulating parental or other domestic ...
... charge of the children and their fortune . A veto from Gov. Seward arrested the passage of this bill , * upon the ground that no nation could wisely or justly make a discrimination in its laws regulating parental or other domestic ...
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