The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1887 - Legislators |
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Page 74
... domain only as a possession , to be enjoyed either in common or by partition by the citizens of the old states . It is true , indeed , that the national domain is ours . It is true it was acquired by the valor and with the wealth of the ...
... domain only as a possession , to be enjoyed either in common or by partition by the citizens of the old states . It is true , indeed , that the national domain is ours . It is true it was acquired by the valor and with the wealth of the ...
Page 165
... domain , by stating that it cost seventy - five millions of dollars - equivalent to twenty - two cents per acre , or thirty - two dollars and twenty cents for each farm of ɔne hundred and sixty acres . And from such premises as these he ...
... domain , by stating that it cost seventy - five millions of dollars - equivalent to twenty - two cents per acre , or thirty - two dollars and twenty cents for each farm of ɔne hundred and sixty acres . And from such premises as these he ...
Page 166
... domain is pledged to public creditors . The debt charged upon the domain is $ 27,935,350 - a debt which is rapidly diminishing , and , if we practice economy , will have dis- appeared , by the appliance of revenues from customs alone ...
... domain is pledged to public creditors . The debt charged upon the domain is $ 27,935,350 - a debt which is rapidly diminishing , and , if we practice economy , will have dis- appeared , by the appliance of revenues from customs alone ...
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BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR PAGE Xiij | ix |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF NEW YORK | 1 |
SPEECHES IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES | 51 |
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