Our Whole Country: Or, The Past and Present of the United States, Historical and Descriptive. In Two Volumes, Containing the General and Local Histories and Descriptions of Each of the States, Territories, Cities, and Towns of the Union; Also Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Persons ... Illustrated by Six Hundred Engravings ... Almost Wholly from Drawinigs Taken on the Spot by the Authors, the Entire Work Being on Their Part the Result of Over 16,000 Miles of Travel and Four Years of Labor, Volume 1H. Howe, 1861 - United States |
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... prisoners . These and other murders and outrages , in- duced the New England colonies to unite in an expedition against them . Early in May , 1637 , Captain Mason , with ninety men from Hartford , Windsor , and Wethersfield , in ...
... prisoners . These and other murders and outrages , in- duced the New England colonies to unite in an expedition against them . Early in May , 1637 , Captain Mason , with ninety men from Hartford , Windsor , and Wethersfield , in ...
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... prisoners . They also burnt the houses , killed most of the cattle and horses , and marched off with the remainder of the horses laden with plunder . Those of the people who escaped , fled nearly naked toward Albany , about fifteen ...
... prisoners . They also burnt the houses , killed most of the cattle and horses , and marched off with the remainder of the horses laden with plunder . Those of the people who escaped , fled nearly naked toward Albany , about fifteen ...
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... prisoners to England ; and after the conquest of Canada , in 1760 , the fortifications of Louisburg were reduced to a heap of rubbish . DEFEAT OF ABERCROMBIE BEFORE TICONDEROGA . As the reduction of the French forts at Ticonderoga was a ...
... prisoners to England ; and after the conquest of Canada , in 1760 , the fortifications of Louisburg were reduced to a heap of rubbish . DEFEAT OF ABERCROMBIE BEFORE TICONDEROGA . As the reduction of the French forts at Ticonderoga was a ...
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... prisoners , that Niagara was taken ; that Ticonderoga and Crown Point were abandoned ; and that General Am- herst was making preparations to attack the enemy at Isle Aux Noix . This intel- ligence , though in itself grateful , furnished ...
... prisoners , that Niagara was taken ; that Ticonderoga and Crown Point were abandoned ; and that General Am- herst was making preparations to attack the enemy at Isle Aux Noix . This intel- ligence , though in itself grateful , furnished ...
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... prisoners , and nearly an equal number fell in the battle and the pursuit ; the remainder retired first to Point au Tremble , and afterward to Trois Rivieres and Montreal . The loss of the English , both of killed and wounded , was less ...
... prisoners , and nearly an equal number fell in the battle and the pursuit ; the remainder retired first to Point au Tremble , and afterward to Trois Rivieres and Montreal . The loss of the English , both of killed and wounded , was less ...
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Page 95 - No state shall enter into any treaty, alliance or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility. 2. No state shall, without the consent of the congress, lay any imposts or duties on Imports or exports except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection...
Page 98 - ... 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may, by law, have directed.
Page 184 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood ! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the Republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original...
Page 102 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. 3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 93 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Page 184 - Liberty first, and Union afterwards, — but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all. its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, — Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.
Page 95 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Page 92 - Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one; Connecticut five; New York six; New Jersey four; Pennsylvania eight; Delaware one; Maryland six; Virginia ten; North Carolina five; South Carolina five; and Georgia three.
Page 97 - United States whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law: but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 67 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.