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... memorialists . The report of this com- mittee was finally adopted , and one or more bills passed the senate , authorizing a grant of land to the company not exceeding two hundred thousand acres , to be exchanged for the stock of the com ...
... memorialists . The report of this com- mittee was finally adopted , and one or more bills passed the senate , authorizing a grant of land to the company not exceeding two hundred thousand acres , to be exchanged for the stock of the com ...
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... memorialists . If it be inconvenient , at this moment to spare mo- ney from the treasury , the United States have it in their power to contribute the assistance prayed for , by a grant of land . The grant may be either gratuitous or the ...
... memorialists . If it be inconvenient , at this moment to spare mo- ney from the treasury , the United States have it in their power to contribute the assistance prayed for , by a grant of land . The grant may be either gratuitous or the ...
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... progress therein . Your memorialists , however , have already ex- perienced that a public work of such magnitude and importance , and of a kind nearly new in the United States , requires not only , more extensive funds 11 [ 38 ]
... progress therein . Your memorialists , however , have already ex- perienced that a public work of such magnitude and importance , and of a kind nearly new in the United States , requires not only , more extensive funds 11 [ 38 ]
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... memorialists beg leave to call the attention of Congress to a few of the great effects which are known to have been produced by them , and particularly to the immense wealth , power and resource , which they have given to the English ...
... memorialists beg leave to call the attention of Congress to a few of the great effects which are known to have been produced by them , and particularly to the immense wealth , power and resource , which they have given to the English ...
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... memorialists beg leave to remind con- gress , that each of the States possesses so many local or domestic objects for the application of their respective resources , in opening their rivers and roads to internal communication among them ...
... memorialists beg leave to remind con- gress , that each of the States possesses so many local or domestic objects for the application of their respective resources , in opening their rivers and roads to internal communication among them ...
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Page 1 - I have the honour to be, with the highest respect, Sir, Your most obedient, humble Servant, JAMES BRYCE The Honourable ROBERT BACON, Secretary of State.
Page 7 - An act for enrolling or licensing ships or vessels to be employed in the coasting trade and fisheries, and for regulating the same.
Page 9 - Resolved, That the secretary of the treasury be directed to prepare and report to the senate at their next session, a plan for the application of such means as are within the power of Congress, to the purposes of opening roads and making canals...
Page 5 - Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to transmit copies of the foregoing report and resolutions to each of our Senators and Representatives in Congress, with a request that they will...
Page 6 - No other single operation, within the power of government, can more effectually tend to strengthen and perpetuate that union which secures external independence, domestic peace, and internal liberty.
Page 9 - That before a clearance be granted to any vessel bound on a foreign voyage, the master thereof shall deliver to the collector of the customs a list containing the names, places of birth, and residence, and a description of the persons who compose his ship's company, to which list the oath or affirmation of the captain shall be annexed...