A Political and Civil History of the United States of America: From the Year 1763 to the Close of the Administration of President Washington, in March, 1797: Including a Summary View of the Political and Civil State of the North American Colonies, Prior to that Period, Volume 2H. Howe and Durrie & Peck, 1828 - United States |
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... opinions , and between some of which serious disputes existed relative to boundaries , unanimity on all questions , was not to be expected . In discussing its principles , a diversity of sentiment prevailed among the states , on three ...
... opinions , and between some of which serious disputes existed relative to boundaries , unanimity on all questions , was not to be expected . In discussing its principles , a diversity of sentiment prevailed among the states , on three ...
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... opinion , that congress should be invested with the power of settling and fixing the limits of such states , as claimed to the Mississippi , or south sea , by virtue of their original charters or grants , and that the lands beyond such ...
... opinion , that congress should be invested with the power of settling and fixing the limits of such states , as claimed to the Mississippi , or south sea , by virtue of their original charters or grants , and that the lands beyond such ...
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... opinion and wishes of the delegates of so many states , differing in habits , produce , commerce , and internal police , was found to be a work which nothing but time and reflection , conspiring with a dispo sition to conciliate , could ...
... opinion and wishes of the delegates of so many states , differing in habits , produce , commerce , and internal police , was found to be a work which nothing but time and reflection , conspiring with a dispo sition to conciliate , could ...
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... opinion that some test or obligation bind- ing upon each delegate while he continues in the trust , to consult and pursue the former as well as the latter , and particularly to assent to no vote or proceeding which may violate the ...
... opinion that some test or obligation bind- ing upon each delegate while he continues in the trust , to consult and pursue the former as well as the latter , and particularly to assent to no vote or proceeding which may violate the ...
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... opinion that the sole and exclu- sive power of regulating the trade of the United States with for- eign nations ought to be clearly vested in the congress ; and that the revenue arising from all duties and customs imposed thereon ...
... opinion that the sole and exclu- sive power of regulating the trade of the United States with for- eign nations ought to be clearly vested in the congress ; and that the revenue arising from all duties and customs imposed thereon ...
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