Republicanism in America: A History of the Colonial and Republican Governments of the United States of America, from the Year 1607 to the Year 1869. To which are Added Constitutions, Proclamations, Platforms, Resolutions. Also, a Brief History of All the Existing Republics in the World |
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Page 639 - The Congress of the united states shall have power to adjourn to any time within the year, and to any place within the united states, so that no period of adjournment be for a longer duration than the space of six months, and shall publish the Journal of their proceedings monthly, except such parts thereof relating to treaties, alliances or military operations, as in their judgment require secrecy...
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| Title | Republicanism in America: A History of the Colonial and Republican Governments of the United States of America, from the Year 1607 to the Year 1869. To which are Added Constitutions, Proclamations, Platforms, Resolutions. Also, a Brief History of All the Existing Republics in the World |
| Author | Rolander Guy McClellan |
| Publisher | J. M. Stoddart & Company, 1872 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 23 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 653 pages |
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