The Life and Correspondence of Rufus King: 1795-1799G. P. Putnam's sons, 1895 - Legislators |
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... probably in the Archives of the Legation in England ; while official communications from Mr. King are preserved in press copies of all his letters , which are all in his own handwriting , carefully arranged in five large folio volumes ...
... probably in the Archives of the Legation in England ; while official communications from Mr. King are preserved in press copies of all his letters , which are all in his own handwriting , carefully arranged in five large folio volumes ...
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... probably owns Louisiana - Genl . Allen's Claim - T . Pickering on Gov. Blount's Conspiracy R. King to A. Hamilton - Gloomy Views relative to Affairs in Europe - Letters from G. Cabot and Wm . Hindman- R. King to T. Jefferson - S ...
... probably owns Louisiana - Genl . Allen's Claim - T . Pickering on Gov. Blount's Conspiracy R. King to A. Hamilton - Gloomy Views relative to Affairs in Europe - Letters from G. Cabot and Wm . Hindman- R. King to T. Jefferson - S ...
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... probably however you will have received one - the Resolutions that have been brought forward in pursuance of it , have been adopted with some immaterial variations by the House of Representatives , & there is a fair Prospect that the ...
... probably however you will have received one - the Resolutions that have been brought forward in pursuance of it , have been adopted with some immaterial variations by the House of Representatives , & there is a fair Prospect that the ...
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... probably do well , & there is no reason to despair of the latter ; in any event the Senate will stand better after March than at present . Farewell - Yrs sincerely MY DEAR KING : A. HAMILTON TO R. KING . R. KING . KINGSTON , Feb. 21 ...
... probably do well , & there is no reason to despair of the latter ; in any event the Senate will stand better after March than at present . Farewell - Yrs sincerely MY DEAR KING : A. HAMILTON TO R. KING . R. KING . KINGSTON , Feb. 21 ...
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... probably prevent others from acknowl- edging they were wrong . A number of gentlemen visited me soon after I arrived here and were easily satisfied that the ideas circulated respecting the Treaty were very incorrect . But they all ...
... probably prevent others from acknowl- edging they were wrong . A number of gentlemen visited me soon after I arrived here and were easily satisfied that the ideas circulated respecting the Treaty were very incorrect . But they all ...
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Page 446 - ... all other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America; and that the American fishermen shall have liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled bays, harbours and creeks of Nova Scotia, Magdalen Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remain unsettled...
Page 43 - As, therefore, it is perfectly clear to my understanding that the assent of the House of Representatives is not necessary to the validity of a treaty; as the treaty with Great Britain exhibits in itself all the objects requiring legislative provision, and on these the papers called for can throw no light, and as it is essential to the due administration of the Government that the boundaries fixed by the Constitution between the different departments should be preserved, a just regard to the Constitution...
Page 39 - Gentlemen of the house of representatives, " With the utmost attention I have considered your resolution of the 24th instant, requesting me to lay before your house, a copy of the instructions to the minister of the United States, who negotiated the treaty with the king of Great Britain, together with the correspondence and other documents relative to that treaty, excepting such of the said papers, as any existing negotiation may render improper to be disclosed.
Page 580 - Constitutional remedy; but, where powers are assumed which have not been delegated, a nullification of the act is the rightful remedy : that every State has a natural right in cases not within the compact, to nullify of their own authority all assumptions of power by others within their limits...
Page 659 - The sentiments I entertain with regard to that object, have been long since in your knowledge, but I could personally have no participation in it, unless patronized by the government of this country. It was my wish that matters had been ripened for a co-operation in the course of this fall on the part of this country. But this can now scarcely be the case.
Page 368 - President Adams wrote to Secretary of State Pickering, "as to be very willing to grant passports to Du Pont de Nemours or any other French philosophers, in the present situation of our country. We have had too many French philosophers already, and I really begin to think, or rather to suspect, that learned academies, not under the immediate inspection and control of government, have disorganized the world, and are incompatible with social order.
Page 581 - That the several States who formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction, and that a nullification, by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under color of that instrument, is the rightful remedy.
Page 37 - ... the most sanguine calculations; while every part of the United States displays indications of rapid and various improvement; while we are in the enjoyment of protection and security by mild and wholesome laws, administered by governments founded on the genuine principles of rational liberty, a secure foundation will be laid for accelerating, maturing, and establishing the prosperity of our country if, by treaty and amicable negotiation, all those causes of external discord which heretofore menaced...
Page 659 - But this can now scarcely be the case. The winter, however, may mature the project, and an effectual co-operation by the United States may take place. In this case I shall be happy, in my official station, to be an instrument of so good a work.
Page 34 - Indian neighbors with whom we have been in a state of enmity or misunderstanding, opens a wide field for consoling and gratifying reflections. If by prudence and moderation on every side the extinguishment of all the causes of external discord which have heretofore...