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... Population in 1890 , etc. . xxvii vi . Growth of United States - Population at Each Census , also the Urban Population vii . Population of the Free and Slave States , 1790-1860 viii . Representation in Congress from 1790 to 1893 xxix ...
... Population in 1890 , etc. . xxvii vi . Growth of United States - Population at Each Census , also the Urban Population vii . Population of the Free and Slave States , 1790-1860 viii . Representation in Congress from 1790 to 1893 xxix ...
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... Population , 1890 76. Edgar A. Poe . 77. Henry W. Longfellow 78. Nathaniel Hawthorne 79. John G. Whittier 274 279 292 311 332 349 361 366 • 372 375 382 384 389 408 409 · 409 · 410 80. An Indian Chief 000 . 81. William McKinley . 000 ...
... Population , 1890 76. Edgar A. Poe . 77. Henry W. Longfellow 78. Nathaniel Hawthorne 79. John G. Whittier 274 279 292 311 332 349 361 366 • 372 375 382 384 389 408 409 · 409 · 410 80. An Indian Chief 000 . 81. William McKinley . 000 ...
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... population . The liberal policy of the proprietary attracted settlers , and he himself invited men from all quarters , even Puritans from England . The new comers had not the spirit of toleration , and as soon as they and their ...
... population . The liberal policy of the proprietary attracted settlers , and he himself invited men from all quarters , even Puritans from England . The new comers had not the spirit of toleration , and as soon as they and their ...
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... population increased . In 1670 Berkeley estimated the population at 40,000 , including 2000 negro slaves and 6000 indentured white servants . Indentured servants were of at least four classes : ( 1 ) Those who , for the sake of emi ...
... population increased . In 1670 Berkeley estimated the population at 40,000 , including 2000 negro slaves and 6000 indentured white servants . Indentured servants were of at least four classes : ( 1 ) Those who , for the sake of emi ...
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... population was thought to be about 95,000 . 27. The Carolinas . ( 1663–1665 . ) — In 1663 , and again in 1665 , Charles II . granted the territory now occupied by the Carolinas and Georgia to eight proprietors , most of whom had aided ...
... population was thought to be about 95,000 . 27. The Carolinas . ( 1663–1665 . ) — In 1663 , and again in 1665 , Charles II . granted the territory now occupied by the Carolinas and Georgia to eight proprietors , most of whom had aided ...
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Page xvii - New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union ; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State ; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
Page xvi - ... 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 xxvi - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, " the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 419 - No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil Office under the Authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the Emoluments whereof shall have been encreased during such time ; and no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office.
Page 419 - 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 xvii - ... 2. A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another state, shall, on demand of the executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 419 - 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. 4. When vacancies happen in the representation from any State, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. 5. The House of Representatives shall chuse their speaker and other officers; and shall have the sole power of impeachment.
Page 419 - Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided. 5 The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a president pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the office of President of the United States. 6 The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. When sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the chief justice shall preside: and no person shall be convicted...
Page 419 - ... §7. No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law, and a regular statement and account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published from time to time. §8. No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title of any kind whatever from any king, prince or foreign...
Page xiv - The Congress may determine the Time of chusing the Electors, and the Day on which they shall give their Votes ; which Day shall be the same throughout the United States.