Documentary History of the Constitution of the United States of America, 1786-1870Department of state, 1894 - Constitutional history |
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... Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts . To the Honorable Francis Dana , Elbridge Gerry , Na- thaniel Gorham , Rufus King and Caleb Strong Esquires . Greeting . Whereas Congress did on the twenty first day of Feb- ruary ...
... Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts . To the Honorable Francis Dana , Elbridge Gerry , Na- thaniel Gorham , Rufus King and Caleb Strong Esquires . Greeting . Whereas Congress did on the twenty first day of Feb- ruary ...
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... Esquire Governor of the State of New York General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia and Admiral of the Navy of the same . To all to whom these Presents shall come It is by these Presents certified that John McKesson who has ...
... Esquire Governor of the State of New York General and Commander in Chief of all the Militia and Admiral of the Navy of the same . To all to whom these Presents shall come It is by these Presents certified that John McKesson who has ...
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... Senate , in the said Resolution . In Assembly March 6th 1787 . Resolved , that the Honorable Robert Yates Esquire , and Alexander Hamilton and John Lansing , Junior Esquires , be , and they are hereby nominated by this House , Delegates 14.
... Senate , in the said Resolution . In Assembly March 6th 1787 . Resolved , that the Honorable Robert Yates Esquire , and Alexander Hamilton and John Lansing , Junior Esquires , be , and they are hereby nominated by this House , Delegates 14.
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... Esquire , and John Lansing Junior , and Alexander Hamilton Esquires ; and on comparing the Lists of the Persons nominated by the Senate and Assembly respectively , it appeared that the same Per- sons were nominated in both Lists ...
... Esquire , and John Lansing Junior , and Alexander Hamilton Esquires ; and on comparing the Lists of the Persons nominated by the Senate and Assembly respectively , it appeared that the same Per- sons were nominated in both Lists ...
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... Esquire The Council and Assembly reposing especial trust and confidence in your integrity , prudence and ability have at a joint Meeting appointed You the said Jonathan Dayton Esquire , in conjunction with His Excellency William Living ...
... Esquire The Council and Assembly reposing especial trust and confidence in your integrity , prudence and ability have at a joint Meeting appointed You the said Jonathan Dayton Esquire , in conjunction with His Excellency William Living ...
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Page 273 - In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Page 273 - It is obviously impracticable, in the Federal Government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Page 270 - Resolved that provision ought to be made for the admission of States lawfully arising within the limits of the United States, whether from a voluntary junction of Government and Territory or otherwise, with the consent of a number of voices in the National legislature less than the whole.
Page 24 - May next, to take into consideration the situation of the United States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union; and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled, as, when agreed to by them, and afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state, will effectually provide for the same.
Page 68 - For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct...
Page 195 - That it is the opinion of this Convention that, as soon as the conventions of nine States shall have ratified this Constitution, the United States in Congress assembled should fix a day on which electors should be appointed by the States which shall have ratified the same...
Page 166 - If any person bound to service or labor in any of the United States shall escape into another state, he or she shall not be discharged from such service or labor in consequence of any regulation subsisting in the state to which they escape, but shall be delivered up to the person justly claiming their service or labor.
Page 75 - State, or under the authority of the United States, except those peculiarly belonging to the functions of the first branch...
Page 264 - Judiciary be established to consist of one or more supreme tribunals, and of inferior tribunals to be chosen by the National Legislature, to hold their offices during good behaviour; and to receive punctually at stated times fixed compensation for their services, in which no increase or diminution shall be made so as to affect the persons actually in office at the time...
Page 202 - Resolved that the members of the first branch of the National Legislature ought to be elected by the people of the several States...