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... frigate Hancock was captured by three British ships . 66 7 - The Americans under Col. Livingston , were defeated by the Br . forces in a battle at Fort Ann , N. Y. " 31 - The Marquis Lafayette , by a vote of Congress , was made a Major ...
... frigate Hancock was captured by three British ships . 66 7 - The Americans under Col. Livingston , were defeated by the Br . forces in a battle at Fort Ann , N. Y. " 31 - The Marquis Lafayette , by a vote of Congress , was made a Major ...
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... frigate Alfred , 20 guns , captured by the Brit- ish ships Ariadne and Ceres . " L 11 - Bills passed the English Parliament , in which every- thing the Colonies had asked was granted , and Commission- ers were sent to America to offer ...
... frigate Alfred , 20 guns , captured by the Brit- ish ships Ariadne and Ceres . " L 11 - Bills passed the English Parliament , in which every- thing the Colonies had asked was granted , and Commission- ers were sent to America to offer ...
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... frigates . One Br . and one Am . ship sunk . Oct. 9 The Americans made an assault on Savannah , Geo . , to re- take it from the English , but were repulsed . Count Pulaski and nearly 1,000 men were killed . Joseph Hews , of North ...
... frigates . One Br . and one Am . ship sunk . Oct. 9 The Americans made an assault on Savannah , Geo . , to re- take it from the English , but were repulsed . Count Pulaski and nearly 1,000 men were killed . Joseph Hews , of North ...
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... frigate Charleston , of 40 guns , was ( after 18 hours ' chase ) , captured by the British ships Quebec and Di- omede . The first American 74 - gun ship was built this year at Portsmouth , N. H. 1783 . Jan. 20 - Cessation of hostilities ...
... frigate Charleston , of 40 guns , was ( after 18 hours ' chase ) , captured by the British ships Quebec and Di- omede . The first American 74 - gun ship was built this year at Portsmouth , N. H. 1783 . Jan. 20 - Cessation of hostilities ...
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... frigate Constitution , Capt . Truxton , and the French frigate La Vengeance . La Ven- geance whipped . April 4 An act establishing a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States , passed by Congress . May 7. - Congress pass ...
... frigate Constitution , Capt . Truxton , and the French frigate La Vengeance . La Ven- geance whipped . April 4 An act establishing a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States , passed by Congress . May 7. - Congress pass ...
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Page 187 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Page 396 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the State remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 184 - I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I have never voluntarily borne arms against the United States since I have been a citizen thereof; that I have voluntarily given no aid, countenance, counsel, or encouragement to persons engaged in armed hostility thereto; that I have neither sought nor accepted nor attempted to exercise the functions of any office whatever, under any authority or pretended authority in hostility to the United States...
Page 426 - Upon bills committed to a Committee of the Whole House, the bill shall be first read throughout by the Clerk, and then again read and debated by clauses, leaving the preamble to be last considered ; the body of the bill shall not be defaced or interlined ; but all amendments, noting the page and line, shall be duly entered by the Clerk on a separate paper, as the same shall be agreed to by the Committee, and so reported to the House. After report, the bill shall again be subject to be debated and...
Page 255 - Institution, to be composed of the Vice-President, the Chief Justice of the United States, and three members of the Senate and three members of the House of Representatives...
Page 419 - When any member is about to speak in debate, or deliver any matter to the House, he shall rise from his seat, and respectfully address himself to "Mr. Speaker," and shall confine himself to the question under debate, and avoid personality.
Page 64 - States, who shall be sworn, or affirmed, to a faithful execution of his office; whose duty it shall be to prosecute and conduct all suits in the Supreme Court, in which the United States shall be concerned, and to give his advice and opinion upon questions of law, when required by the President of the United States, or when requested by the heads of any of the departments, touching any matters that may concern their departments, and shall receive such compensation for his services, as shall by law...
Page 430 - All incidental questions of order arising after a motion is made for the previous question, and pending such motion, shall be decided, whether on appeal or otherwise, without debate.
Page 431 - After six days from the commencement of a second or subsequent session of any Congress, all bills, resolutions, and reports, which originated in the House, and at the close of the next preceding session remained undetermined, shall be resumed and acted on, in the same manner as if an adjournment had not taken place.
Page 169 - ... degree of west longitude shall prove to be at the distance of more than ten marine leagues from the ocean, the limit between the British possessions and the line of coast which is to belong to Russia, as above mentioned...