A History of the Commonwealth of Kentuckyauthor, 1834 - 396 halaman |
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... directed against the French intruders upon the very Ohio lands in question , issued suitable instructions to Sir William Johnson . This gentleman was the celebrated Indian agent , of the British government , among the Mohawks . By these ...
... directed against the French intruders upon the very Ohio lands in question , issued suitable instructions to Sir William Johnson . This gentleman was the celebrated Indian agent , of the British government , among the Mohawks . By these ...
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... directed their whole force against each of the forts , then few , and feeble , in succession ; instead of dissipating their strength , by attacking all at the same time ; they could easily have rid Kentucky of its new inhabitants : and ...
... directed their whole force against each of the forts , then few , and feeble , in succession ; instead of dissipating their strength , by attacking all at the same time ; they could easily have rid Kentucky of its new inhabitants : and ...
Halaman 41
... directed their course to Harrodstown , to procure a sufficient escort for the powder . On their way through the woods , the party came to a solitary cabin of Hingston's , on the west fork of Licking creek . While resting here , some men ...
... directed their course to Harrodstown , to procure a sufficient escort for the powder . On their way through the woods , the party came to a solitary cabin of Hingston's , on the west fork of Licking creek . While resting here , some men ...
Halaman 47
... directing him to proceed to Kentucky for its defence ; and the other secret , ordering an attack upon the British post at " Kaskaski . " The humane and generous spirit in which these instructions of the immortal Henry were penned , will ...
... directing him to proceed to Kentucky for its defence ; and the other secret , ordering an attack upon the British post at " Kaskaski . " The humane and generous spirit in which these instructions of the immortal Henry were penned , will ...
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... directed their course against the settlements on Greenbrier river . The temptation of success was great , but the importance of his own expedition was greater , and fortu- nately for his country , Clark knew his duty too well , and dis ...
... directed their course against the settlements on Greenbrier river . The temptation of success was great , but the importance of his own expedition was greater , and fortu- nately for his country , Clark knew his duty too well , and dis ...
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Halaman 138 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Halaman 308 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Halaman 287 - That to this compact each State acceded as a State, and is an integral party, its co-States forming as to itself, the other party: That the Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers...
Halaman 285 - President, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disrepute; or to excite against them, or either or any of them, the hatred of the good people of the United States...
Halaman 287 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Halaman 287 - Resolved, That the several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States and of amendments thereto, they constituted a General Government for special purposes...
Halaman 313 - England, a navy of the United States, are ready to join, and final orders are given to my friends and followers. It will be a host of choice spirits. Wilkinson shall be second to Burr only ; Wilkinson shall dictate the rank and promotion of his officers. Burr will proceed westward 1st August, never to return. With him goes his daughter ; the husband will follow in October, with a corps of worthies.
Halaman 341 - That in the late campaign against the Indians on the Wabash, Governor WH Harrison has, in the opinion of this Legislature, behaved like a hero, a patriot, and a general; and that for his cool, deliberate, skillful, and gallant conduct in the late battle of Tippecanoe, he deserves the warmest thanks of the nation.
Halaman 19 - America do presume for the present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest...
Halaman 394 - ... of, in, or to the same, or any part thereof; To have and to hold the...