 | John Agg - Law - 1834 - 770 pages
...the words following: Ibid. " Resolved — That the permanent seat of the government of the Id. p. 98. United States, ought to be at some convenient place, on the east bank of the river Susquehannah, in the state of Pennsylvania, and that, until the necessary buildings be erected for... | |
 | JOSEPH B. VARNUM - 1854 - 130 pages
...the 5th September, 1789, a resolution passed the House of Representatives, " that the permanent seat of the Government of the United States ought to be at some convenient place on the banks of the Susquehanna, in the State of Pennsylvania." On the introduction of the bill to carry this... | |
 | Harrisburg (Pa.) - 1858 - 416 pages
...Goodhue, which read as follows : "Resolved, In the opinion of this committee, that the permanent seat of government of the United States ought to be at some convenient place on the east bank of the Susquehanna river, in the State of Pennsylvania," &c. Mr. Heister moved to insert after the words "... | |
 | William D'Arcy Haley - Washington (D.C.) - 1861 - 274 pages
...Philadelphia. The House of Representatives passed a resolution September 5,1789, "That the permanent seat of the government of the United States ought to be at some convenient place on the banks of the Susquehanna, in the State of Pennsylvania."This alarmed the southern members, and especially... | |
 | Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - 1863 - 770 pages
...The following resolution, previously offered,was then considered ; namely—" That the permanent seat of the government of the United States ought to be...government ought to continue at the city of New York." Mr. Lee proposed to strike out the words "east bank of the river Susquehanna, in the state of Pennsylvania,"... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - United States - 1863 - 284 pages
...GOODHUE, of Massachusetts, moved in the House : " That the permanent seat of the General Government ought to be at some convenient place, on the east...river Susquehanna, in the State of Pennsylvania." In support of his motion, he prefaced it with the following remark : " The Eastern members, with the... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - United States - 1864 - 286 pages
...GOODHUE, of Massachusetts, moved in the House : " That the permanent seat of the General Government ought to be at some convenient place, on the east...river Susquehanna, in the State of Pennsylvania." In support of his motion, he prefaced it with the following remark : " The Eastern members, with the... | |
 | Viator - Washington (D.C.) - 1864 - 302 pages
...residence. Two days after, a resolution passed the House of Representatives, " that the permanent Seat of the Government of the United States ought to be at some convenient place on the banks of the Susquehanna, in the State of Pennsylvania." On the introduction of the bill to carry this... | |
 | John B. Ellis - History - 1869 - 548 pages
...of September, 1789, the House of Kepresentatives passed a resolution, " That the permanent seat of Government of the United States ought to be at some convenient place on the banks of the Susquehanna, in the State of Pennsylvania." This resolution gave great offence to the... | |
 | United States. Department of Education - African Americans - 1871 - 944 pages
...Scott, and Already given; the second, offered by Mr. Goodhue, of Maine, " that the permanent sec t of the government of the United States ought to be at some convenient place on tbe banks of tbe river Sosqnehanna, in the State of Pennsylvania;" and tlie third offered by Mr. Fitzsimmous,... | |
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of the government of the United States ought to be at some convenient place on the east bank of the river Susquehanna, in the State of Pennsylvania; and that until the necessary buildings be erected for the purpose, the seat of government ought to continue... 
