Public Papers of Governor, Volume 1State Printers, 1899 |
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... hand are com- pleted , and the militia now under him dismissed ... 654-656 Bill and receipt for flour ..... 656 Captain Black's mission to New Windsor ..... 656 Captain Black and Lieut . Santford recommended for new com- missions 657 X ...
... hand are com- pleted , and the militia now under him dismissed ... 654-656 Bill and receipt for flour ..... 656 Captain Black's mission to New Windsor ..... 656 Captain Black and Lieut . Santford recommended for new com- missions 657 X ...
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... hands of private indi- viduals and collectors all over the world . George Clinton , for forty - five years , was not only a public char- acter , but an agressive one , in the political history of this State . His correspondence ...
... hands of private indi- viduals and collectors all over the world . George Clinton , for forty - five years , was not only a public char- acter , but an agressive one , in the political history of this State . His correspondence ...
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... hands with the public generally and who tried to send away happy every person who called upon him for a favor . His methods were no better or no worse than political methods that have been practised in our own day . To gain a point he ...
... hands with the public generally and who tried to send away happy every person who called upon him for a favor . His methods were no better or no worse than political methods that have been practised in our own day . To gain a point he ...
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... hands and his skirts clean . The face of the world's history would have changed had the King accepted the leadership of Pitt . But the perverse monarch was not inclined that way . He declared war against the Great Commoner . Pitt was ...
... hands and his skirts clean . The face of the world's history would have changed had the King accepted the leadership of Pitt . But the perverse monarch was not inclined that way . He declared war against the Great Commoner . Pitt was ...
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... hand the royal authorities seemed determined to rifle the colonies of their profits and with the other to paralyze their industries . The Navigation Laws closed our ports against all but British vessels ; compelled the exportation of ...
... hand the royal authorities seemed determined to rifle the colonies of their profits and with the other to paralyze their industries . The Navigation Laws closed our ports against all but British vessels ; compelled the exportation of ...
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Page 214 - Clinton, in his actual Possession now being by virtue of a Bargain and Sale to him thereof made for ,one whole Year by Indenture, bearing Date the Day next before the Day of the Date of these Presents, and by Force of the Statute for transferring of Uses into Possession, and to his Heirs and Assigns forever...
Page 28 - They nourished up by YOUR indulgence ! They grew by your neglect of them. As soon as you began to care about them, that care was exercised in sending persons to rule them...
Page 65 - But seek ye FIRST the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all other things shall be added unto you ? Dare you believe this promise or not ? I DARE : and will act accordingly, by God's assistance.
Page 112 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Page 28 - They planted by YOUR care ! No : your oppressions planted them in America. They fled from your tyranny to a then uncultivated, unhospitable country, where they exposed themselves to almost all the hardships to which human nature is liable ; and, among others, to the cruelties of a savage foe, the most subtle, and, I will take...
Page 166 - The disinclination of the individual States to yield competent powers to Congress for the federal government, their unreasonable jealousy of that body and of one another, and the disposition, which seems to pervade each, of being all-wise and allpowerful within itself, will, if there is not a change i1x the system, be our downfall as a nation.
Page 111 - Virginia who was among us, and very well known to all of us ; a gentleman whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character, would command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the colonies better than any other person in the Union.
Page 98 - It is earnestly recommended to all officers and soldiers diligently to attend divine service...
Page 100 - Every non-commissioned officer and soldier shall retire to his quarters or tent at the beating of the retreat ; in default of which, he shall be punished according to the nature of his offence.
Page 105 - Any officer or soldier who shall begin, excite, cause, or join in, any mutiny or sedition...