Journals of the Continental CongressU.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 |
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Stran 418
... colonels : That the aids de camp of major generals rank as majors , but not to take rank of regimental or brigade majors.2 That Robert Hanson Harrison , Esq ' have the rank of lieutenant colonel in the continental army : ' On the margin ...
... colonels : That the aids de camp of major generals rank as majors , but not to take rank of regimental or brigade majors.2 That Robert Hanson Harrison , Esq ' have the rank of lieutenant colonel in the continental army : ' On the margin ...
Stran 419
... colonel : That Stephen Moylan , Esq ' have the pay of 80 dollars a month , and the rank of colonel . Resolved , That the election of majors general be post- poned . Resolved , That no person shall be appointed to any place of profit ...
... colonel : That Stephen Moylan , Esq ' have the pay of 80 dollars a month , and the rank of colonel . Resolved , That the election of majors general be post- poned . Resolved , That no person shall be appointed to any place of profit ...
Stran 431
... Colonel Shee and Colonel Magaw , be ordered immediately to march with their regiments to New York . Resolved , That the Secret Committee be directed to lend the committee of safety of Pensylvania , 4 tons of powder . Resolved , That ...
... Colonel Shee and Colonel Magaw , be ordered immediately to march with their regiments to New York . Resolved , That the Secret Committee be directed to lend the committee of safety of Pensylvania , 4 tons of powder . Resolved , That ...
Stran 432
... Colonel Hand's letter , of the 3d of May last , was referred , brought in their report , which was taken into consideration : Whereupon , Resolved , That it is the Opinion of this Committee that dollars be advanced to Colo . Hand for ...
... Colonel Hand's letter , of the 3d of May last , was referred , brought in their report , which was taken into consideration : Whereupon , Resolved , That it is the Opinion of this Committee that dollars be advanced to Colo . Hand for ...
Stran 438
... Colonel.1 The Committee would be glad to have a list of Officers , that they may be proper Judges of their Seniority . " 1 Against this paragraph has been written " not Considered . " ' This report , in the writing of [ ? ] , is in the ...
... Colonel.1 The Committee would be glad to have a list of Officers , that they may be proper Judges of their Seniority . " 1 Against this paragraph has been written " not Considered . " ' This report , in the writing of [ ? ] , is in the ...
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Stran 680 - All charges of war and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury, which shall be supplied by the several states...
Stran 549 - No state without the Consent of the united states in congress assembled, shall send any embassy to, or receive any embassy from, or enter into any conference, agreement, alliance or treaty with any King prince or state...
Stran 681 - No State shall engage in any war without the consent of the United States in Congress assembled, unless such State be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such State, and the danger is so imminent as not to admit of a delay, till the United States in Congress assembled can be consulted...
Stran 514 - 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 mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Stran 680 - United states in Congress assembled shall, from time to time, direct and appoint. The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Stran 682 - 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...
Stran 556 - And the articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Stran 493 - Prudence indeed will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes ; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
Stran 497 - He has constrained our fellow citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes, and conditions.
Stran 678 - No two or more states shall enter into any treaty, confederation or alliance whatever between them, without the consent of the United States in congress assembled, specifying accurately the purposes for which the same is to be entered into, and how long it shall continue.