Journals of the Continental CongressU.S. Government Printing Office, 1906 |
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Stran 427
... petition of John Bayard , Joseph Deane , and William Erskine , || being presented to Congress , and read , || Resolved , That the Secret Committee be directed to sell || the petitioners || 550 lb. of powder , and 400 lb. of swivel and ...
... petition of John Bayard , Joseph Deane , and William Erskine , || being presented to Congress , and read , || Resolved , That the Secret Committee be directed to sell || the petitioners || 550 lb. of powder , and 400 lb. of swivel and ...
Stran 442
... petition from Mrs. Gardner , was laid before Congress , and read : Resolved , That it be referred to the Committee on Spies . 1 This report , in the writing of James Wilson , is in the Papers of the Continental Con- gress , No. 19 , VI ...
... petition from Mrs. Gardner , was laid before Congress , and read : Resolved , That it be referred to the Committee on Spies . 1 This report , in the writing of James Wilson , is in the Papers of the Continental Con- gress , No. 19 , VI ...
Stran 458
... petition of Colonel Turbutt Francis reported , that they had met on the business re- ferred to them ; but that the Indians refused to be exam- ined , or to give any evidence on the matter , which pre- vented their proceeding , wherefore ...
... petition of Colonel Turbutt Francis reported , that they had met on the business re- ferred to them ; but that the Indians refused to be exam- ined , or to give any evidence on the matter , which pre- vented their proceeding , wherefore ...
Stran 467
... petition of Wil- liam Adams , surgeon , was referred , brought in their report , which was taken into consideration : 1 Whereupon , Resolved , That the resignation of William Adams be accepted . The several matters to this day referred ...
... petition of Wil- liam Adams , surgeon , was referred , brought in their report , which was taken into consideration : 1 Whereupon , Resolved , That the resignation of William Adams be accepted . The several matters to this day referred ...
Stran 468
... petition from Carpenter Wharton was presented to Congress and read : Resolved , That it be referred to the Board of War and Ordnance . The Congress took into consideration the report of the committee on the cartel made between Brigadier ...
... petition from Carpenter Wharton was presented to Congress and read : Resolved , That it be referred to the Board of War and Ordnance . The Congress took into consideration the report of the committee on the cartel made between Brigadier ...
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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.