An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Količina 3editor; J. Ridgeway, 1795 |
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Stran 21
... navigation . " Little regard was paid to orders fo contrary to the views of every one . An illicit trade was not only practifed , but juftified under a claufe of the patent , which the people confidered of fuperior force to the law ...
... navigation . " Little regard was paid to orders fo contrary to the views of every one . An illicit trade was not only practifed , but juftified under a claufe of the patent , which the people confidered of fuperior force to the law ...
Stran 68
... navigation , in the midst of the richest commercial territory in Ame- rica , and commanding the most extenfive internal refources , is by far the most eligible fituation for the refidence of Congrefs ; and as it is now preffing forward ...
... navigation , in the midst of the richest commercial territory in Ame- rica , and commanding the most extenfive internal refources , is by far the most eligible fituation for the refidence of Congrefs ; and as it is now preffing forward ...
Stran 79
... navigation as follows : the whole of Elizabeth river , the lowest of those which run into James river , is a harbour , and would contain upwards of three hundred hips . The channel is from one hundred and fifty to two hundred fathoms ...
... navigation as follows : the whole of Elizabeth river , the lowest of those which run into James river , is a harbour , and would contain upwards of three hundred hips . The channel is from one hundred and fifty to two hundred fathoms ...
Stran 80
... navigation ceases . James river itself affords harbour for veffels of any fize at Hamp- ton road , but not in fafety through the whole winter ; and there is navigable water for them as far as Mulberry ifland . A forty gun fhip goes to ...
... navigation ceases . James river itself affords harbour for veffels of any fize at Hamp- ton road , but not in fafety through the whole winter ; and there is navigable water for them as far as Mulberry ifland . A forty gun fhip goes to ...
Stran 81
... navigation for loaded flats to Brockman's bridge , fifty miles above Hanover - town , and Mattapony to Downer's bridge , feventy miles above its mouth . Piankatank , the little rivers making out of Mobjack bay , and those of the eastern ...
... navigation for loaded flats to Brockman's bridge , fifty miles above Hanover - town , and Mattapony to Downer's bridge , feventy miles above its mouth . Piankatank , the little rivers making out of Mobjack bay , and those of the eastern ...
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Stran 48 - That no man shall be taken or imprisoned, or disseized of his freehold, liberties or privileges, or outlawed or exiled, or in any manner destroyed, or deprived of his life, liberty, or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Stran 48 - ... to be allowed counsel ; to be confronted with the witnesses against him ; to have process for his witnesses ; to examine the witnesses for and against him on oath ; and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury without whose unanimous consent he ought not to be found guilty.
Stran 65 - Pennsylvania as a free and independent state, and that I will not at any time do or cause to be done any matter or thing that will be prejudicial or injurious to the freedom and independence thereof, as declared by Congress; and also that I will discover and make known to some...
Stran 113 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Stran 216 - That all power of suspending laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without consent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not to be exercised.
Stran 140 - That in ancient times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Bigbone licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elks, buffaloes, and other animals which had been created for the use of the Indians...
Stran 118 - History, by apprising them of the past, will enable them to judge of the future; it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations; it will qualify them as judges of the actions and designs of men...
Stran 118 - Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves therefore are its only safe depositories ; and to render even them safe, their minds must be improved to a certain degree. This indeed is not all that is necessary, though it be essentially necessary.
Stran 220 - ... inhabitants of any one county within the state twelve months immediately preceding the day of any election, and possessed of a freehold within the same county of fifty acres of land, for six months next before and at the day of election, shall be entitled to vote for a member of the Senate ;
Stran 64 - Judge), that I will not, directly or indirectly, receive the profits or any part of the profits, of any other office during the term of my acting as . SEC.