History of Pike County, Illinois: Together with Sketches of Its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. History of Illinois ... Digest of State Laws ...C. C. Chapman & Company, 1880 - 966 strani |
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History of Pike County, Illinois: Together with Sketches of Its ..., Količina 1 Chapman & Co., Chas. C. Prikaz kratkega opisa - 2006 |
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acres of land Adams county April Atlas Baptist Barry Black Hawk Black Hawk war born Brown Calhoun county Camp Butler Capt Chambersburg Charles Christian Church common schools Court Daniel daughter David deceased Democrat Derry Detroit died early settler Eldara elected Elizabeth emigrated engaged in farming erected farmer father George Griggsville tp Hadley Hardin Henry Illinois river Indians James John Joseph Kentucky Kinderhook living located M. E. Church March married Miss Martinsburg Mary miles mill Missouri Montezuma native of Kentucky Newburg Ohio old settlers organized parents Perry Pike Co Pike county pioneer Pittsfield Pleasant Hill Pleasant Vale prairie present Quincy Regiment Republican resides on sec Robert Ross Salem Samuel Sarah Scott county Sept served siege of Vicksburg sketch Smith stock-raiser Thomas town township trade whig wife William York
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Stran 920 - Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said John Alden, 2nd, as and for his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who, at his request, and in his presence, and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses the day and year above written.
Stran 121 - Committees of Safety all over the cotton States, (and it is only in them that we can hope for any effective movement,) we shall fire the Southern heart — instruct the Southern mind — give courage to each other, and at the proper moment, by one organized, concerted action, we can precipitate the cotton States into a revolution.
Stran 70 - ... that the boundaries of these three states, shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of lake Michigan...
Stran 948 - Where practicable from the nature of the ground, persons traveling in any kind of vehicle, must turn to the right of the center of the road, so as to permit each carriage to pass without interfering with each other. The penalty for a violation of this provision is $5 for every offense, to be recovered by the party injured; but to recover, there must have occurred some injury to person or property resulting from the violation.
Stran 936 - ... rescinded verbally, but if done at all, must be done in writing. It is therefore important that all persons contemplating subscribing should distinctly understand that all talk before or after the subscription is made, is not admissible as evidence, and is no part of the contract. Persons employed to solicit subscriptions are known to the trade as canvassers. They are agents appointed to do a particular business in a prescribed mode, and have no authority to do it...
Stran 932 - For a mistake in point of law, which every person of discretion not only may, but is bound and presumed to know, is in criminal cases no sort of defence.
Stran 132 - An administrator, he saved the nation in the perils of unparalleled civil war. A statesman, he justified his measures by their success. A philanthropist, he gave liberty to one race and salvation to another. A moralist, he bowed from the summit of human power to the foot of the Cross, and became a Christian. A mediator, he exercised mercy under the most absolute abeyance to law. A leader, he was no partisan. A commander, he was untainted with blood. A ruler in desperate times, he was unsullied with...
Stran 178 - Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto (Let the Welfare of the People Be the Supreme Law).
Stran 155 - He was admitted to the bar, and commenced the practice of his profession in his native...
Stran 152 - She is fourth in population, in children enrolled in public schools, in law schools, in butter, potatoes and carriages. She is fifth in value of real and personal property, in theological seminaries and colleges exclusively for women, in milk sold, and in boots and shoes manufactured, and in book-binding. She is only seventh in the production of wood, while she is the twelfth in area. Surely that is well done for the Prairie State. She now has much more wood and growing timber than she had thirty...