An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Volumen2Tiebout and O'Brien, 1796 |
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... twenty miles ; and by the annual inundations of the rivers which flow through them , there is frequently an accumulation of rich , fat foil , left upon their furface when the waters retire . There are four principal ranges of mountains ...
... twenty miles ; and by the annual inundations of the rivers which flow through them , there is frequently an accumulation of rich , fat foil , left upon their furface when the waters retire . There are four principal ranges of mountains ...
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... twenty miles from the waters that empty into the river St. Lawrence . At the Forks is a remarkable high mountain . From the Forks down to Indian Old Town , fituated on an island in this river , is about fixty miles , forty of which the ...
... twenty miles from the waters that empty into the river St. Lawrence . At the Forks is a remarkable high mountain . From the Forks down to Indian Old Town , fituated on an island in this river , is about fixty miles , forty of which the ...
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... twenty miles from the fea , and one hundred and forty - fix from the fource . Formerly , from this bay to the fea , the confluent ftream was called Saggadahock . SACO . This river is one of the largest rivers in the district of New ...
... twenty miles from the fea , and one hundred and forty - fix from the fource . Formerly , from this bay to the fea , the confluent ftream was called Saggadahock . SACO . This river is one of the largest rivers in the district of New ...
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... twenty - two fouls ; its prefent number of inhabitants amounts at least to one million three hun- dred thousand . The great body of these are landholders and cultivators of the foil , and as they poffefs , in fee fimple , the farms ...
... twenty - two fouls ; its prefent number of inhabitants amounts at least to one million three hun- dred thousand . The great body of these are landholders and cultivators of the foil , and as they poffefs , in fee fimple , the farms ...
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... twenty four . This was a variation from the charter , which gave no power to admit reprefentatives . These , with the governor , deputy governor and affiftants , formed the legiflature of the colony , met and voted together in one apart ...
... twenty four . This was a variation from the charter , which gave no power to admit reprefentatives . These , with the governor , deputy governor and affiftants , formed the legiflature of the colony , met and voted together in one apart ...
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Página 177 - In the government of this commonwealth, the legislative department shall never exercise the executive and judicial powers, or either of them : the executive shall never exercise the legislative and judicial powers, or either of them: the judicial shall never exercise the legislative and executive powers, or either of them : to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.
Página 171 - It is the duty of the people, therefore, in framing a constitution of government, to provide for an equitable mode of making laws, as well as for an impartial interpretation and a faithful execution of them; that every man may, at all times, find his security in them.
Página 176 - It is essential to the preservation of the rights of every individual, his life, liberty, property and character, that there be an impartial interpretation of the laws and administration of justice. It is the right of every citizen to be tried by judges as free, impartial and independent, as the lot of humanity will admit.
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Página 459 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions, are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter' shall be formed in the said territory...
Página 461 - The western state in the said territory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio and Wabash rivers ; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and post Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, and by the said territorial line to the lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Página 174 - And no subject shall be arrested, imprisoned, despoiled, or deprived of his property, immunities, or privileges, put out of the protection of the law, exiled, or deprived of his life, liberty, or estate, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land.
Página 54 - River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Página 461 - Provided, however, and it is further understood and declared, 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.
Página 189 - Court by a dependence on them for his support, that he should in all cases act with freedom for the benefit of the public, that he should not have his attention necessarily diverted from that object to his private concerns, and that he should maintain the dignity of the Commonwealth in the character of its chief...