An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Volume 2Tiebout and O'Brien, 1796 - America |
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... granted them a patent , with as ample privileges as they could ; but , notwithstanding the great in- tereft made by gentlemen of the first character , and by the chief fecretary of ftate , the KING and BISHOPS refused to allow the ...
... granted them a patent , with as ample privileges as they could ; but , notwithstanding the great in- tereft made by gentlemen of the first character , and by the chief fecretary of ftate , the KING and BISHOPS refused to allow the ...
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... granted all that part of America which lies between the 40th and 48th degrees of north latitude . This patent is the great civil bafis of all the grants and patents by which New - England was after- wards divided . This council retained ...
... granted all that part of America which lies between the 40th and 48th degrees of north latitude . This patent is the great civil bafis of all the grants and patents by which New - England was after- wards divided . This council retained ...
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... granted to Sir William Alexander a patent of all the tract of country bounded by a line drawn from Cape Sables to the Bay of St. Mary ; thence to the river St. Croix : thence north to Canada river ; down the river Gachepe ; thence fouth ...
... granted to Sir William Alexander a patent of all the tract of country bounded by a line drawn from Cape Sables to the Bay of St. Mary ; thence to the river St. Croix : thence north to Canada river ; down the river Gachepe ; thence fouth ...
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... granted , making them a body politic , by the name of " The Governor and Com- pany of the Maffachusetts - Bay in New - England , " with as full powers as any other corporation in the realm of England . The grant and fale of the Plymouth ...
... granted , making them a body politic , by the name of " The Governor and Com- pany of the Maffachusetts - Bay in New - England , " with as full powers as any other corporation in the realm of England . The grant and fale of the Plymouth ...
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... granted toleration to all Chriftians , ex- cept papifts . " The affertions apply only to the charter granted by King William and Queen Mary . 66 The company , in the exercise of their chartered powers , deter- mined , on the 30th of ...
... granted toleration to all Chriftians , ex- cept papifts . " The affertions apply only to the charter granted by King William and Queen Mary . 66 The company , in the exercise of their chartered powers , deter- mined , on the 30th of ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 425 - All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...