The History of Boone County, Iowa: Containing ... Biographical Sketches ... War Records of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Boone County ... Etc. ... |
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... hundred years earlier ( 1538-41 ) tht Spanish explorer , De Soto , had landed on the coast of Florida , penetrated the everglades and unbroken forests of the south , finally reaching the banks of the Great River , probably near where ...
... hundred years earlier ( 1538-41 ) tht Spanish explorer , De Soto , had landed on the coast of Florida , penetrated the everglades and unbroken forests of the south , finally reaching the banks of the Great River , probably near where ...
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... hundred Indians . vitations were extended to the strangers to renew their visit , after which the explorers embarked in their boats and floated on down the stream , passing the sites of future great cities of the valley , and passing ...
... hundred Indians . vitations were extended to the strangers to renew their visit , after which the explorers embarked in their boats and floated on down the stream , passing the sites of future great cities of the valley , and passing ...
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... hundred inhabitants . By the early explorers it was called by the several names of " Kaskaskia , " " La Vantum , " and " Great Illinois Town . " Here , in 1675 , Father Marquette had attempted to christian- ize the Indians by ...
... hundred inhabitants . By the early explorers it was called by the several names of " Kaskaskia , " " La Vantum , " and " Great Illinois Town . " Here , in 1675 , Father Marquette had attempted to christian- ize the Indians by ...
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... hundred whites , three hun- dred blacks , and sixty red slaves or savages . He says there were whites , negroes and Indians , to say nothing of half - breeds . They then raised wheat , cattle , swine and horses , and sent pork , grain ...
... hundred whites , three hun- dred blacks , and sixty red slaves or savages . He says there were whites , negroes and Indians , to say nothing of half - breeds . They then raised wheat , cattle , swine and horses , and sent pork , grain ...
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... hundred white inhabitants , and eighty negroes . There were a few families at Prairie du Rocher , on the Mississippi river , opposite St. Louis . At Detroit , there were in 1766 , about one hundred houses . This place was founded by ...
... hundred white inhabitants , and eighty negroes . There were a few families at Prairie du Rocher , on the Mississippi river , opposite St. Louis . At Detroit , there were in 1766 , about one hundred houses . This place was founded by ...
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Page 210 - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the United States ; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Page 182 - Signed sealed published and declared by the said Robert Flint 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 thereto.
Page 22 - It is hereby ordained and declared by the authority aforesaid that the following articles shall be considered as articles of compact, between the original states and the people and states in the said territory, and forever remain unalterable, unless by common consent...
Page 199 - ... no such law shall take effect until, at a general election, it shall have been submitted to the people and have received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it at such election...
Page 23 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government...
Page 213 - United States shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. ARTICLE III SECTION 1. The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the Supreme and inferior courts, shall hold their offices during good...
Page 189 - The General Assembly shall not grant to any citizen, or class of citizens, privileges or immunities, which, upon the same terms, shall not equally belong to all citizens.
Page 23 - The legislatures of those districts, or new states, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the Unite'd States in Congress assem-bled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers. No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Page 196 - When any office shall, from any cause become vacant, and no mode is provided by the Constitution and laws for filling such vacancy, the Governor shall have power to fill such vacancy by granting a commission which shall expire at the end of the next session of the Legislature, or at the next election by the people.
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