Reports from the Court of Claims Submitted to the House of Representatives, Band 1C. Wendell, printer, 1862 |
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... Indians were coming to take this place ; that Captain Elliott then took Colonel Anderson prisoner , and conveyed him to some secret place of safety , fearing , he said , that the Indians , when they arrived , would massacre him ; that ...
... Indians were coming to take this place ; that Captain Elliott then took Colonel Anderson prisoner , and conveyed him to some secret place of safety , fearing , he said , that the Indians , when they arrived , would massacre him ; that ...
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... Indians took the most valuable part of the things , leaving the remainder in the possession of the other Indians , together with the house and premises , and some cattle , and the barn well filled with grain and fodder . Deponent states ...
... Indians took the most valuable part of the things , leaving the remainder in the possession of the other Indians , together with the house and premises , and some cattle , and the barn well filled with grain and fodder . Deponent states ...
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... Indians took possession and put a guard in the house ; that from and after that time the Indians occupied the house from time to time , until some time in the month of January , 1813 , when the American troops advanced to the River ...
... Indians took possession and put a guard in the house ; that from and after that time the Indians occupied the house from time to time , until some time in the month of January , 1813 , when the American troops advanced to the River ...
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... Indians retook possession of said house and continued to encamp in it until some time in the summer , when they set fire and burned it , saying they did not wish to leave it for the Americans to quarter in again . his FRANCIS POULIN ...
... Indians retook possession of said house and continued to encamp in it until some time in the summer , when they set fire and burned it , saying they did not wish to leave it for the Americans to quarter in again . his FRANCIS POULIN ...
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... Indians after Hull's surrender , on or about the 20th of August , 1812. After plundering they occupied the houses , and recollects of hearing them say at that time that when they were done with it they would burn it . Deponent states ...
... Indians after Hull's surrender , on or about the 20th of August , 1812. After plundering they occupied the houses , and recollects of hearing them say at that time that when they were done with it they would burn it . Deponent states ...
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agent allowed amount Anderson Answer appears assistant August authorized bills buildings Captain cause cent certificate charge claimant Clark Clerk Colonel Commissioner Congress contract contractor copy Court of Claims cross-interrogatory cubic delivered deposit direct dollars embankment employed estimate evidence fact February furnished further given half hand hundred Indians interest interrogatory James January John Johnson July June land letter loss March materials matter measurement Memphis Michigan Mitchell month mules Mullican navy yard object occupation opinion paid parties payment persons petition petitioner plaintiffs present proposals provisions purchase quarry quartermaster Question reason receipt received Record referred residence respectfully Reynolds river San Francisco Secretary September solicitor stone sworn taken testimony thousand Treasury true United Washington whole witness yard
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Seite 46 - The Mexicans who. in the territories aforesaid, shall not preserve the character of citizens of the Mexican Republic, conformably with what is stipulated in the preceding article, shall be incorporated into the Union of the United States, and be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States...
Seite 52 - An Act to regulate Trade and Intercourse with the Indian Tribes, and to preserve Peace on the Frontiers...
Seite 11 - Dollars, together with interest thereon at the rate of five per cent, per annum, payable semiannually on the first days of January and July of each year upon the presentation and surrender of the annexed interest coupons as they severally become due.
Seite 84 - If any officer charged with the disbursement of the public moneys accepts, receives, or transmits to the Treasury Department to be allowed in his favor any receipt or voucher from a creditor of the United States...
Seite 6 - And you are to observe and follow such orders and directions from time to time as you shall receive from this or a future Congress...
Seite 6 - Colonies raised for the defence of American liberty, and for repelling every hostile invasion thereof. You are therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the duty of captain by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto belonging.
Seite 43 - Agent in six months to be forwarded to the War Department, shall be entitled to a quarter section of Land, to be located under the direction of the President, and with his consent the same may be sold and the proceeds applied to some beneficial purpose for the benefit of said orphans.
Seite 29 - America aforesaid, extending north and eastward as far as the north end of Coratuck river or inlet, upon a straight westerly line to Wyanoke creek, which lies within or about the degrees of thirtysix and thirty minutes northern latitude, and so west in a direct line as far as the South seas...
Seite 117 - ... that time was not of the essence of the contract, and that the defendant was not damaged by the delay.
Seite 29 - Virginia seas, and within six and thirty degrees of the northern latitude, and to the west as far as the south seas, and so southerly as far as the river St. Matthias, which bordereth upon the coast of Florida, and within one and thirty degrees of northern latitude, and so west in a direct line as far as the south seas aforesaid.