The American Register, Or, Summary Review of History, Politics, and LiteratureRobert Walsh Thomas Dobson and Son, 1817 |
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... officer of the American army , ( General Hamilton , ) who had means of obtaining accurate information . This account is alto- gether a most eloquent and interesting performance . As an his- torical document , it well deserves to be ...
... officer of the American army , ( General Hamilton , ) who had means of obtaining accurate information . This account is alto- gether a most eloquent and interesting performance . As an his- torical document , it well deserves to be ...
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... in all likelihood , shared largely at the same time , in the contempt and antipathy which were but too com- VOL . II . C monly entertained or affected by the British officers for the INTRODUCTION . xvii HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES- PAGE.
... in all likelihood , shared largely at the same time , in the contempt and antipathy which were but too com- VOL . II . C monly entertained or affected by the British officers for the INTRODUCTION . xvii HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES- PAGE.
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Robert Walsh. monly entertained or affected by the British officers for the Americans in general . The national pride of André made it perhaps , incomprehensible to him , that three American husband- men could be superior to all ...
Robert Walsh. monly entertained or affected by the British officers for the Americans in general . The national pride of André made it perhaps , incomprehensible to him , that three American husband- men could be superior to all ...
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... officers whose courage and fidelity have been proved in the field , and rewarded by the gratitude of the nation . This army is divided and stationed in garrison along the Atlantic coast from Maine to St. Mary's , and on the west from ...
... officers whose courage and fidelity have been proved in the field , and rewarded by the gratitude of the nation . This army is divided and stationed in garrison along the Atlantic coast from Maine to St. Mary's , and on the west from ...
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... officers , who , unlike , in this respect , the great plurality of congress , have no other means of livelihood ; and who , moreover , are devoted throughout the year to their official functions . The guardians of the public purse were ...
... officers , who , unlike , in this respect , the great plurality of congress , have no other means of livelihood ; and who , moreover , are devoted throughout the year to their official functions . The guardians of the public purse were ...
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Seite iv - An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time* therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Seite 359 - Congress provided that ... a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a state in which a decision of the suit could be had...
Seite 349 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity...
Seite 58 - Buoyed above the terror of death, by the consciousness of a life devoted to honorable pursuits, and stained with no action that can give me remorse, I trust that the request I make to your Excellency at this serious period, and which is to soften my last moments, will not be rejected. Sympathy towards a soldier will surely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings of a man of honor.
Seite 349 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty, or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity ; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under, any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Seite 339 - States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state.
Seite 56 - The Board having maturely considered these facts, DO ALSO REPORT to His Excellency General Washington, that Major Andre, Adjutant General to the British Army, ought to be considered as a Spy from the enemy ; and that, agreeable to the law and usage of nations, it is their opinion he ought to suffer death.
Seite 326 - That no person arrested or confined in jail, shall be treated with unnecessary rigor, or be put to answer any criminal charge, but by presentment, indictment or impeachment.
Seite 313 - Cush. 451, it was held, in an action against a town to recover damages for an injury sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of a defective...
Seite 337 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.