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... miles through an uninhabited wilderness ; and yet a very large part of our army is furnished and subsisted by this means . TRANSPORTATION ACROSS THE PLAINS . If the present contractors , who have so long and so faithfully performed ...
... miles through an uninhabited wilderness ; and yet a very large part of our army is furnished and subsisted by this means . TRANSPORTATION ACROSS THE PLAINS . If the present contractors , who have so long and so faithfully performed ...
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... miles east of Fort Union , and had barbarously murdered Mr. Burnham , the American under whom the settlement was made . A delegation , also , from the puebla of St. Juan waited on me a few days since to complain of the murder of one of ...
... miles east of Fort Union , and had barbarously murdered Mr. Burnham , the American under whom the settlement was made . A delegation , also , from the puebla of St. Juan waited on me a few days since to complain of the murder of one of ...
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... Miles , and the Indian agent , Yost . It is certain that no great advantage as yet has been obtained over the Indians . Their knowledge of the country enables them to keep out of the way of our troops , who at times capture and destroy ...
... Miles , and the Indian agent , Yost . It is certain that no great advantage as yet has been obtained over the Indians . Their knowledge of the country enables them to keep out of the way of our troops , who at times capture and destroy ...
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... Miles , who was in command of the army , there were a thousand men in the field , quite as many as he considered necessary , or as could well be supplied with provisions at so inclement a season . Having , therefore , no official ...
... Miles , who was in command of the army , there were a thousand men in the field , quite as many as he considered necessary , or as could well be supplied with provisions at so inclement a season . Having , therefore , no official ...
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... MILES . M. L. BONHAM . W. W. BOYCE . LAWRENCE M. KEITT . President of the United States . And here I must , in justice to myself , remark that at the time the paper was presented to me I objected to the word " provided , " as it might ...
... MILES . M. L. BONHAM . W. W. BOYCE . LAWRENCE M. KEITT . President of the United States . And here I must , in justice to myself , remark that at the time the paper was presented to me I objected to the word " provided , " as it might ...
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Página 7 - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." We, the People of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained. That the Ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the twentythird day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Página 9 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Página 6 - Dollars, lawful money of the United States, to be paid to the said his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns; for which payment well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and severally firmly by these presents.
Página 5 - ... of them will be regarded as an act of hostility, and you may then put your command into either of them which you may deem most proper to increase its power of resistance. You are also authorized to take similar defensive steps whenever you have tangible evidence of a design to proceed to a hostile act.
Página 10 - ... that neither the constituted authorities nor any body of the people of the State of South Carolina will either attack or molest the United States forts in the harbor, of Charleston previously to the action of the convention, and we hope and believe not until an offer has been made through an accredited representative to negotiate for an amicable arrangement of all matters between the State and the federal government, provided that no re-enforcements shall be sent into those forts, and their relative...
Página xviii - Assigns, for the which payment well and truly to be made and done, we bind ourselves, our Heirs, Executors and Administrators jointly and severally, firmly by these presents, sealed with our seals, and dated this 23d day of May AD l8l2.
Página 11 - You are carefully to avoid every act which would needlessly tend to provoke aggression, and for that reason you are not, without necessity, to take up any position which could be construed into the assumption of a hostile attitude...
Página 10 - In compliance with our statement to you yesterday, we now express to you our strong convictions that neither the constituted authorities, nor any body of the people of the State of South Carolina, will either attack or molest the United States forts in the...
Página 3 - It is under all these circumstances that I am urged immediately to withdraw the troops from the harbor of Charleston, and am informed that, without this, negotiation is impossible. This I cannot do ; this I will not do. Such an idea was never thought of by me in any possible contingency.
Página 8 - South Carolina ; and also for an apportionment of the public debt, and for a division of all other property held by the government of the United States, as agent of the confederated States of which South Carolina was recently a member...