A Historical Collection from Official Records, Files, &c., of the Part Sustained by Connecticut, During the War of the Revolution: With an Appendix, Containing Important Letters, Depositions, &c., Written During the WarE. Gleason, 1842 - 643 páginas |
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... troops with stores and provisions , £ 56,951 8 2 ; for equipping said troops with arms , accoutrements , and ammunition , £ 1,213 4 8 ; for supplying the battalion of riflemen on their march , £ 297 9 0 ; fitting out two armed vessels ...
... troops with stores and provisions , £ 56,951 8 2 ; for equipping said troops with arms , accoutrements , and ammunition , £ 1,213 4 8 ; for supplying the battalion of riflemen on their march , £ 297 9 0 ; fitting out two armed vessels ...
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... troops , and Canadians taken at St. John's in exchange for those rebels who fell into the hands of savages , at the Cedars , and Quinchin purchased from them at a great price , and restored to their country , on those express conditions ...
... troops , and Canadians taken at St. John's in exchange for those rebels who fell into the hands of savages , at the Cedars , and Quinchin purchased from them at a great price , and restored to their country , on those express conditions ...
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... troops , under Generals Clinton and Piercy , who took possession of Newport , with little or no resistance . The few American troops on the Island retreated to Bristol , though they left some pieces of artillery . The British troops ...
... troops , under Generals Clinton and Piercy , who took possession of Newport , with little or no resistance . The few American troops on the Island retreated to Bristol , though they left some pieces of artillery . The British troops ...
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... troops landed at Campo and marched to Danbury , the militia of Norwalk , Stamford , & c . , were stationed the first night at Saugatuck , near where the enemy landed for the purpose of watching the movements of the enemy during the ...
... troops landed at Campo and marched to Danbury , the militia of Norwalk , Stamford , & c . , were stationed the first night at Saugatuck , near where the enemy landed for the purpose of watching the movements of the enemy during the ...
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... troops so much , that they did not reach Bethel - a village two miles from Danbury - till 11 o'clock at night , much fatigued , and their arms rendered useless by being wet . It was thought pru- dent to refresh the men , and wait the ...
... troops so much , that they did not reach Bethel - a village two miles from Danbury - till 11 o'clock at night , much fatigued , and their arms rendered useless by being wet . It was thought pru- dent to refresh the men , and wait the ...
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Página 101 - If any person guilty of, or charged with treason, felony, or other high misdemeanor in any State, shall flee from justice, and be found in any of the United States, he shall upon demand of the Governor or Executive power, of the State from which he fled, be delivered up and removed to the State having jurisdiction of his offence.
Página 98 - He has endeavoured to prevent the Population of these States for that Purpose obstructing the Laws for naturalization of Foreigners refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither and raising the Conditions of new appropriations of Lands...
Página 102 - Congress by less than two nor by more than seven members ; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Página 104 - ... beginning, until the number shall be reduced to thirteen ; and from that number not less than seven, nor more than nine names as congress shall direct, shall in the presence of congress be drawn out by lot, and the persons whose names shall be so drawn or any five of them, shall be commissioners or judges, to hear and finally determine the controversy, so always as a major part of the judges who shall hear the cause shall agree in the determination...
Página 105 - The United States in Congress assembled shall also have the sole and exclusive right and power of regulating the alloy and value of coin struck by their own authority, or by that of the respective states...
Página 103 - States in congress assembled shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in the cases mentioned in the sixth article, of sending and receiving ambassadors, entering into treaties and alliances, provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective states shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation...
Página 101 - The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this Union, the free inhabitants of each of these States, (paupers, vagabonds, and fugitives from justice excepted,) shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States...
Página 101 - For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct...
Página 107 - And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Página 101 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon, them or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.