The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations, Volumen3Little, Brown, 1851 |
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... committee be empowered to contract for the importation of forty brass field pieces , six pounders , for ten thousand stand of arms , and twenty thousand good plain double - bridled musket locks . " That the said committee be empowered ...
... committee be empowered to contract for the importation of forty brass field pieces , six pounders , for ten thousand stand of arms , and twenty thousand good plain double - bridled musket locks . " That the said committee be empowered ...
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... committee appointed with some discretionary powers , under which they undertook to appoint the members to Congress . Mr. Deane being one , was obliged to vote for himself to obtain a majority of the committee . On the third of November ...
... committee appointed with some discretionary powers , under which they undertook to appoint the members to Congress . Mr. Deane being one , was obliged to vote for himself to obtain a majority of the committee . On the third of November ...
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... committee of correspondence , Mr. Jay came to my cham- ber to spend an evening with me . I was alone , and Mr. Jay ... committees , of commerce and correspondence . He said in express terms , " that my character stood very high with the ...
... committee of correspondence , Mr. Jay came to my cham- ber to spend an evening with me . I was alone , and Mr. Jay ... committees , of commerce and correspondence . He said in express terms , " that my character stood very high with the ...
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... committee of Congress be appointed , by the name of a board of war and ordnance , to consist of five members , with a secre- tary , clerk , " & c . , and their extensive powers are stated . On the 13th , Congress having proceeded to the ...
... committee of Congress be appointed , by the name of a board of war and ordnance , to consist of five members , with a secre- tary , clerk , " & c . , and their extensive powers are stated . On the 13th , Congress having proceeded to the ...
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... committee proceed on this business immediately . " The secretary has omitted to insert the names of this com- mittee on the journals , but as my memory has recorded them , they were Mr. Deane , Mr. Langdon , and myself , three members ...
... committee proceed on this business immediately . " The secretary has omitted to insert the names of this com- mittee on the journals , but as my memory has recorded them , they were Mr. Deane , Mr. Langdon , and myself , three members ...
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Página 333 - States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and at all other places in the sea, where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish...
Página 44 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Página 575 - The transaction of business with foreign nations is Executive altogether. It belongs, then, to the head of that department, except as to such portions of it as are specially submitted to the Senate. Exceptions are to be construed strictly.
Página 263 - SIR, — I have received the letter, which your Excellency did me the honor to Write me on the 25th of this month.
Página 46 - WHEREAS his Britannic Majesty, in conjunction with the lords and commons of Great Britain, has by a late act of parliament, excluded the inhabitants of these united colonies from the protection of his crown...
Página 528 - Majesty having been pleased to declare, that he looked upon the independence and uprightness of the judges as essential to the impartial administration of justice...
Página 333 - It is agreed that the people of the United States shall continue to enjoy unmolested the right to take fish of every kind on the Grand Bank and on all the other banks of Newfoundland ; also in the Gulf of St.
Página 264 - I have received the letter which you have done me the honor to address...
Página 57 - He was the Pillar of its support on the Floor of Congress, its ablest advocate and Defender against the multifarious assaults it encountered ; for many excellent persons opposed it on doubts whether we were provided sufficiently with the means of supporting it, whether the minds of our constituents were yet prepared to receive it, &c. who, after it was decided, united zealously in the measures it called for.
Página 46 - Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs hath been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, "best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents, in particular, and America in general."—Journals of Congress.