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... of New England , and of the State of New York , by the late Dr. Dwight ; -the Essay on General Grammar of the Rev. Dr. J. P. Wilson of Philadelphia , & c . AMERICAN REGISTER . CONSPIRACY OF ARNOLD , AND SIR HENRY xxxvi AMERICAN REGISTER .
... of New England , and of the State of New York , by the late Dr. Dwight ; -the Essay on General Grammar of the Rev. Dr. J. P. Wilson of Philadelphia , & c . AMERICAN REGISTER . CONSPIRACY OF ARNOLD , AND SIR HENRY xxxvi AMERICAN REGISTER .
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... York , a man whom he thought he could trust without risk . This was , Charles Beverly Robinson , an American by birth . He held the post of colonel in the British army ; but his landed property , and all his fortune lay within the ...
... York , a man whom he thought he could trust without risk . This was , Charles Beverly Robinson , an American by birth . He held the post of colonel in the British army ; but his landed property , and all his fortune lay within the ...
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... York , and divides the territory lying to the east of Pennsylvania into two parts unequal in surface , but mutually dependent in time of war . Several cities have been built on its banks . Saratoga , consecrated by the defeat of ...
... York , and divides the territory lying to the east of Pennsylvania into two parts unequal in surface , but mutually dependent in time of war . Several cities have been built on its banks . Saratoga , consecrated by the defeat of ...
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... York , and he could not accomplish it , without first excluding them from the Hudson . Engineers of great skill had been sent to him by the French government . He commissioned them to survey the banks of the river , upon a line of ...
... York , and he could not accomplish it , without first excluding them from the Hudson . Engineers of great skill had been sent to him by the French government . He commissioned them to survey the banks of the river , upon a line of ...
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... York . Arnold aimed at the chief command of this important post . He was not unconscious that a general who sells himself to the enemy , forfeits , in that instant , whatever glory , esteem , or fame he may have earned ; that his ...
... York . Arnold aimed at the chief command of this important post . He was not unconscious that a general who sells himself to the enemy , forfeits , in that instant , whatever glory , esteem , or fame he may have earned ; that his ...
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Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.