A Course of Lectures on the Constitutional Jurisprudence of the United States: Delivered Annually in Columbia College, New York |
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... delegates chosen tri- ennially , by the provincial assemblies . This celebrated plan of union was draw up by Doctor Franklin , who attended as a delegate from Pennsylvania , and is to be found in the more recent editions of his works ...
... delegates chosen tri- ennially , by the provincial assemblies . This celebrated plan of union was draw up by Doctor Franklin , who attended as a delegate from Pennsylvania , and is to be found in the more recent editions of his works ...
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... delegates to this Congress some others of the greatest distinction in our colonial history . In the course of their proceedings , these en- lightened men asserted and promulgated those prin- ciples , the reception of which , in the ...
... delegates to this Congress some others of the greatest distinction in our colonial history . In the course of their proceedings , these en- lightened men asserted and promulgated those prin- ciples , the reception of which , in the ...
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... delegates from most of the provinces as- sembled at New - York . Without delay or hesitation , they published a declaration of the rights and griev- ances of the colonists , in which they asserted their title to the enjoyment of all the ...
... delegates from most of the provinces as- sembled at New - York . Without delay or hesitation , they published a declaration of the rights and griev- ances of the colonists , in which they asserted their title to the enjoyment of all the ...
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... delegates from twelve provinces , clothed with ample discretionary powers , met at Philadel- phia ; and soon after it assembled , the accession of Georgia completed the confederation of the Thirteen Colonies of North America . These ...
... delegates from twelve provinces , clothed with ample discretionary powers , met at Philadel- phia ; and soon after it assembled , the accession of Georgia completed the confederation of the Thirteen Colonies of North America . These ...
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... " as one of them has justly remarked , " run through all the powers delegated to the Union , yet it pervaded and governed those on which the efficacy • of the rest depended . " Except as to CONSTITUTIONAL JURISPRUDENCE . 31.
... " as one of them has justly remarked , " run through all the powers delegated to the Union , yet it pervaded and governed those on which the efficacy • of the rest depended . " Except as to CONSTITUTIONAL JURISPRUDENCE . 31.
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