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... Honourable FRANCIS DANA , ELBRIDGE GERRY , NATHANIEL GORHAM , RUFUS KING , and CALEB STRONG , Esquires , greeting . WHEREAS Congress did , on the 21st day of Februa- ry , A. D. 1787 , resolve , " That in the opinion of Con- gress it is ...
... Honourable FRANCIS DANA , ELBRIDGE GERRY , NATHANIEL GORHAM , RUFUS KING , and CALEB STRONG , Esquires , greeting . WHEREAS Congress did , on the 21st day of Februa- ry , A. D. 1787 , resolve , " That in the opinion of Con- gress it is ...
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... honourable William Samuel Johnson , Ro- ger Sherman and Oliver Elsworth , Esquires , be , and they hereby are appointed delegates to attend the said convention , and are requested to proceed to the city of Philadelphia , for that ...
... honourable William Samuel Johnson , Ro- ger Sherman and Oliver Elsworth , Esquires , be , and they hereby are appointed delegates to attend the said convention , and are requested to proceed to the city of Philadelphia , for that ...
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... honourable the senate , delivered by Mr. Williams , was read , and is in the words following , viz . Resolved , If the honourable the assembly concur therein , that three delegates be appointed , on the part of this state , to meet such ...
... honourable the senate , delivered by Mr. Williams , was read , and is in the words following , viz . Resolved , If the honourable the assembly concur therein , that three delegates be appointed , on the part of this state , to meet such ...
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... honourable Robert Yates , Esq . and Alexander Hamilton and John Lansing , jun . Esqrs . be , and they are hereby nominated by this house , dele- gates on the part of this state , to meet such delegates as may be appointed , on the part ...
... honourable Robert Yates , Esq . and Alexander Hamilton and John Lansing , jun . Esqrs . be , and they are hereby nominated by this house , dele- gates on the part of this state , to meet such delegates as may be appointed , on the part ...
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... honourable the senate accordingly attended in the assembly chamber , to compare the lists of persons nominated for delegates , as above mentioned . The list of persons nominated by the honourable the senate , were the honourable Robert ...
... honourable the senate accordingly attended in the assembly chamber , to compare the lists of persons nominated for delegates , as above mentioned . The list of persons nominated by the honourable the senate , were the honourable Robert ...
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Page 489 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful 'buildings.
Page 480 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 366 - States in congress assembled ; and that it is the opinion of this convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each state by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Page 417 - That religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other.
Page 460 - Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
Page 224 - 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.
Page 19 - May next a convention of delegates, who shall have been appointed by the several States, be held at Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.
Page 475 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Page 391 - That the said report with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same be transmitted to the several legislatures in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each state by the people thereof in conformity to the resolves of the convention made and provided in that case.
Page 412 - Virginia, declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution, being derived from the people of the United States, may be resumed by them whenever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression...