Secret Journals of the Acts and Proceedings of Congress, from the First Meeting Thereof to the Dissolution of the Confederation: Domestick affairs. History of the ConfederationThomas B. Wait, 1821 - 464 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 174
... agreed on by the commissioners at Amboy in March last . That the exchange of officers next in rank to such as cannot be exchanged on the principle of equality be considered and made on the principles of compo- sition . That all ...
... agreed on by the commissioners at Amboy in March last . That the exchange of officers next in rank to such as cannot be exchanged on the principle of equality be considered and made on the principles of compo- sition . That all ...
الصفحة 181
... agreed to . And on the question- Ordered , That so much of the letter from Mr. Adams as relates to the probable operations of the enemy against the southern states be transmitted to the com- mander in chief ; and that he be desired to ...
... agreed to . And on the question- Ordered , That so much of the letter from Mr. Adams as relates to the probable operations of the enemy against the southern states be transmitted to the com- mander in chief ; and that he be desired to ...
الصفحة 195
... agreed to emit bills of credit to the amount of two millions ; and on the 25th of July following increased the sum to three millions of dollars ; -for the redemp- tion of which they pledged the confederated colonies ; and directed each ...
... agreed to emit bills of credit to the amount of two millions ; and on the 25th of July following increased the sum to three millions of dollars ; -for the redemp- tion of which they pledged the confederated colonies ; and directed each ...
الصفحة 198
... agreed to pay the interest by bills of exchange drawn on our commissioners in France . Unfortunately the tax failed , and the sums obtained from loans were greatly inadequate to the expendi- ture : consequently more money was emitted ...
... agreed to pay the interest by bills of exchange drawn on our commissioners in France . Unfortunately the tax failed , and the sums obtained from loans were greatly inadequate to the expendi- ture : consequently more money was emitted ...
الصفحة 210
... agreed to . Ordered , That copies thereof be sent to the seve- ral states . APRIL 19 , 1781 . The report of a committee , consisting of Mr. S. Adams , Mr. Duane , and Mr. Wolcott , to whom was referred a letter of March 10th , in the ...
... agreed to . Ordered , That copies thereof be sent to the seve- ral states . APRIL 19 , 1781 . The report of a committee , consisting of Mr. S. Adams , Mr. Duane , and Mr. Wolcott , to whom was referred a letter of March 10th , in the ...
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Adams aforesaid amendment America army articles of confederation authority behalf bills board of treasury colonel commander in chief confederation and perpetual Congress assembled Congress resumed Connecticut continental council count D'Estaing court defence Delaware delegates directed DIVIDED dollars Duane East Florida Ellery emitted empowered enemy esquire executive expense F. L. Lee forces Georgia Gerry governour gress Hampshire hereby honourable hundred Indians inhabitants Jersey land Laurens legislature letters of marque Lovell March Marchant Maryland Massachusetts Bay minister motion nays being required necessary noes North officers Penn Pennsylvania perpetual union persons pounds sterling President publick question to agree quota R. H. Lee raised ratify receive referred a letter requisitions Resolved respective resumed the consideration Rhode Island Secretary secretary at war South Carolina superintendent of finance supplies thereof thousand tion treaty troops United Colonies United States assembled Virginia Whereupon Witherspoon yeas and nays York
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الصفحة 397 - States, and to appropriate and apply the same for defraying the public expenses ; to borrow money or emit bills on the credit of the United States — transmitting every half year to the respective States an account of the sums of money so borrowed or emitted ; to build and equip a navy; to agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each State for its quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such State...
الصفحة 357 - All controversies concerning the private right of soil claimed under different grants of two or more states, whose jurisdictions, as they may respect such lands, and the states which passed such grants are adjusted, the said grants or either of them being at the same time claimed to have originated antecedent to such settlement of jurisdiction, shall, on the petition of either party to the Congress of the 'United States...
الصفحة 354 - United States in Congress assembled can be consulted ; nor shall any State grant commissions to any ships or vessels of war, nor letters of marque or reprisal, except it be after a declaration of war by the United States in Congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state, and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the United States...
الصفحة 359 - ... men, or should raise a smaller number than its quota, and that any other state should raise a greater number of men than the quota thereof, such extra number shall be raised, officered...
الصفحة 458 - States — regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the States, provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated — establishing and regulating post-offices from one State to another, throughout all the United States, and exacting such postage on the papers passing thro...
الصفحة 455 - ... the united states in congress assembled, shall from time to time direct and appoint. The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several states within the time agreed upon by the united states in congress assembled.
الصفحة 388 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defense, 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 pretense whatever.
الصفحة 399 - The committee of the States, or any nine of them, shall be authorized to execute, in the recess of Congress, such of the powers of Congress as the United States, in Congress assembled, by the consent of nine States, shall, from time to time, think expedient to vest them with; provided that no power be delegated to the said committee, for the exercise of which, by the Articles of Confederation, the voice of nine States, in the Congress of the United States assembled, is requisite.
الصفحة 450 - II. Each State retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled.
الصفحة 362 - 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.