Reminiscences of James A. Hamilton: Or, Men and Events, at Home and Abroad, During Three Quarters of a CenturyC. Scribner & Company, 1869 - 647 páginas |
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... cents the acre , but they were not settled very rapidly . After the death of Hamilton , it was found , as I have already ** It is said that the State of New York sold about seven millions of acres at eight cents an acre . said , that ...
... cents the acre , but they were not settled very rapidly . After the death of Hamilton , it was found , as I have already ** It is said that the State of New York sold about seven millions of acres at eight cents an acre . said , that ...
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... cents . These at a certain period I should have sold had I not been unwilling to give occasion to cavil . " * * This stock was sold by Mr. Wolcot to pay Hamilton's small debts when he left Phila- delphia . The following letter , dated ...
... cents . These at a certain period I should have sold had I not been unwilling to give occasion to cavil . " * * This stock was sold by Mr. Wolcot to pay Hamilton's small debts when he left Phila- delphia . The following letter , dated ...
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... cent . of the entire debt of the United States in gold derived from impost duties to the payment or purchase of the public debt . GENERAL ALEXANDER HAMILTON TO WILLIAM HETH . " NEW YORK , December 18th , 1798 . " DEAR SIR : Your letter ...
... cent . of the entire debt of the United States in gold derived from impost duties to the payment or purchase of the public debt . GENERAL ALEXANDER HAMILTON TO WILLIAM HETH . " NEW YORK , December 18th , 1798 . " DEAR SIR : Your letter ...
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... cent . per annum . When this statement was presented Louis Philippe , then Duke of Orleans , and in possession of his vast estates , paid the sum of 32,000 francs , about $ 6,400 , but did not pay compound in- terest , and thus the ...
... cent . per annum . When this statement was presented Louis Philippe , then Duke of Orleans , and in possession of his vast estates , paid the sum of 32,000 francs , about $ 6,400 , but did not pay compound in- terest , and thus the ...
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... cent . advance . I purchased lots in Jackson street , built four two - story brick houses , and sold them at a considerable advance . In association with Mr. C. H. Hall , I built a Bull's Head tavern corner of Twenty - fourth street and ...
... cent . advance . I purchased lots in Jackson street , built four two - story brick houses , and sold them at a considerable advance . In association with Mr. C. H. Hall , I built a Bull's Head tavern corner of Twenty - fourth street and ...
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Página 464 - AND WHEREAS it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said articles of confederation and perpetual union.
Página 606 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Página 608 - Whereas neither that point of the highlands lying due north from the source of the river St. Croix, and designated in the former treaty of peace between the two Powers as the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, nor the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River, has yet been ascertained...
Página 464 - ... of the said Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union and all and singular the matters and things therein contained. And we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents that they shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled on all questions which by the said Confederation are submitted to them.
Página 156 - SEC. 15. And be it further enacted, That during the continuance of this act, and whenever required by the Secretary of the Treasury, the said corporation shall give the necessary facilities for transferring the public funds from place to place, within the United States, or the territories thereof, and for distributing the same in payment of the public creditors...
Página 613 - ... leading from the navigable waters emptying into the Atlantic, to the Ohio, to the said state, and through the same, such roads to be laid out under the authority of Congress, with the consent of the several states through which the road shall pass...
Página 606 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Página 111 - I will here express but one sentiment, which is, that DISMEMBERMENT of our EMPIRE will be a clear sacrifice of great positive advantages, without any counterbalancing good; administering no relief to our real disease, which is DEMOCRACY ; the poison of which, by a subdivision, will only be the more concentrated in each part, and consequently the more virulent.
Página 451 - The laws of the United States must be executed. I have no discretionary power on the subject; my duty is emphatically pronounced in the Constitution.
Página 557 - An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: "SEC.