Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Volumen8Illinois State Historical Society., 1916 |
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... Vermilion County . All these also made interesting speeches , which I have also pre- served . Judge Gookins also delivered on the same occasion a very meritorious poem , as did Mrs. Kingsbury , widow of a very early pastor at Danville ...
... Vermilion County . All these also made interesting speeches , which I have also pre- served . Judge Gookins also delivered on the same occasion a very meritorious poem , as did Mrs. Kingsbury , widow of a very early pastor at Danville ...
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... Vermilion County - either the late and large one , or the smaller and first one , which was made years ago , from government survey by Mr. John Wilson , who is present on my right , you will observe a triangular or wedge - shaped tract ...
... Vermilion County - either the late and large one , or the smaller and first one , which was made years ago , from government survey by Mr. John Wilson , who is present on my right , you will observe a triangular or wedge - shaped tract ...
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... Vermilion counties , respectively , and the two Beckwith brothers , George and Dan , were also residents of the same neighborhood . The North Arm is the place from which the settlement of Vermilion county began ; and the locality from ...
... Vermilion counties , respectively , and the two Beckwith brothers , George and Dan , were also residents of the same neighborhood . The North Arm is the place from which the settlement of Vermilion county began ; and the locality from ...
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... county , the first settlement was four miles west of Danville at the salt works , on the south or Salt Fork of the Vermilion , as this stream , above the mouth of the North Fork has been variously designated . A dispute arose among the ...
... county , the first settlement was four miles west of Danville at the salt works , on the south or Salt Fork of the Vermilion , as this stream , above the mouth of the North Fork has been variously designated . A dispute arose among the ...
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... Vermilion rivers in a pirogue . A cabin was quickly built , into which Treat ... Vermilion river ! In 1820 James D. Butler took a claim near Catlin . His ... County , Ohio , and brought out his family in wagons . Marcus Snow , then a ...
... Vermilion rivers in a pirogue . A cabin was quickly built , into which Treat ... Vermilion river ! In 1820 James D. Butler took a claim near Catlin . His ... County , Ohio , and brought out his family in wagons . Marcus Snow , then a ...
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Página 270 - ... the boundaries of these three States shall be subject so far to be altered that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two States in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan.
Página 530 - That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.
Página 268 - States, and be settled and formed into distinct Republican States, which shall become members of the federal union, and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the other States...
Página 529 - ... that no man be deprived of his liberty except by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers. 9. That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Página 8 - Congress, according to the census of 1860, for the "endowment, support and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, ... in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions of life.
Página 529 - That, in all capital or criminal prosecutions, a man hath a right to demand the cause and nature of his accusation, to be confronted with the accusers and witnesses, to call for evidence in his favor, and to a speedy trial by an impartial jury of his vicinage, without whose unanimous consent he cannot be found guilty ; nor can he be compelled to give evidence against himself; that no man be deprived of his liberty except by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers.
Página 528 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot by any compact deprive or divest their posterity ; namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, •with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety.
Página 268 - ... that the necessary and reasonable expenses which any particular State shall have incurred since the commencement of the present war, in subduing any British posts or in maintaining forts or garrisons within and for the defence, or in acquiring any part of the territory that may be ceded or relinquished to the United States, shall be reimbursed...
Página 261 - Every one likes a compliment. Thank you for yours on my notification speech and on the recent inaugural address. I expect the latter to wear as well as, — perhaps better than, — anything I have produced; but I believe it is not immediately popular. Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.
Página 529 - That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people, in assembly, ought to be free ; and that all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right of suffrage, and cannot be taxed or deprived of their property for public uses, without their own consent, or that of their representatives so elected, nor bound by any law to which they have not, in like manner, assented, for the public good.