Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year ...I. Riley, 1849 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 50
Página
... regard- ed as obscure , dry and uninteresting , is likely to prove , in our present lights , one of the most interesting and instruc- tive . The influences which can be traced , as flowing from these primitive fountains , through the ...
... regard- ed as obscure , dry and uninteresting , is likely to prove , in our present lights , one of the most interesting and instruc- tive . The influences which can be traced , as flowing from these primitive fountains , through the ...
Página 14
... regard to the political condition , immediate or prospective , of the settlers . The ground work of the system was , indeed , utterly repug- nant to the first principles of modern political science ; for all the powers of government ...
... regard to the political condition , immediate or prospective , of the settlers . The ground work of the system was , indeed , utterly repug- nant to the first principles of modern political science ; for all the powers of government ...
Página 59
... regard to the Council of Appointment , they decided , that the right of nomination was vested concur- rently in the Governor , and in each of the members , for the time being.§ The changes made in the composition of the Senate and ...
... regard to the Council of Appointment , they decided , that the right of nomination was vested concur- rently in the Governor , and in each of the members , for the time being.§ The changes made in the composition of the Senate and ...
Página 67
... regard to the Assembly , the members of which are also to be elected in single districts . † The Governor is required annually to communicate to the Legislature , each case of reprieve , commutation or pardon , granted by him , with its ...
... regard to the Assembly , the members of which are also to be elected in single districts . † The Governor is required annually to communicate to the Legislature , each case of reprieve , commutation or pardon , granted by him , with its ...
Página 138
... regards COMMUNITIES , be considered so the greater , as necessarily to contain or imply , every other quality , however estimable , as the less . But it having been intimated that , although there is sufficient , and possi- bly some may ...
... regards COMMUNITIES , be considered so the greater , as necessarily to contain or imply , every other quality , however estimable , as the less . But it having been intimated that , although there is sufficient , and possi- bly some may ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
Action between priv Action between ship afterwards American priv Amsterdam appointed arrived Assembly batteaux bill British ship brought CADWALLADER COLDEN called Campbell Captain Catarocouy Chamber of Commerce charter church COLDEN colony committee commonalty Congress Constitution corn Council court Creek Director Kieft Donck Dutch Eaton Edmund Plowden enemy England English families Fort Erie Fort Nassau Fort Orange French Governor grant guilders High Mightinesses Holland honor hundred Indians inhabitants Irondequoit bay Iroquois Isaac Low John John Cruger Lake Lake Ontario land leagues Legislature letter Long Island Lord maize Manhattan meeting memorial merchants miles Netherland Niagara Nonville North river officers passed persons petition Plowden possession President protest Province savages SECOND SERIES Senecas sent settled Skirmish South Stuyvesant Swedes thing tion town trade village West India Company William Kieft York
Pasajes populares
Página 140 - Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Página 48 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Página 51 - House be changed from that of the 'Provincial Congress of the Colony of New York,' to that of ' The Convention of the Representatives of the State of New York,' " and thus on the 10th day of July, 1776, the State of New York was born.
Página 69 - ... in pursuance of an appropriation by law ; nor unless such payment be made within two years next after the passage of such appropriation act ; and every such law, making a new appropriation or continuing or reviving an appropriation, shall distinctly specify the sum appropriated, and the object to which it is to be applied ; and it shall not be sufficient for such law to refer to any other law to fix such sum.
Página 54 - AND WHEREAS we are required by the benevolent principles of rational liberty, not only to expel civil tyranny, but also to guard against that spiritual oppression and intolerance wherewith the bigotry and ambition of weak and wicked priests and princes have scourged mankind...
Página 135 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...
Página 53 - ... a Council of Revision, composed of the Governor, the Chancellor, and the Judges of the Supreme Court...
Página 54 - That all such parts of the said common law, and all such of the said statutes and acts aforesaid, or parts thereof, as may be construed to establish or maintain any particular denomination of Christians or their ministers...
Página 147 - ... the suggestions of humanity can restrain your hands from shedding human blood in such an impious cause, we must then tell you that we will never submit to be hewers of wood or drawers of water for any ministry or nation in the world.
Página 69 - The corporate body incurring any such debt before or at the time of doing so shall provide for the collection of a direct annual tax sufficient to pay the interest on the debt and to pay the principal thereof in substantially equal annual installments within twenty years.