Bulletin of the Bureau of Rolls and Library of the Department of State, العدد 4Department of State, 1894 |
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Acknowledging let Acknowledging letter Acknowledging receipt affairs American appointment April April 22 Army Asks Madison's August August 20 Baltimore bill Boston Britain British Charleston citizens claim commissioners Congress Constitution consul convention County dated debts December December 28 Department Draft election England favor February February 11 France Fredericksburg French GEORGE Georgetown Government Governor House Incloses a letter Incloses copy Indians Introducing JAMES January January 18 January 26 Jefferson JOHN June Kentucky Lafayette land legislature letter of 4th letter of July London Madi Madison March March 27 ment minister Monroe Monroe's Monticello Montpellier Navy November November 12 November 20 October opinion Orange Orleans Paris Philadelphia President President's Private proposed Recommends relating Republican request respecting Richmond Secretary Senate Sends September September 20 ship Spain Strip of paper Suggests Thinks THOMAS tion Transmits treaty United University of Virginia vessels views Washington WILLIAM Williamsburg Wishes York
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الصفحة 634 - York in the year 1833, entitled, "an act to abolish imprisonment for debt, and to punish fraudulent debtors," is scarcely anything more than a transcript from an act of 1650, passed by the colony of Connecticut.
الصفحة 67 - ... coveting that liberty for which we have paid the price of so much blood, and have proclaimed so often to be the right, and worthy the pursuit, of every human being.
الصفحة 380 - In fact, it is comfortable to see the standard of reason at length erected, after so many ages, during which the human mind has been held in vassalage by kings, priests, and nobles: and it is honorable for us, to have produced the first legislature who had the courage to declare, that the reason of man may be trusted with the formation of his own opinions.
الصفحة 403 - ... surrender of these persons, and such a demand would, probably, not be complied with. Nations sometimes reciprocally bind themselves by treaty to deliver up fugitives from justice ; but we have no treaty by which the Government of the republic of Mexico is now bound to surrender persons of that description. The mutual surrender of fugitives from justice, in cases of murder and forgery, has formed a subject of negotiation between the United States and Mexico, and has been provided for in a treaty...
الصفحة 453 - In this connection, I will refer to the case of Lee vs. Lee, 8 Peters's Rep. 44. By act of Congress of April 2. 1816, it was declared that no cause should be removed from the circuit court of the District of Columbia...
الصفحة 703 - Society, in addition to a discussion of farming problems, endeavored to secure the establishment of a professorship of agriculture at the University of Virginia.
الصفحة 403 - I am strongly impressed with a belief of hostile and treacherous intentions against us on the part of France, and that we should lose no time in securing something more than a mutual friendship with England.
الصفحة 59 - ... second choices. It might happen that the leading candidate might have a very small proportion indeed of the popular or electoral vote. He might even be totally obnoxious to a great majority of the nation. As Madison stated to Henry Lee: In what degree a plurality of votes is evidence of the will of the majority of voters, must depend on circumstances more easily estimated in a given case than susceptible of general definition. The greater the number of candidates among whom the votes are divided,...
الصفحة 120 - Acknowledging letter of September 28, with a copy of the report of the Committee on Roads and Canals. On the construction of terms used in the Constitution relative thereto. [Draft.] Stiip of paper. 1837, March !•', Montpellier. Acknowledging letter of 3d, covering report to the Senate on the "(¡eorgia Business.