American Historical Documents: 1000-1904P. F. Collier & Son, 1910 - 491 pages Including: Voyages to Vinland; Letter of Columbus announcing his discovery; Amerigo Vespucci's account; John Cabot's discovery of North America; First Charter of Virginia; Mayflower Compact; Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence; 1783 treaty with Great Britain; 1083 treaty with France (Lousiana Purchase); 1850 Fugitive Slave act; 1865 Gen. Lee's surrender at Appomattox; 1867 treaty with Russia (Alaska Purchase); 1904 convention btw. the US and Panama; and others. |
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... called Heriulfsness . Biarni now went to his father , gave up his voyaging , and remained with his father while Heriulf lived , and continued to live there after his father . HERE BEGINS THE BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GREENLANDERS NEXT to ...
... called Heriulfsness . Biarni now went to his father , gave up his voyaging , and remained with his father while Heriulf lived , and continued to live there after his father . HERE BEGINS THE BRIEF HISTORY OF THE GREENLANDERS NEXT to ...
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... called it Wineland . They sailed out to sea , and had fair winds until they sighted Greenland and the fells below the glaciers . Then one of the men spoke up and said , " Why do you steer the ship so much into the wind ? " Leif answers ...
... called it Wineland . They sailed out to sea , and had fair winds until they sighted Greenland and the fells below the glaciers . Then one of the men spoke up and said , " Why do you steer the ship so much into the wind ? " Leif answers ...
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... called Snorri . In the early part of the second winter the Skrellings came to them again , and these were now much more numer- ous than before , and brought with them the same wares as at first . Then said Karlsefni to the women , Do ye ...
... called Snorri . In the early part of the second winter the Skrellings came to them again , and these were now much more numer- ous than before , and brought with them the same wares as at first . Then said Karlsefni to the women , Do ye ...
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... called his borrowed riches : so that , knowing the continuous toil which man undergoes to win them , submitting himself to so many anxieties and risks , I resolved to abandon trade , and to fix my aim upon something more praiseworthy ...
... called his borrowed riches : so that , knowing the continuous toil which man undergoes to win them , submitting himself to so many anxieties and risks , I resolved to abandon trade , and to fix my aim upon something more praiseworthy ...
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... called Moors nor Jews , and ( they are ) worse than pagans : be- cause we did not observe that they offered any sacrifice : nor even had they a house of prayer : their manner of living I judge to be Epicurean : their dwellings are in ...
... called Moors nor Jews , and ( they are ) worse than pagans : be- cause we did not observe that they offered any sacrifice : nor even had they a house of prayer : their manner of living I judge to be Epicurean : their dwellings are in ...
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Page 343 - I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loth to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 198 - Person. (2) The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it. (3) No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed. (4) No Capitation, or other direct, tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or Enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Page 277 - 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 to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 468 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination, when that is accomplished, to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 451 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Page 296 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been judged proper for asserting as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 196 - States; but all duties, imposts, and excises, shall be uniform throughout the United States: 2. To borrow money on the credit of the United States: 3. To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes: 4. To establish an uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies throughout the United States: 5.
Page 204 - Rules and Regulations respecting the Territory or other Property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United States, or of any particular State. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of...
Page 269 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal Constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities, of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Page 226 - But this question is not left to mere reason; the people have in express terms decided it by saying, "this Constitution and the laws of the United States, which shall be made in pursuance thereof shall be the supreme law of the land...