A History of the State of Ohio, Natural and CivilStereotyped by Glezen & Shepard, 1838 - 407 pages |
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Page 160
... Cleveland was laid out - the lands began to be surveyed in New Connecticut . The whole of that region was organized into a county , and called Trumbull . This act passed on the 6th day of December 1800. The Hocking country had been ...
... Cleveland was laid out - the lands began to be surveyed in New Connecticut . The whole of that region was organized into a county , and called Trumbull . This act passed on the 6th day of December 1800. The Hocking country had been ...
Page 194
... Cleveland and so came across the state to their homes , on the Scioto river . General Hull and the regular officers , and soldiers were reserved for the triumphant entry of the British officers , into Montreal and Quebec . Thither they ...
... Cleveland and so came across the state to their homes , on the Scioto river . General Hull and the regular officers , and soldiers were reserved for the triumphant entry of the British officers , into Montreal and Quebec . Thither they ...
Page 223
... , Harrison immediately marched for Cleveland . The secretary of war had ordered boats built at the mouth of the Cuyahoga in which to trans- port the army over the lake . These boat builders WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN . 223.
... , Harrison immediately marched for Cleveland . The secretary of war had ordered boats built at the mouth of the Cuyahoga in which to trans- port the army over the lake . These boat builders WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN . 223.
Page 224
... Cleveland , too , at that time , had in its hospital seventy - five wounded soldiers . A company of volunteers from Chillicothe , was there , and acted as boat builders and nurses to Dudley's wounded men . Harrison , while here , inter ...
... Cleveland , too , at that time , had in its hospital seventy - five wounded soldiers . A company of volunteers from Chillicothe , was there , and acted as boat builders and nurses to Dudley's wounded men . Harrison , while here , inter ...
Page 265
... Cleveland and ending at Portsmouth on the Ohio river . They also determined on mak- ing a canal from Cincinnati to Dayton , on the Great Miami river . In the mean time a board of canal fund commissioners had been created by law , and a ...
... Cleveland and ending at Portsmouth on the Ohio river . They also determined on mak- ing a canal from Cincinnati to Dayton , on the Great Miami river . In the mean time a board of canal fund commissioners had been created by law , and a ...
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Page 369 - ... hereafter shall be formed in the said territory: to provide also for the establishment of States, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original States, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Page 371 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the Legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Page 366 - That there shall be appointed from time to time, by Congress, a governor, whose commission shall continue in force for the term of three years, unless sooner revoked by Congress...
Page 370 - And, in the just preservation of rights and property, it is understood and declared that no law ought ever to be made or have force in the said Territory that shall, in any manner whatever, interfere with or affect private contracts, or engagements, bona fide, and without fraud previously formed.
Page 372 - Provided the constitution and government so to be formed shall be republican, and in conformity to the principles contained in these articles, and, so far as it can be consistent with the general interest of the Confederacy, such admission shall be allowed at an earlier period, and when there may be a less number of free inhabitants in the State than sixty thousand. ARTICLE VI. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes,...
Page 116 - Logan, not sparing even my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 369 - ... congress shall appoint, and commission to serve as aforesaid; and whenever a vacancy shall happen in the council, by death or removal from office, the house of representatives shall nominate two persons, qualified as aforesaid, for each vacancy, and return their names to...
Page 369 - And the governor, legislative council, and house of representatives, shall have authority to make laws in all cases for the good government of the district, not repugnant to the principles and articles in this ordinance established and declared, and all bills having passed by a majority in the house, and by a majority in the council, shall be referred to the governor, for his assent, but no bills or legislative act whatever shall be of any force without his assent.
Page 366 - The Governor and Judges, or a majority of them, shall adopt and publish in the district such laws of the original States, criminal and civil, as may be necessary and best suited to the circumstances of the district...
Page 372 - ... 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.