Journals of Congress: Jan.1,1778 toJan.1,1779. Philadelphia, D.Claypoole [1779?R. Aitken, 1777 - Constitutional history |
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accountable Adams Adjourned to nine appointed army articles of confederation auditor board of treaſury board of war brigadier captain Clingan command commiffary committee of commerce committee of three confideration thereof Congrefs Congress Connecticut count d'Estaing defire delegates deputy Drayton Duer efquire Ellery expences F. L. Lee faid ftate fame be referred fent fervice feven fhall fome fuch Georgia Gerry governor Jofeph John Jonathan Trumbull laft Laurens lieutenant colonel Lovell major marine committee Maryland meaſures members chofen Morris nays being required neceffary neral New-Jersey New-York nine o'clock nine o'clock to-morrow North-Carolina officers paffed paymaster Pennſylvania perfons prefent prefident prifoners provifions purchaſes purpoſe queftion R. H. Lee referred the letter refolution refpecting refumed the confideration Rhode-Ifland Roberdeau ſaid Scudder ſhall Smith ſtate theſe thousand dollars tranfmitted treafury brought treaſurer in favour troops United uſe Virginia warrant iffue Washington whereupon Ordered whereupon Refolved William yeas and nays
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Page 383 - Know ye that we the undersigned delegates, by virtue of the power and authority to us given for that purpose, do by these presents, in the name and in behalf of our respective constituents, fully and entirely ratify and...
Page 68 - I do acknowledge the United States of America to be free, independent and sovereign states, and declare that the people thereof owe no allegiance or obedience to George the Third, King of Great Britain ; and I renounce, refuse and abjure any allegiance or obedience to him ; and I do swear that I will, to the utmost of my power, support, maintain and defend the said United States against the said King George the Third, his heirs and successors...
Page 383 - And Whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said articles of confederation and perpetual union.
Page 68 - ... any allegiance or obedience to him; and I do swear (or affirm) that I will to the utmost of my power, support, maintain and defend the said United States, against the said King George the Third, his heirs and successors and his...
Page 381 - States, shall be divided or appropriated ; of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace ; appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures ; provided that no member of Congress shall be appointed a judge of any of the said courts.
Page 272 - Above all, bring forward your armies into the field. Trust not to appearances of peace or safety. Be assured that, unless you persevere, you will be exposed to every species of barbarity. But, if you exert the means of defence which God and nature have given you, the time will soon arrive when every man shall sit under his own vine and under his own fig-tree, and there shall be none to make him afraid.
Page 270 - Arise then ! to your tents! and gird you for battle ! It is time to turn the headlong current of vengeance upon the head of the destroyer.
Page 233 - ... down to the present time, hath involved this country in contention and bloodshed ; and that, as in other , cases, so in this, although circumstances may...
Page 383 - We the undersigned delegates of the States affixed to our names send greeting. WHEREAS the delegates of the United States of America...
Page 272 - Because your commerce hath been interrupted by your enemy's fleets. Because their armies have ravaged and desolated a part of your country. Because their agents have villainously counterfeited your bills. Because extortioners among you, inflamed with the lust of gain, have added to the price of every article of life. And because weak men have been artfully led to believe that it is of no value. How is this dangerous disease to be remedied ? let those among you, who have leisure and opportunity, collect...