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... cent occurrence in a neighboring city has increased our alarm and apprehension for the safety of ourselves and families . We feel that we are every day exposed either in per- son or friends to the agonies of the most dreaded and ...
... cent occurrence in a neighboring city has increased our alarm and apprehension for the safety of ourselves and families . We feel that we are every day exposed either in per- son or friends to the agonies of the most dreaded and ...
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... cents , redeem- able December , 1831 , Par . at 100 100 51 02 Penn'a fives redeemable in 1846 , at 1093 50 Do 525 Do 5000 Do 2000 Do do do do do 100 100 100 1853 , at 110 100 1854 , at 110 1856 , 108 1858 , at 111 at 131 at 115 ( With ...
... cents , redeem- able December , 1831 , Par . at 100 100 51 02 Penn'a fives redeemable in 1846 , at 1093 50 Do 525 Do 5000 Do 2000 Do do do do do 100 100 100 1853 , at 110 100 1854 , at 110 1856 , 108 1858 , at 111 at 131 at 115 ( With ...
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... cents to a dollar per barrel , which has heretofore cost from two to three dollars ! Ought not this fact , alone , tend to the appreciation of back lands , and induce settlements ? The increase of trade , and the improvements making in ...
... cents to a dollar per barrel , which has heretofore cost from two to three dollars ! Ought not this fact , alone , tend to the appreciation of back lands , and induce settlements ? The increase of trade , and the improvements making in ...
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... cent . in each ten years . The increase of population and business in and since 1830 , is in a still greater ratio . The Lehigh affords a fine basin on either side for busi ; ness , for near a mile above the dam at its mouth . It is now ...
... cent . in each ten years . The increase of population and business in and since 1830 , is in a still greater ratio . The Lehigh affords a fine basin on either side for busi ; ness , for near a mile above the dam at its mouth . It is now ...
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... cents per day , or four dollars and a half per week . Their board which includes meat every day , and often twice a day , costs about two dollars , leaving a balance of about two dollars and a half , or 11s . 3d . sterling , which is ...
... cents per day , or four dollars and a half per week . Their board which includes meat every day , and often twice a day , costs about two dollars , leaving a balance of about two dollars and a half , or 11s . 3d . sterling , which is ...
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Page 22 - All persons living in this province, who confess and acknowledge the One Almighty and Eternal God to be the Creator, Upholder, and Ruler of the world...
Page 155 - Gen'rous converse ; a soul exempt from pride ; And love to praise, with reason on his side ? Such once were Critics ; such the happy few, Athens and Rome in better ages knew. The mighty...
Page 330 - ... contrary to the letter and spirit of the Constitution of the United States. Many provisions of chapter 66, entitled " elections,
Page 130 - To the right honourable the lords spiritual and temporal in parliament assembled.
Page 118 - But a new kind of loyalty seems to be required of us, a loyalty to Parliament; a loyalty that is to extend, it is said, to a surrender of all our properties, whenever a House of Commons, (in which there is not a single member of our choosing) shall think fit to grant them away without our consent...
Page 59 - The Bank of the United States, though on the original question held to be unconstitutional, received the Executive signature.
Page 239 - That no objection ought ever to be made to any amount of taxes, equally apportioned and imposed, for the purpose of raising revenue necessary for the support of government ; but that taxes imposed on the people for the sole benefit of any one class of men are equally inconsistent with the principles of our Constitution and with sound policy.
Page 56 - Resolved, That copies of this report, and the papers annexed to it, be presented to the Select and Common Councils of the City of Philadelphia, the Corporations of the Northern Liberties, Penn Township, the District of Southwark, and the Township of Moyamensing, respectively. A. The City Councils appropriated $300,000, of which the Committee received...
Page 116 - Mr. Clark offered the following : "Resolved, That the Comptroller of State be and he is hereby authorized to draw his warrant...
Page 225 - WHEREAS it appears, that a state of war exists between Austria, Prussia, Sardinia, Great Britain, and the United Netherlands, on the one part, and France on the other ; and the duty and interest of the United States require, that they should with sincerity and good faith adopt and pursue a conduct friendly and impartial towards the belligerent powers...