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Treaty Of Fort Laramie With The Sioux, Etc., 1851, David D. Mitchell, Thomas Fitzpatrick

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This treaty, signed on September 17, 1851, was an essential agreement between the United States government and representatives of the Lakota, Dakota, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Crow, Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations. In this treaty, the United States acknowledged that the area surveyed by the treaty was Indigenous land and recognized each nation's exclusive territorial rights over a portion defined by geographical boundaries. Equally, the tribes agreed that the US government had the right to establish roads and posts—military and other—within their territories. They also promised to abstain from hostilities against other tribes, pay for any wrongs committed by their people, …

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1850-51, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the fourteenth year of the reign of Queen Victoria.

Published under the Direction of the Commissioners appointed by 59 Geo. III. Cap. XXIV.

Letter From Daniel Webster Concerning The Word "Slavery" In Constitution, Dated 1850, Daniel Webster

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Daniel Webster writes Reverand S. K. Lothrop to question where to find the observation from Mr. Madison that states the reason to keep the word "slavery" from the Constitution, dated Feb. 27, 1850.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1849-50, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the thirteenth year of the reign on Queen Victoria.

Published under the Direction of the Commissioners appointed by 59 Geo. III. Cap. XXIV.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1848-49, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the twelfth year of the reign of Queen Victoria.

Published under the Direction of the Commissioners appointed by 59 Geo. III. Cap. XXIV.

The Bible Against War, Amos Dresser

Historical Quaker Books

This book discusses the Bible's objections to war.

252 pages, 15 cm.

Deed, 1 January 1847, Of Andrew Constable And Jemima S. W. Constable To James K. Savage For Land In Elizabeth City Co., Va. Bears Affidavit, 1 January 1849, Of John Armistead And Henry Whiting Concerning Jemima S. W. Constable Being Examined Apart From Her Husband Regarding Sale, John Armistead, Henry Whiting

Women in History & the Law

No abstract provided.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1847, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed the eleventh year of the reign of Queen Victoria.

Published under the Direction of the Commissioners appointed by 59 Geo. III. Cap. XXIV.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1846-47, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the tenth year of the reign of Queen Victoria.

Published under the Direction of the Commissioners appointed by 59 Geo. III. Cap. XXIV.

Chambers Reports, 1846-1852 (2 V)

Law Reports & Digests

Reports of Points of Practice &c. &c. &c. Determined in Chambers by the Judges of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas / by J. Lukin Robinson, Esq., Barrister, etc. Toronto : Henry Rowsell, 1846-1852. 2 v; Second Edition: Toronto : R. Carswell, 1877. 2 v

Cited as: Ch R ; Cham Rep ; Chamb Rep ; Chambr ; UC Cham ; UC Chamb

Note: Second Edition (Toronto: R. Carswell, 1877) is paginated identical to original edition so all references and citations are original and accurate.

• v 1 – “Second Edition”, Toronto: R. Carswell, 1877
• v 2 – “Second Edition”, Toronto: R. …

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1845, Jamaica

Jamaica

Passed in the ninth year of the reign of Queen Victoria.

Published under the Direction of the Commissioners appointed by 59 Geo. III. Cap. XXIV.

A Compilation Of Legal Forms In Use In The State Of Georgia, The Rules Of Practice, And State Papers, Howell Cobb

Historical Treatises

From the front matter:

I have examined your Compilation of Legal Forms, with as much attention as one perusal would allow. The forms and precedents are well selected, and such as are of most frequent use in business transactions, and a portion of them such as, I believe, cannot be found in any other compilation. Such portions of the work as must depend, for their correctness, upon the care of - the publisher, I have not thought it necessary to examine, as they are., already before .the public, but in detached and separate books, and embraced in your work for …

American Criminal Trials, Peleg W. Chandler

Women in History & the Law

This is a modern account of the trial of Anne Hutchinson. Hutchinson was a midwife and healer, as well as a spiritual advisor in the Boston colony. She became embroiled in the Antinomian controversy, a religious schism that threatened to tear the colony apart. Hutchinson was arrested and charged with "transducing the ministers" and heresy. She was convicted and her family was banished from the colony in 1638. She and six members of her family were killed during Kieft's War several years later. Anne Hutchinson was only the first of several women tried for similar crimes in a short period …

Satisfacción Al Público Del Administrador De La Aduana Marítima De Matamoros, Manuel Pina Y Cuevas

Lower Rio Grande Valley Curated Material

(Original introduction)

La acalorada controversia sobre introduccion por el puerto e Matamoros de efectos prohibidos que parecia haber ya terminado, se ha vuelto a suscitar ocasion de haberse decomisado en el Saltillo cinta cantidad de libras de hilaza de algodon estrangera, que caminaba con guias de esta Aduana maritima...

Para vindicarme a mi y a ella, basta publicar ,el informe justificativo que se acompania, estendido en cumplimiento de la orden del Ministerio de Hacienda pues en el se ve que cuando por Suprema disposicion de 1 de Mayo de 1839 se volvio a permitir la introduccion por este puerto de …

[13] William J.A. Bradford, William John Alden Bradford

Iowa Documents Class Projects

A letter from William J.A. Bradford to Jonathan W. Parker about a statehood convention, counterfeit money, and a selection of Council Journals.

[02] William J. A. Bradford (1797-1858), Letter About Politics & Crime, William John Alden Bradford

Iowa Documents Class Projects

A letter from William Bradford to Jonathan W. Parker about the Iowa statehood convention of 1840 and his time in Dubuque; as well as the occurrence of the Bellevue War.

Reports Of Cases Adjudged In The Supreme Court Of The Province Of New Brunswick, George F S Berton

Thompson Rare Book Collection

Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the Province of New Brunswick: Commencing in Hilary Term, 1835, written by George F. S. Berton in 1835 is a 217 page compilation of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of New Brunswick. It includes an index and the option to full-text search.

Preface:

At the date of the commencement of these Reports, I was in­duced by a desire to render service to my professional brethren and the public, to publish the notes, which I had taken only for my own use, of the cases in Hilary, 1835. …

The Georgia Justice: Being A Convenient Directory For The Justices Of The Peace, And Various Other Civil Officers Known To The Laws Of The State Of Georgia, Rhodom A. Greene, John W. Lumpkin

Historical Treatises

From the front matter:

Be it remembered, That on the twenty-fifth day of May, in the fifty-ninth year of the independence ©f the United States of America, A. D. 1835, Rhodom A. Greene and John W. Lumpkin, of said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit:—

“The GEORGIA JUSTICE : being a convenient Directory for the Justices of the Peace, and various other civil officers known to the Laws of the State of Georgia. Containing a Digest of the Statutes relating to the …

Trial Of John R. Buzzell, Lemuel Shaw Ll.D.

The Trial of Buzzell

Trial of John R. Buzzell, The Leader of the Convent Rioters, for Arson and Burglary.

Committed on the Night of the 11^th of August, 1834. By the Destruction of the Convent on Mount Benedict, in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Containing the Arguments of Counsel, Judges Charge, &c.

On the night August 11^th, 1834 John R. Buzzell and eleven others were alleged to have broken into and ransacked the Ursuline Convent in Charlestown, Massachusetts. Afterwards the mob set fire to the Convent, which subsequently left the Convent building a hollow shell of its former self. In early December of that …

Notes Of Lectures On The Law Of Scotland, Vol. I, George Joseph Bell

Thompson Rare Book Collection

Lecture notes hand-written by George Joseph Bell, Professor of Scots Law at Edinburgh University in Session 1826-27 touching on the laws of:

• Part I: Personal Rights (pages 1–132);
• Part II: Law of Property (pages 133–439)

Volume I ends on page 206.

Notes Of Lectures On The Law Of Scotland, Vol Ii, George Joseph Bell

Thompson Rare Book Collection

Volume II of hand-written lecture notes of George Joseph Bell, Professor of Scots Law at Edinburgh University in Session 1826-27 touching on the laws of:

• Part I: Personal Rights (pages 1–132);
• Part II: Law of Property (pages 133–439)

Volume II begins at page 207.

Ratified Indian Treaty 134: Belantse-Etoa Or Minitaree (Hidatsa), Henry Atkinson, Benjamin O'Fallon

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This treaty, signed on July 30, 1825, was the first major treaty between the US Government and representatives of the Hidatsa Nation. Also known as the Atkinson and O'Fallon Trade and Intercourse Treaty of 1825, this document was part of a series of friendship treaties between Henry Atkinson and Benjamin O’Fallon’s Indian Peace Commission and the Indigenous Nations beyond the Mississippi River. In this treaty, the Hidatsa acknowledged the supremacy of the United States, which successively promised them peace, friendship, and protection. The Hidatsa also admitted that they resided within the territorial limits of the United States and that it …

Ratified Indian Treaty 135: Mandan, Henry Atkinson, Benjamin O'Fallon

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This treaty, signed on July 30, 1825, was the first major treaty between the US Government and representatives of the Mandan Nation. Also known as the Atkinson and O'Fallon Trade and Intercourse Treaty of 1825, this document was part of a series of friendship treaties between Henry Atkinson and Benjamin O’Fallon’s Indian Peace Commission and the Indigenous Nations beyond the Mississippi River. In this treaty, the Mandan acknowledged the supremacy of the United States, which successively promised them peace, friendship, and protection. The Mandan also admitted that they resided within the territorial limits of the United States and that it …

Ratified Indian Treaty 133: Arikara (Ricara) - Arikara Village, July 18, 1825, Henry Atkinson, Benjamin O'Fallon

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This treaty, signed on July 18, 1825, was the first major treaty between the US Government and representatives of the Arikara Nation. Also known as the Atkinson and O'Fallon Trade and Intercourse Treaty of 1825, this document was part of a series of friendship treaties between Henry Atkinson and Benjamin O’Fallon’s Indian Peace Commission and the Indigenous Nations beyond the Mississippi River. In this treaty, the Arikara acknowledged the supremacy of the United States, which successively promised them peace, friendship, and protection. The Arikara also admitted that they resided within the territorial limits of the United States and that it …

An Act To Organize, Govern, And Discipline The Militia Of The State Of Maine. Passed March 21, 1821. With The Several Acts In Addition Thereto, Passed Feb. 11, 1823, And Feb. 25, 1824. Published Under The Direction Of The Adjutant General, Maine. Adjutant General

Maine Collection

An Act to Organize, Govern, and Discipline the Militia of the State of Maine. Passed March 21, 1821. With the several acts in addition thereto, passed Feb. 11, 1823, and Feb. 25, 1824. Published under the direction of the Adjutant General.

The Office And Duty Of A Justice Of The Peace: And A Guide To Clerks, Constables, Coroners, Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Sheriffs, Tax Collectors, And Receivers, And Other Civil Officers, Augustin S. Clayton

Historical Treatises

From the front matter:

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty-eighth day of September,in the forty•fourth year of the independence of the United States of America, A. ll.1819, Mathew Carey and Son, of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim a, proprietors, in the words following, to wit:

The office and duty of a Justice of the Peace, and a guide to Clerks, Constables, Coroners, Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Sheriffs, Tax-collectors, and Receivers, and other civil officers, ac­cording to the laws of the State of Georgia; with an Appendix, containing …

Thoughts In Prison, William Dodd

Thompson Rare Book Collection

The following work, as the dates of the respective parts evince, was begun by its unhappy Author in his apartments at Newgate, on the evening of the day subsequent to his trial and conviction at Justice Hall; and was finished, amidst various necessary interruptions, in little more than the space of two months.

The few little pieces subjoined to the Thoughts, and the Author’s Last Prayer, were found amongst his papers. Their evident connection with the Poem was the inducement for adding them to the volume.

Written by the Rev. William Dodd, during his time in prison prior to …

The Criminal Recorder; Or, An Awful Beacon To The Rising Generation, M Carey

Books

The Criminal Recorder; or, An Awful Beacon, to the Rising Generation of Both Sexes, Erected by the Arm of Justice, to Persuade Them From the Dreadful Miseries of Guilt.

Collected from Authentic Documents, by a Friend of Man.

With six Copper-Plate Engravings.

Philadelphia: Printed for M. Carey, No.122 High-Street 1811.

An Oration On The Abolition Of The Slave Trade; Delivered In The African Church In The City Of New-York, January 1, 1808, Peter Williams Jr

Zea E-Books in American Studies

The United States Constitution, Article 1, Section 9, prohibited Congress from banning the importation of slaves until the year 1808. A bill to do this was first introduced in Congress by Senator Stephen Roe Bradley of Vermont in December 1805, and its passage was recommended by President Jefferson in his annual message to Congress in December 1806. In March 1807, Congress passed the legislation, and President Thomas Jefferson signed it into law on March 3, 1807. Subsequently, on March 25, 1807, the British Parliament also passed an act banning the slave trade aboard British ships. The effective date of the …

Bushrod Washington, A Justice Of The Supreme Court Of United States, Requests $875 Be Paid To Charles Simms, Collector At The Port Of Alexandria, April 1, 1801., Bushrod Washington

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Bushrod Washington, a justice of the Supreme Court of United States, requests $875, one quarter of his salary, to be paid to Charles Simms, collector at the port of Alexandria. April 1, 1801.