American Facts: Notes and Statistics Relative to the Government, Resources, Engagements, Manufactures, Commerce, Religion, Education, Literature, Fine Arts, Manners and Customs of the United States of AmericaWiley and Putnam, 1845 - 292 pages |
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... four millions besides , they must crowd not a few into close quarters . F. They do ' crowd ' a good many - no doubt of that— and the political economists have not yet solved the problem how these extremes are to be reconciled and ...
... four millions besides , they must crowd not a few into close quarters . F. They do ' crowd ' a good many - no doubt of that— and the political economists have not yet solved the problem how these extremes are to be reconciled and ...
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... four - fifths must have been of English blood . Of the million and a half of foreigners and their descendants , probably 600,000 are natives of Europe . I should estimate the proportion in every 100 to be thus : - Irish Germans and ...
... four - fifths must have been of English blood . Of the million and a half of foreigners and their descendants , probably 600,000 are natives of Europe . I should estimate the proportion in every 100 to be thus : - Irish Germans and ...
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... four packet ships to Liverpool ; twelve to London ; and twelve to Havre . All these are built at New York - the size varies from 600 to 1200 tons . A New York packet sails to and from England and New York eight times a month . A ...
... four packet ships to Liverpool ; twelve to London ; and twelve to Havre . All these are built at New York - the size varies from 600 to 1200 tons . A New York packet sails to and from England and New York eight times a month . A ...
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... four or five years since large numbers of German clocks were sent to New York . Some Connecticut artizans took up the subject ; and the same dealers at Hamburgh and Bremen who formerly exported clocks to the United States , now receive ...
... four or five years since large numbers of German clocks were sent to New York . Some Connecticut artizans took up the subject ; and the same dealers at Hamburgh and Bremen who formerly exported clocks to the United States , now receive ...
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... four per cent .; those of the State of New York , at a premium of from three to fourteen per cent .; those of Massachusetts ( if offered ) , at about six per cent . premium . New Hampshire , Vermont , Rhode Island , Connecticut , North ...
... four per cent .; those of the State of New York , at a premium of from three to fourteen per cent .; those of Massachusetts ( if offered ) , at about six per cent . premium . New Hampshire , Vermont , Rhode Island , Connecticut , North ...
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Page 145 - States. 2 A person charged in any State with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.
Page 143 - United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law. But the congress may, by law, vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper, in the president alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 141 - United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and together with the vice-president, chosen for the same term, be elected as follows : 2. Each State shall appoint...
Page 143 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page 137 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Page 136 - Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one; Connecticut five; New York six; New Jersey four; Pennsylvania eight; Delaware one; Maryland six; Virginia ten; North Carolina five; South Carolina five; and Georgia three.
Page 141 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
Page 142 - ... 4. The congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United States.
Page 91 - Was not spoken of the soul. Not enjoyment, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to act, that each to-morrow Find us farther than to-day.
Page 137 - ... Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members ; and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide.