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... Massachusetts ; William F. Poole , of Chicago , in the State of Illinois ; Herbert B. Adams , of Baltimore , in the State of Maryland ; Clarence W. Bowen , of Brooklyn , in the State of New York ; their associates and successors , are ...
... Massachusetts ; William F. Poole , of Chicago , in the State of Illinois ; Herbert B. Adams , of Baltimore , in the State of Maryland ; Clarence W. Bowen , of Brooklyn , in the State of New York ; their associates and successors , are ...
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... Massachusetts , Jonathan Trumbull of Connecticut , and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia . He conducted Washington from the Hudson River to Rochambeau at Newport . He reports the conferences between Washington , Rochambeau . La Fayette , and ...
... Massachusetts , Jonathan Trumbull of Connecticut , and Thomas Jefferson of Virginia . He conducted Washington from the Hudson River to Rochambeau at Newport . He reports the conferences between Washington , Rochambeau . La Fayette , and ...
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... Massachusetts Bay , together with a bill for establishing popery and arbitrary power in Quebec , having alarmed the whole of the American colony , the members of the American Philosophical Society par- * Some insight into the scientific ...
... Massachusetts Bay , together with a bill for establishing popery and arbitrary power in Quebec , having alarmed the whole of the American colony , the members of the American Philosophical Society par- * Some insight into the scientific ...
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... Massachusetts in 1780 , and published its first memoirs in 1785. This , like the Philadelphia society , owed its origin to the efforts of a great statesman . We find the whole history in the memoirs of John Adams , a man who believed ...
... Massachusetts in 1780 , and published its first memoirs in 1785. This , like the Philadelphia society , owed its origin to the efforts of a great statesman . We find the whole history in the memoirs of John Adams , a man who believed ...
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... Massachusetts should institute an Academy of Arts and Sciences . The doctor at first hesitated ; thought it would be difficult to find mem- bers who would attend to it ; but the principal objection was , that it would injure Harvard ...
... Massachusetts should institute an Academy of Arts and Sciences . The doctor at first hesitated ; thought it would be difficult to find mem- bers who would attend to it ; but the principal objection was , that it would injure Harvard ...
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Page 149 - State which may take and claim the benefit of this act, to the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts...
Page 149 - ... that a sum not exceeding ten per centum upon the amount received by any State under the provisions of this act, may be expended for the purchase of lands for sites or experimental farms, whenever authorized by the respective Legislatures of said States.
Page 176 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Page 148 - ... there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre...
Page 60 - Cambridge, public schools, and grammar schools in the towns; to encourage private societies and public institutions, rewards and immunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country; to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity, industry and frugality, honesty and punctuality in their dealings; sincerity, good humor, and all social affections, and generous sentiments...
Page 149 - That in no case shall any State to which land scrip may thus be issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any other State...
Page 150 - Any State which may take and claim the benefit of the provisions of this act, shall provide, within five years, at least, not less than one college, as described in the fourth section of this act, or the grant to such State shall cease, and said State shall be bound to pay the United States the amount received of any lands previously sold, and that the title to purchasers under the State shall be void.
Page 151 - Territory established, or which may hereafter be established, in accordance with the provisions of an Act approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, entitled "An Act donating public lands to the several States and Territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agricultural and the mechanic arts...
Page 56 - A Proposal for Promoting Useful Knowledge among the British Plantations in America.
Page 149 - That the grant of land and land scrip hereby authorized shall be made on the following conditions, to which, as well as to the provisions hereinbefore contained, the previous assent of the several States shall be signified by legislative acts: First.