Reprints, No. 1-2, Volume 2Wisconsin History Commission, 1912 CONTENTS.--no. 1. Haskell, F.A. The battle of Gettysburg. 1908.--no. 2. Wisconsin. Governor. Civil War messages and proclamations of Wisconsin war governors; ed. by R.G. Thwaites in collaboration with A.C. Tilton and F. Merk. 1912. |
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Page 38 - The powers reserved to the several states will extend to all the objects, which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people: and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the state.
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