History of the City of Dayton and Montgomery County, Ohio, Volume 1

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S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1909 - Dayton (Ohio)
 

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Page 19 - but as the love of liberty and attachment to the real interests and just rights of America outweigh every other consideration, we resolve that we will exert every power within us for the defense of American liberty and for the support of her just rights and privileges.
Page 65 - You are not a man to despair or even despond, especially when such prospects offer in another quarter. Are you ready ? Are your numerous associates ready ? Wealth and glory! Louisiana and Mexico! I shall have time to receive a letter from you before I set out for Ohio.
Page 28 - Beginning at the mouth of the river Cuyahoga and run thence up the said river to the portage between that and the Tuscarawas branch of the Muskingum; then down the said branch to the forks at the crossing place above Fort Laurens; then
Page 495 - to cherish, maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, to foster true patriotism and love of country, and to aid in securing for all mankind all the blessings of liberty.
Page 764 - or in Alaska, who are disabled by disease, wounds or otherwise, and who have no adequate means of support, are not otherwise provided for by law, and by reason of such disability are incapable of earning their living. The
Page 52 - a court is opened for the administration of even-handed justice to the poor and the rich, to the guilty and the innocent, without respect of persons; none to be punished without trial by their peers, and then in pursuance of the laws and evidence in the case.
Page 18 - settlements should lie within easy reach of the trade and commerce of this kingdom * * * and also of the exercise of that authority and jurisdiction which was conceived to be necessary for the preservation of the colonies in due subordination to and dependence upon the mother country.
Page 50 - to a fork of that branch of the Great Miami river running into the Ohio at or near which fork stood Loramie's store, and where commences the portage between the Miami of the Ohio and St. Mary's river,
Page 281 - Seek ye the Lord while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near.
Page 764 - forces of the United States in any war in which the country has been engaged, including the Spanish-American war, the provisional army (authorized by act of congress, approved March 2, 1899), in any of the campaigns against hostile Indians, or who have served in the Philippines, in

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