Proceedings [of The] Annual Business Meeting, Issue 53State Historical Society of Wisconsin., 1906 - Wisconsin |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Albany Allouez American annual April banner bi-m board of supervisors Books phlets Born Boston Brig Brown County bulletin q Chicago city clerk commission to St committee Conn consin constitution county board court December Democrat Died at Milwaukee Died at Oshkosh Died in town Father February Fox River Francis Xavier free library French fund George Governor Horner Green Bay Henry Henry de Tonty Hist historical society Hubbell Indian insurance department Jacques Marquette James January Jean Nicolet Jesuit Relations John journal July June labor Lake legislature Lieut London Louis exposition Madison Manitowoc Mass Mississippi Nicolet November Oconto Oconto River October Ohio Philadelphia Point Sable Portage Prairie du Chien President public instruction R. G. Thwaites Radisson railroad commission Red Banks Ripon Sauk County secretary September Sheboygan slavery superintendent of schools territory tion Treasurer unbound serials Veduta vote Washington West William Winnebago Wiscon Wisconsin in 1849 York
Popular passages
Page 254 - ... be recorded within one year after proper magistrates, courts, and registers shall be appointed for that purpose ; and per.sonal property may be transferred by delivery; saving, however, to the French and Canadian inhabitants, and other settlers of the Kaskaskias, St.
Page 260 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude within the State, otherwise than for the punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. No indenture of any Negro or Mulatto, made and executed out of the bounds of the State, shall be valid within the State.
Page 162 - They meet him; they escort him, and carry all his baggage. He wore a grand robe of China damask, all strewn with flowers and birds of many colors. No sooner did they perceive him than the women and children fled, at the sight of a man who carried thunder in both hands, — for thus they called the two pistols that he held.
Page 175 - ... windows, gazing at the scene of blood before them. I addressed myself immediately to M. Langlade, begging that he would put me into some place of safety until the heat of the affair should be over; an act of charity by which he might perhaps preserve me from the general massacre; but while I uttered my petition M. Langlade, who had looked for a moment at me, turned again to the window, shrugging his shoulders and intimating that he could do nothing for me: — "Que voudriez-vous que j'en ferais?
Page 261 - Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall hereafter be introduced into this state, otherwise than for the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; nor shall any male person arrived at the age of twenty-one years, nor female person arrived at the age of eighteen years, be held to serve . any person as a servant, under any indenture hereafter made, unless...
Page 230 - States, together with 5 per cent of the net proceeds of the sales of the public lands in the state, would amount, it was conjectured, to about $55,000.
Page 254 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land; and should the public exigencies make it necessary, for the common preservation, to take any person's property, or to demand his particular services, full compensation shall be made for the same.
Page 175 - Langlade replied that he could not say — he did not know of any — answers in which he did not exceed the truth, for the Pani woman had not only hidden me by stealth, but kept my secret and her own. M. Langlade was therefore, as I presume, as far from a wish...
Page 176 - The die appeared to be cast I could scarcely breathe ; but I thought the throbbing of my heart occasioned a noise loud enough to betray me. The Indians walked in every direction about the garret, and one of them approached me so closely that at a particular moment, had he put forth his hand, he must have touched me.
Page 162 - He wore a grand robe of China damask, all strewn with flowers and birds of many colors. No sooner did they perceive him than the women and children fled, at the sight of a man who carried thunder in both hands — for thus they called the two pistols that he held. The news of his coming quickly spread to the places round about, and there assembled four or five thousand men.