 | United States - 1825 - 470 pages
...enacted, that there be granted to the said General La Fayette, and his heirs, one township of land, to he laid out and located under the authority of the president,...of the unappropriated lands of the United States. H. CLAY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. JOHN GAILLAKD, President of the Senate, pro tempore.... | |
 | Officer in the late army - 1846 - 516 pages
...spirit like his. In the beautiful phrase which Tacitus has applied to Germanicus, fruitur fama ; for he must be aware, that the ocean which rolls between...republics are not always ungrateful. t North American Keview, January, 1825. 1 OP GENERAL LAFAYETTE mnltett States. CHAPTER I. LANDING OF THE NATION'S GUEST... | |
 | 1846 - 512 pages
...him from every city, every village, and every heart, of this wide land, is as pure and sincere as die voice of posterity. * On the twenty-eighth of December,...country ; they have performed a great moral duty ; they hare substantially proved to the world that republics are not alwayi ungrateful. t North American Review,... | |
 | Officer in the late army - United States - 1850 - 516 pages
...his services and sacrifices in the war of the revolution, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars j and also granting to him and his heirs, one township...unappropriated lands of the United States. — By this act, the respresentatiyes of the American people have conferred a lasting benefit on their country ; they have... | |
 | United States - Land tenure - 1881 - 826 pages
...One township General Lafayette and his heirs, one township of land, to be laid out of 'B"<1 .to b* and located under the authority of the President, in any of the nnap- E™"**" "im. propriated lands of the United States, (a) (a) See No*. 3S, 700, 701, 704, 708,... | |
 | United States - Land tenure - 1884 - 824 pages
...said One township General Lafayette and his heirs, one township of land, to be laid out0* l*n]dh.to *" and located under the authority of the President, in any of the unap- 8™"*" '•»• propriated lands of the United States, (a) (a) Sue Nos. 3Î, 700, 701, 704,... | |
 | Lydia Hoyt Farmer - 1888 - 574 pages
...appropriated. " SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be granted to the said General La Fayette and his heirs one township of land; to be laid out and located under the authority of the President, on any of the unappropriated lands of the United States. " H. CLAY, " Speaker of the House of Representatives.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1842 - 890 pages
...appropriated. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That there be granted to the said General Lafayette and his heirs one township of land, to be laid out...of the unappropriated lands of the United States. Approved December 28, 1824. AN ACT for the relief of the indigent sufferers by the fire at Alexandria.... | |
 | United States - 1917 - 558 pages
...money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. SECTION 2. That there be granted to General Lafayette and his heirs one township of land to be laid out and located under the authority of the President on any of the unlocated lands of the United States. On Thursday, December 23, 1824, the Speaker laid... | |
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... voice of posterity. * On the twenty-eighth of December, 1824, an act was passed by congress, directing the secretary of the treasury to pay to general Lafayette, in consideration of his' services and sacrifices in the war of the revolution, the sum... 