Box 1
Container
Contains 1 Result:
A statement by the Grand Jury at the Court of Quarter Sessions for the District of Saint Charles with Benjamin Emmons, Foreman, to the effect that “the people ought to have a voice in the making of laws by which their conduct is to be regulated, and in the laying of taxes they are compelled to pay. That the Judges of the General Court ought to be required by law to reside in the Territory; and that some further and equitable provisions ought by law to be made in favor of claims to Land rejected by the board of in favor of claims to land rejected by the Board of Commissioners…” (2 pages, typed transcription), 1811 Nov 27
Item — Box: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of materials related to the history of St. Charles, Missouri, and spans the lives of three generations of the Benjamin Emmons family. Persons involved in the early transactions include Edward Bates, Frederick Bates, Charles Dehault Delassus, John C. Edwards, Archibald Gamble, Hamilton Gamble, J. Mackay, William G. Pettus, Amos Stoddard, and Zenon Trudeau. Manuscripts include St. Charles land documents from the French and Spanish periods, including Zenon Trudeau's...
Dates:
1811 Nov 27