The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, Volume 7John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond A. S. Barnes., 1882 - United States |
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... four years from 1760 to 1764 , Wentworth granted not less than one hundred and fifty townships west of the Connecticut , and fifty or more on the east side . New York made no grants in the territory , but continued to assert a claim ...
... four years from 1760 to 1764 , Wentworth granted not less than one hundred and fifty townships west of the Connecticut , and fifty or more on the east side . New York made no grants in the territory , but continued to assert a claim ...
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... four towns were represented , and the precepts sent to them expressly named the electors who were to choose representatives . Down to the end , in 1775 , the list of favored towns had grown to only forty - three , while upward of one ...
... four towns were represented , and the precepts sent to them expressly named the electors who were to choose representatives . Down to the end , in 1775 , the list of favored towns had grown to only forty - three , while upward of one ...
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... four brothers lived on adjoining farms , which their ancestors of the same name had owned in an uninterrupted descent for a hundred and sixty years , and one of them still holds his hereditary domain , bearing a name suggestive of his ...
... four brothers lived on adjoining farms , which their ancestors of the same name had owned in an uninterrupted descent for a hundred and sixty years , and one of them still holds his hereditary domain , bearing a name suggestive of his ...
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... four years . He married in New York , purchased and resided upon the island ( now known as Randall's ) , which during the Revolution bore his name . His map of the city of New York , engraved in 1767 , known to all students , and his ...
... four years . He married in New York , purchased and resided upon the island ( now known as Randall's ) , which during the Revolution bore his name . His map of the city of New York , engraved in 1767 , known to all students , and his ...
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... four men of war , and tho ' the Rebels made a show for some time of manning their extensive works , they aban- doned the whole & fled to the Heights near the Blue bell above Harlem , where they have made some strong works & still remain ...
... four men of war , and tho ' the Rebels made a show for some time of manning their extensive works , they aban- doned the whole & fled to the Heights near the Blue bell above Harlem , where they have made some strong works & still remain ...
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Page 853 - ... covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 483 - LAERTES' head. And these few precepts in thy memory See thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportion'd thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade.
Page 853 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Page 511 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
Page 853 - Faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Page 245 - Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If the people be governors, who shall be governed?
Page 853 - Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia...
Page 607 - And also, to make, ordain, and establish all manner of orders, laws, directions, instructions, forms, and ceremonies of government and magistracy, fit and necessary for and concerning the government of the said colony and plantation...
Page 448 - I could not possibly give you one of the " arguments " you cruelly hint at, on which any doctrine of mine stands. For I do not know what arguments mean in reference to any expression of a thought.
Page 483 - Nor any unproportioned thought his act. » Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatched, unfledged, comrade.