The Granite Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, History and State Progress, Volume 9Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock J.N. McClintock, 1886 - Local history Contains articles on the White Mountains and a map. |
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... settled in Milford in 1746 , where he died in 1782. Thomas Burns , the son of John Burns , married Elizabeth Hartness , of Lunenburg , Mass . , and settled in Milford , where he died at the age of eighty . Samuel Burns , son of Thomas ...
... settled in Milford in 1746 , where he died in 1782. Thomas Burns , the son of John Burns , married Elizabeth Hartness , of Lunenburg , Mass . , and settled in Milford , where he died at the age of eighty . Samuel Burns , son of Thomas ...
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... settlement of Abel Willard's estate , October 26 , 1785 , netted his creditors but ten shillings , eleven pence to the pound . The claimants and im- provers probably swallowed even the larger estate of Abijah Willard , leaving nothing ...
... settlement of Abel Willard's estate , October 26 , 1785 , netted his creditors but ten shillings , eleven pence to the pound . The claimants and im- provers probably swallowed even the larger estate of Abijah Willard , leaving nothing ...
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... settlement of forty families with schoolmaster and minister should be established , the whole island was to become the free- hold of the colonists . Associated with Gerrish in this project was Thomas Ross , of Lancaster . They failed in ...
... settlement of forty families with schoolmaster and minister should be established , the whole island was to become the free- hold of the colonists . Associated with Gerrish in this project was Thomas Ross , of Lancaster . They failed in ...
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... settling a the nature of the charges against Mr. Pastor over them in the Manner Speci- Harrington , or of the manner of his fied , and I still retain ye sentiment , defence . Two deacons were sent as and this not to shut the Kingdom of ...
... settling a the nature of the charges against Mr. Pastor over them in the Manner Speci- Harrington , or of the manner of his fied , and I still retain ye sentiment , defence . Two deacons were sent as and this not to shut the Kingdom of ...
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... settling in Dracut , and in his best days he lived in excellent style for the times , kept a span of fine horses , rode in a sulky , and " lived like a nabob , " he always received a Before he came to America he had traveled in ...
... settling in Dracut , and in his best days he lived in excellent style for the times , kept a span of fine horses , rode in a sulky , and " lived like a nabob , " he always received a Before he came to America he had traveled in ...
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Page 137 - Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth.
Page 260 - THAT, AND A' THAT. Is there, for honest Poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that ; The coward slave — we pass him by ! We dare be poor for a
Page 20 - The Young Men's Christian Associations seek to unite those young men who, regarding Jesus Christ as their God and Saviour, according to the Holy Scriptures, desire to be his disciples in their doctrine and in their life, and to associate their efforts for the extension of his kingdom among young men.
Page 166 - We have met the enemy and they are ours; two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop.
Page 177 - Ungrateful Florence ! Dante sleeps afar, Like Scipio, buried by the upbraiding shore : Thy factions, in their worse than civil war, Proscribed the bard whose name for evermore Their children's children would in vain adore With the remorse of ages...
Page 257 - We have lived long, but this is the noblest work of our whole lives. The treaty which we have just signed has not been obtained by art or dictated by force; equally advantageous to the two contracting parties, it will change vast solitudes into flourishing districts.
Page 175 - THERE is a tear for all that die, A mourner o'er the humblest grave ; But nations swell the funeral cry, And Triumph weeps above the brave. For them is Sorrow's purest sigh O'er Ocean's heaving bosom sent : In vain their bones unburied lie, All earth becomes their monument ! A tomb is theirs on every page, An epitaph on every tongue : The present hours, the future age, For them bewail, to them belong. For...
Page 142 - ... the framers of the Constitution, ever supposed it possible that their language would be used in an attempt to make this nation a mixed nation of Indians, negroes, whites and mongrels. I repeat, that our whole history confirms the proposition, that from the earliest settlement of the colonies down to the Declaration of Independence and the adoption of the Constitution of the United States, our fathers proceeded on the white basis, making the white people the governing race, but conceding to the...
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Page 20 - That as these organizations bear the name of Christian and profess to be engaged directly in the Saviour's service, so it is clearly their duty to maintain the control and management of all their affairs in the hands of those who profess to love and publicly avow their faith in Jesus, the Redeemer, as divine, and who testify their faith by becoming and remaining members of churches held to be evangelical, and that such persons and none others should be allowed to vote or hold office.