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... Quakers , Separatists , Indians , and the Devil . No histo- The work is a treasure - house of information . rian was ever better equipped for his work . Besides access to a multitude of original documents that have since perished , he ...
... Quakers , Separatists , Indians , and the Devil . No histo- The work is a treasure - house of information . rian was ever better equipped for his work . Besides access to a multitude of original documents that have since perished , he ...
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... Quakers , Hu- guenots , and Presbyterians , they were nearly all warm adherents of Protestantism . Yet , in spite of these strong for a long time jealous and affinities , the colonies were distrustful of one another . Their interests ...
... Quakers , Hu- guenots , and Presbyterians , they were nearly all warm adherents of Protestantism . Yet , in spite of these strong for a long time jealous and affinities , the colonies were distrustful of one another . Their interests ...
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... Quaker friend that he was generally thought to be proud , and when he was satisfied of the fact by the evidence adduced ( it would have been hard to convince most men ) , he at once added hu- mility to the list of virtues in which he ...
... Quaker friend that he was generally thought to be proud , and when he was satisfied of the fact by the evidence adduced ( it would have been hard to convince most men ) , he at once added hu- mility to the list of virtues in which he ...
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... Quaker Assembly refused to pass a militia law during the war of the Spanish Succession , he strongly set forth the defenceless condition of the province , and proposed the organization of a voluntary body of troops 46 AMERICAN LITERATURE .
... Quaker Assembly refused to pass a militia law during the war of the Spanish Succession , he strongly set forth the defenceless condition of the province , and proposed the organization of a voluntary body of troops 46 AMERICAN LITERATURE .
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... Quaker and his mother of Swedish descent . When he was thirteen months old , the family moved to Cooperstown , on the southeastern shore of Otsego Lake , in the central part of New York . In this picturesque region , diversified with ...
... Quaker and his mother of Swedish descent . When he was thirteen months old , the family moved to Cooperstown , on the southeastern shore of Otsego Lake , in the central part of New York . In this picturesque region , diversified with ...
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