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... to show , how attractive they are capable of being made in the hands of a man of taste and genius . Take , for instance , the settlement of West Jersey by the Quakers . What a beautiful picture would it not PREFACE . ix.
... to show , how attractive they are capable of being made in the hands of a man of taste and genius . Take , for instance , the settlement of West Jersey by the Quakers . What a beautiful picture would it not PREFACE . ix.
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the Quakers . What a beautiful picture would it not pre- sent , if drawn by the pen of a master ! West Jersey under its Proprietary Government was , in fact , what Pennsylva- nia was only in name , a pure Quaker Commonwealth . It may be ...
the Quakers . What a beautiful picture would it not pre- sent , if drawn by the pen of a master ! West Jersey under its Proprietary Government was , in fact , what Pennsylva- nia was only in name , a pure Quaker Commonwealth . It may be ...
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... Quaker settlers in their simplicity may not have been aware of the distinction between Courts of law and of equity . Law was probably adminis- tered in all their Courts upon very equitable princi- ples . Its rigor was mitigated , and ...
... Quaker settlers in their simplicity may not have been aware of the distinction between Courts of law and of equity . Law was probably adminis- tered in all their Courts upon very equitable princi- ples . Its rigor was mitigated , and ...
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... Quakers of New Jersey , which could not be said of the Puri- tans of New England , " they had suffered persecu- tion and had learned mercy . " No tax , custom , subsidy , assessment , or any other duty whatever , was , upon any color or ...
... Quakers of New Jersey , which could not be said of the Puri- tans of New England , " they had suffered persecu- tion and had learned mercy . " No tax , custom , subsidy , assessment , or any other duty whatever , was , upon any color or ...
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... Quakers . " West New Jersey , " says Bancroft , " would have been a fit home for a Fenelon . " Nor were the settlers of West Jersey satisfied with the mere declaration of their rights and privi- This was the first essay of Qua- ker ...
... Quakers . " West New Jersey , " says Bancroft , " would have been a fit home for a Fenelon . " Nor were the settlers of West Jersey satisfied with the mere declaration of their rights and privi- This was the first essay of Qua- ker ...
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Act of Parliament administration Amboy Attorney Bench Bergen Burlington Cape-May Causes charge Chief Justice Colonies Commission Commissioners for Trade Constable Constitution Cornbury's Coun Council County Courts Court of Chancery Court of Common Court of Judicature Court of Sessions Court-house Daniel Coxe Declaration Defendant East Elizabethtown England Execution Forty Shillings fourth Monday fourth Tuesday Freehold Government Governor Hunter Grand Jury Grants and Concessions held hereby further Ordain House Impowered Indictment Inhabitants James Kinsey Jeremiah Basse Judges Judgment land lawyers Lewis Morris Lord Cornbury Loving Subjects Mompesson Morris New-York Newark Ordain and Direct Peace Penn Pennsylvania Perth-Amboy Pinhorne Proprietors Province of New-Jersey Province of Nova-Cæsarea publick Quakers Reign respective County Robert Hunter Morris says second Monday second Tuesday Smith's N. J. Supreme Court thereof third Monday third Tuesday thought fit Thursday next ensuing tion Trade and Plantations vince West Jersey Whereas William York