The American Historical Record, Volume 1Benson John Lossing Chase & Town, 1872 - United States |
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... possession . This controversy raged for years , and the settlers appointed committees of safety before whom offenders against the integrity of their titles , styled " Yorkers , " were brought for trial . On conviction they were vari ...
... possession . This controversy raged for years , and the settlers appointed committees of safety before whom offenders against the integrity of their titles , styled " Yorkers , " were brought for trial . On conviction they were vari ...
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... possession and set a watch to prevent the return of the faith- ful Moravians . So the mission was broken up . Before the final blow was struck , the zealous Büttner died . The Indians wept over his body AMERICAN HISTORICAL RECORD . II.
... possession and set a watch to prevent the return of the faith- ful Moravians . So the mission was broken up . Before the final blow was struck , the zealous Büttner died . The Indians wept over his body AMERICAN HISTORICAL RECORD . II.
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... possession of the Moravian Historical Society at Na- zareth , Pennsylvania . OF THE MAY FLOWER . Englishmen of wealthy families . In Hol- land he became acquainted with the con- gregation of the Rev. John Robinson who , with many other ...
... possession of the Moravian Historical Society at Na- zareth , Pennsylvania . OF THE MAY FLOWER . Englishmen of wealthy families . In Hol- land he became acquainted with the con- gregation of the Rev. John Robinson who , with many other ...
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... possession of the Honorable Winslow C. Watson , son of the eminent merchant and agricultural- ist , and earnest advocate of navigation by canals , in the State of New York , Elka- nah Watson . At his house at Port Kent , on the shore of ...
... possession of the Honorable Winslow C. Watson , son of the eminent merchant and agricultural- ist , and earnest advocate of navigation by canals , in the State of New York , Elka- nah Watson . At his house at Port Kent , on the shore of ...
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... possession of another part of the coast and called it New Albion , although the Spaniards loudly protested . Mr. Baldwin spoke of the importance of seeking information at every conspicu- ous point in the island world of the Pacific ...
... possession of another part of the coast and called it New Albion , although the Spaniards loudly protested . Mr. Baldwin spoke of the importance of seeking information at every conspicu- ous point in the island world of the Pacific ...
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Page 154 - ... a direct line drawn from the Wabash and Post Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada; and by the said territorial line to the Lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Page 355 - There was an old woman who lived In a shoe, She had so many children, she didn't know what to do.
Page 157 - Miami river of the lake, then and in that case, with the assent of the Congress of the United States, the northern boundary of this State shall be established by, and extend to, a direct line running from the southern extremity of Lake Michigan to the most northerly cape of the Miami bay...
Page 154 - The middle state shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from post Vincents to the Ohio ; by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.
Page 154 - Miami aforesaid ; and on the north by an east and west line drawn through the southerly extreme of Lake Michigan, running east, after intersecting the due north line aforesaid from the mouth of the Great Miami, until it shall intersect Lake Erie or the territorial line, and thence with the same, through Lake Erie, to the Pennsylvania line...
Page 393 - Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.
Page 63 - When a retrospect is taken of the Washingtonian administration for eight years, it is a subject of the greatest astonishment that a single individual should have cankered the principles of republicanism in an enlightened people, just emerged from the gulf of despotism, and should have carried his designs against the public liberty so far, as to have put in jeopardy its very existence. Such however are the facts, and with these staring us in the face, this day ought to be a JUBILEE in the United States.
Page 307 - THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Page 508 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Chr — 's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Page 477 - Hudson's River, and all the Land from the West side of Connecticut River, to the East side of Delaware Bay...