Annals of the Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County, Volume 1The Association, 1880 - Cuyahoga County (Ohio) |
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... miles , whereby ship- ments were to be transferred from the lakes to the River Ohio ; thence to ascend its upper tributaries into the mountains , from whence by another portage , would be reached the navigable rivers falling into the ...
... miles , whereby ship- ments were to be transferred from the lakes to the River Ohio ; thence to ascend its upper tributaries into the mountains , from whence by another portage , would be reached the navigable rivers falling into the ...
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... miles distant , with a peck of corn . grind it in a hand mill and bring it home upon his shoulders . In the morning after his first attack of 3 EARLY SETTLERS ASSOCIATION . 3333 was the difference between their new condition and that ...
... miles distant , with a peck of corn . grind it in a hand mill and bring it home upon his shoulders . In the morning after his first attack of 3 EARLY SETTLERS ASSOCIATION . 3333 was the difference between their new condition and that ...
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... mile distant from that of my maternal grand father , David Paine , who lived in the same town . The two families were nearly related and lived on terms of the closest intimacy . Among the earliest recollections of my childhood is the ...
... mile distant from that of my maternal grand father , David Paine , who lived in the same town . The two families were nearly related and lived on terms of the closest intimacy . Among the earliest recollections of my childhood is the ...
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... miles to help him . If there was to be a logging , to gather together the logs , why , all the neigh- borhood would turn out and cheerfully assist a neighbor in performing his work . It cultivated a spirit of kindness , prob- ably ...
... miles to help him . If there was to be a logging , to gather together the logs , why , all the neigh- borhood would turn out and cheerfully assist a neighbor in performing his work . It cultivated a spirit of kindness , prob- ably ...
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... miles an hour ; her route from Detroit to Black Rock , three miles below Buffalo , and in com- ing up the Niagara , there not being force enough in her engines , she was towed to Buffalo by six yoke of oxen . The price of passage was ...
... miles an hour ; her route from Detroit to Black Rock , three miles below Buffalo , and in com- ing up the Niagara , there not being force enough in her engines , she was towed to Buffalo by six yoke of oxen . The price of passage was ...
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Page 31 - The western state in the said territory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio and Wabash rivers ; 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 33 - Bay, where the said river falleth into the sea ; and on the north by the line of the Massachusetts plantation ; and on the south by the sea; and in longitude as the line of the Massachusetts colony, running from east to west, that is to say, from the said Narraganset Bay on the east, to the south sea on the west part, with the islands thereunto adjoining...
Page 32 - Comfort, all along the sea coast to the southward two hundred miles, and all that space and circuit of land, lying from the sea coast of the precinct aforesaid, up into the land, throughout from sea to sea, west and northwest...
Page 51 - Logan, not sparing even my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 48 - ... no man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land...
Page 19 - The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence.
Page 33 - We have given Granted and Confirmed and by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do give Grant and Confirm unto...
Page 18 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Page 27 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made ;w But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Page 16 - Hail, Columbia ! happy land ! Hail, ye heroes, heaven-born band! Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause, Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause; And when the storm of war was gone, Enjoyed the peace your valor won. Let independence be our boast, Ever mindful what it cost; Ever grateful for the prize, Let its altar reach the skies. Firm united let us be, Rallying round our liberty! As a band of brothers joined, Peace and safety we shall find.