The History of Georgia: Containing Brief Sketches of the Most Remarkable Events, Up to the Present Day, Volume 1Seymour & Williams, 1811 - Georgia |
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... arrive in Geor- gia , with one man servant for every fifty acres granted them , and should with such servants a- bide , settle , inhabit and continue there for three years that they should within ten years , clear and cultivate one ...
... arrive in Geor- gia , with one man servant for every fifty acres granted them , and should with such servants a- bide , settle , inhabit and continue there for three years that they should within ten years , clear and cultivate one ...
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... arrive in Geor . gia ; to be divided into fifty acre lots , on the terms heretofore specified . Having every thing ... arrived in Charleston , where Oglethorpe and his party were received with the greatest hospi- tality by the governor ...
... arrive in Geor . gia ; to be divided into fifty acre lots , on the terms heretofore specified . Having every thing ... arrived in Charleston , where Oglethorpe and his party were received with the greatest hospi- tality by the governor ...
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... arrival in Charleston , with the loss of only two children at sea . After they had landed at Yamacraw bluff , Oglethorpe , Bryan and Bull , explored the country , and hav- ing found this high spot of ground , situated on a navigable ...
... arrival in Charleston , with the loss of only two children at sea . After they had landed at Yamacraw bluff , Oglethorpe , Bryan and Bull , explored the country , and hav- ing found this high spot of ground , situated on a navigable ...
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... arrival in Charles - town . The governor and assembly have given us all possible encourage . ment . Our people arrived at Beaufort on the 20th of January , where I lodged them in some new barracks built for the soldiers , whilst I went ...
... arrival in Charles - town . The governor and assembly have given us all possible encourage . ment . Our people arrived at Beaufort on the 20th of January , where I lodged them in some new barracks built for the soldiers , whilst I went ...
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... arrival he sent runners to the different towns , and invited a con- vention of the kings and chiefs of the creek na- tion , and entered into a treaty of amity and com- merce with them , making a transfer of the whole nation and all ...
... arrival he sent runners to the different towns , and invited a con- vention of the kings and chiefs of the creek na- tion , and entered into a treaty of amity and com- merce with them , making a transfer of the whole nation and all ...
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Page 332 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended...
Page 355 - ... of our especial grace, certain knowledge,- and mere motion, have given and granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do...
Page 311 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.
Page 312 - Resolved, 6. That they are entitled to the benefit of such of the English statutes, as existed at the time of their colonization ; and which they have, by experience, respectively found to be applicable to their several local and other circumstances.
Page 346 - And we do further, of our special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, for us, our heirs and successors, grant, by these presents, to the...
Page 311 - That the inhabitants of the English colonies in North America, by the immutable laws of nature, the principles of the English Constitution, and the several charters or compacts, have the following rights : Resolved, NCD 1.
Page 350 - ... given and granted full power and authority from time to time to administer oaths or affirmations, for the better discovery of truth in any matter in controversy or depending before them.
Page 312 - British parliament, they are entitled to a free and exclusive power of legislation in their several provincial legislatures, where their right of representation can alone be preserved, in all cases of taxation and internal polity subject only to the negative of their sovereign, in such manner as has been heretofore used and accustomed...
Page 356 - And lastly, we do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, grant unto the said James Russell, his executors, administrators, and assigns, that these, our letters patent, or the enrolment or exemplification thereof, shall be in and by all things good, firm, valid, sufficient, and effectual, in the law, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and...