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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... tion . We are pleased with a recital of the dan- gers they have escaped , and the difficulties they have encountered , in planning and executing the establishment of a country , where we are now in the enjoyment of liberty , peace and ...
... tion . We are pleased with a recital of the dan- gers they have escaped , and the difficulties they have encountered , in planning and executing the establishment of a country , where we are now in the enjoyment of liberty , peace and ...
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... tion in that capacity was greatly ameliorated , by bringing them from a country where wretched- ness , misery and want , were the common lot of the whole race . In this diversity of opinion held out by two nations , separated but a ...
... tion in that capacity was greatly ameliorated , by bringing them from a country where wretched- ness , misery and want , were the common lot of the whole race . In this diversity of opinion held out by two nations , separated but a ...
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... tion money of South - Carolina , for every hundred acres of the said lands forever ; which the said corporation should grant , demise , plant or settle , but not to commence until ten years after such grant , demise , planting or ...
... tion money of South - Carolina , for every hundred acres of the said lands forever ; which the said corporation should grant , demise , plant or settle , but not to commence until ten years after such grant , demise , planting or ...
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... tion of silk worms , some beginning and others having finished their webbs , with the motto , NON SIBI SED ALIIs ; a very proper emblem , sig- nifying that the nature of the establishment was such , that neither the first trustees , nor ...
... tion of silk worms , some beginning and others having finished their webbs , with the motto , NON SIBI SED ALIIs ; a very proper emblem , sig- nifying that the nature of the establishment was such , that neither the first trustees , nor ...
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... tion of governor Johnson , voted that Oglethorpe should be furnished at the public expense with one hundred and four head of breeding cattle , twenty - five hogs and twenty barrels of rice ; and sent boats to carry these supplies to ...
... tion of governor Johnson , voted that Oglethorpe should be furnished at the public expense with one hundred and four head of breeding cattle , twenty - five hogs and twenty barrels of rice ; and sent boats to carry these supplies to ...
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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...