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... that it may be kindly received as a humble contribution to the local history of this Great Commonwealth . LANCASTER , PA . , May 27 , 1869 . J. I. MOMBERT . TABLE OF CONTENTS . PREFACE ........................ . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
... that it may be kindly received as a humble contribution to the local history of this Great Commonwealth . LANCASTER , PA . , May 27 , 1869 . J. I. MOMBERT . TABLE OF CONTENTS . PREFACE ........................ . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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... received names from their places of residence , or from some accidental circumstance , at the time of its occurrence remarkable , but now forgotten . Such were the Shawanese , the Nanticokes , the Susquehannas , the Shackamaxons , the ...
... received names from their places of residence , or from some accidental circumstance , at the time of its occurrence remarkable , but now forgotten . Such were the Shawanese , the Nanticokes , the Susquehannas , the Shackamaxons , the ...
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... received and acknowledged for a truth , through every successive generation of our ancestors . It could not have taken its rise from fable ; for human fiction however artfully and plausibly contrived , can never gain credit long , among ...
... received and acknowledged for a truth , through every successive generation of our ancestors . It could not have taken its rise from fable ; for human fiction however artfully and plausibly contrived , can never gain credit long , among ...
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... received his name , and may have given to him the credit of its discovery , as it was so called in a letter from Captain Argall , written from Vir- ginia in 1612. " But , if this be true , it was a year after the well - known visit of ...
... received his name , and may have given to him the credit of its discovery , as it was so called in a letter from Captain Argall , written from Vir- ginia in 1612. " But , if this be true , it was a year after the well - known visit of ...
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... received the same name from two persons of different nations , each giving it his own ; for Thomas West , Lord Delaware , is also said to have discovered and given his Dame to this river . The bay has also been known as New Port May and ...
... received the same name from two persons of different nations , each giving it his own ; for Thomas West , Lord Delaware , is also said to have discovered and given his Dame to this river . The bay has also been known as New Port May and ...
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Page 90 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security of the people, nation, or community; of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of...
Page 121 - Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member, but not a second time for the same cause; and shall have all other powers necessary for a branch of the legislature of a free State.
Page 122 - No senator or representative shall, during the time for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office under this Commonwealth which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such time...
Page 107 - ... that House shall agree to pass the bill, it shall be sent, with the objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered; and if approved by two-thirds of that House, it shall be a law; but, in such cases, the votes of both Houses shall be determined by yeas and nays...
Page 102 - A school or schools shall be established in each county by the legislature, for the convenient instruction of youth, with such salaries to the masters paid by the public, as may enable them to instruct youth at low prices: And all useful learning shall be duly encouraged and promoted in one or more universities.
Page 356 - For they that are after the flesh, do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the spirit, the things of the spirit.
Page 91 - That the people have a right to assemble together, in a peaceable manner, to consult for their common good, to instruct their representatives, and to apply to the legislature for redress of grievances.
Page 89 - God, be justly deprived or abridged of any civil right as a citizen, on account of his religious sentiments or peculiar mode of religious worship...
Page 99 - The person of a debtor, where there is not a strong presumption of fraud, shall not be continued in prison, after delivering up „bona fide" all his estate real and personal for the use of his creditors, in such manner as shall be hereafter regulated by law. All prisoners shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, unless for capital offences, when the proof is evident or presumption great.
Page 115 - The citizens have a right in a peaceable manner to assemble together for their common good, and to apply to those invested with the powers of government for redress of grievances or other proper purposes by petition, address, or remonstrance.