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... chief in the tribe and schoolmaster of half a century , was sent by this small remnant to New Jersey to make ... justice which in this in- stance , and , so far as I am acquainted , in all former time , has actuated the Councils of this ...
... chief in the tribe and schoolmaster of half a century , was sent by this small remnant to New Jersey to make ... justice which in this in- stance , and , so far as I am acquainted , in all former time , has actuated the Councils of this ...
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... justice , within this Province , and that they be read in solemn manner four times every year , in the presence of the people , by the Chief Magistrate of those places . " The first Legislature of West New Jersey convened at Burlington ...
... justice , within this Province , and that they be read in solemn manner four times every year , in the presence of the people , by the Chief Magistrate of those places . " The first Legislature of West New Jersey convened at Burlington ...
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... chief for the time being , and our said Council , in civil causes . " No member of the Council , however , who had been a judge of the court from which the appeal had been taken could vote at the hearing of such appeal ; nor , could the ...
... chief for the time being , and our said Council , in civil causes . " No member of the Council , however , who had been a judge of the court from which the appeal had been taken could vote at the hearing of such appeal ; nor , could the ...
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... Chief Justice ; William Pinhorne , Associate Justice ; Sonmans , Gordon , Parker and Gardiner were prominent officially and otherwise . Parker was the ancestor of the distinguished family of that name which gave James Parker to the ...
... Chief Justice ; William Pinhorne , Associate Justice ; Sonmans , Gordon , Parker and Gardiner were prominent officially and otherwise . Parker was the ancestor of the distinguished family of that name which gave James Parker to the ...
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... Chief Justice of the Supreme Court , was a large land owner at Trenton , the present Capital of the State , to which he gave his name . This Legislature does not seem to have been very busily employed , but it passed some very important ...
... Chief Justice of the Supreme Court , was a large land owner at Trenton , the present Capital of the State , to which he gave his name . This Legislature does not seem to have been very busily employed , but it passed some very important ...
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Page 225 - I AB do solemnly and sincerely in the presence of God profess, testify and declare, that I do believe that in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper there is not any transubstantiation of the elements of bread and wine into the body and blood of . Christ, at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever...
Page 367 - Nederlandts, under the commission and control of their High Mightinesses the Lords States General of the United Netherlands, and the privileged West India Company.
Page 14 - To be holden of Us our Heirs and Successors as of our Manor of East Greenwich and our County of Kent in free and common soccage and not in Capite nor by Knight service Yielding and rendering.
Page 225 - Christ, at or after the consecration thereof by any person whatsoever; and that the invocation or adoration of the Virgin Mary or any other saint, and the sacrifice of the Mass, as they are now used in the Church of Rome, are superstitious and idolatrous.
Page 69 - Island, and bounded on the east part by the main sea and part by Hudson's River, and hath upon the west Delaware Bay or river, and extendeth southward to the main ocean as far as Cape May, at the mouth of Delaware Bay, and to the northward as far as the northernmost branch of the eaid bay or river of Delaware, which is forty-one degrees and forty minutes of latitude...
Page 15 - And also to make, ordain, and establish all manner of orders, laws, directions, instructions, forms, and ceremonies of government and magistracy fit and necessary for and concerning the government of the said colony and plantation...
Page 134 - King of this realm and all other his Majesty's dominions and countries thereunto belonging. And I do solemnly and sincerely declare that I do believe in my conscience that...
Page 135 - Crown, and better securing the rights and liberties of the subject,' is, and stands limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress and Duchess Dowager of Hanover, and the heirs of her body, being Protestants; and all these things I do plainly and sincerely acknowledge and swear, according to these express words, by me spoken, and according to the plain and common sense and understanding of the same words, without any equivocation...
Page 134 - Pope neither of himself nor by any authority of the Church or see of Rome, or by any other means with any other, hath any power or authority to depose the King...
Page 175 - You are to permit a Liberty of Conscience to all Persons (except Papists) so they may be contented with a quiet and peaceable Enjoyment of the same, not giving Offence or Scandal to the Government.