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... important ; the mother country assumed control over them , sent governors to rule them , and a large and flourishing trade sprang up between them and the aborigines and Europe . Charles I of Eng- land was too much engrossed with his ...
... important ; the mother country assumed control over them , sent governors to rule them , and a large and flourishing trade sprang up between them and the aborigines and Europe . Charles I of Eng- land was too much engrossed with his ...
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... important part in the civil and judicial history of New Jersey , and as it will afford a specimen of the very best conveyancing of that day , it is given verbatim et literatim , and in full . A critical examination of it will reveal the ...
... important part in the civil and judicial history of New Jersey , and as it will afford a specimen of the very best conveyancing of that day , it is given verbatim et literatim , and in full . A critical examination of it will reveal the ...
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... important official positions . The Dutch language was still spoken in the family , in market and in places of business ; divine service was conducted in that language as of yore . The terms of capitulation were agreed upon by a joint ...
... important official positions . The Dutch language was still spoken in the family , in market and in places of business ; divine service was conducted in that language as of yore . The terms of capitulation were agreed upon by a joint ...
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... importance and received due consideration . In less than a year after war was declared , the peace of Westminster was ... important for present purposes . It was in the ordinary form of a lease used in those days , dated the day prior to ...
... importance and received due consideration . In less than a year after war was declared , the peace of Westminster was ... important for present purposes . It was in the ordinary form of a lease used in those days , dated the day prior to ...
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... important , as it is the founda- tion of titles to land in New Jersey , is very often referred to in the legal literature of the State , and gave rise to much discussion and some controversy in the courts , and was as follows : " THIS ...
... important , as it is the founda- tion of titles to land in New Jersey , is very often referred to in the legal literature of the State , and gave rise to much discussion and some controversy in the courts , and was as follows : " THIS ...
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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.