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... tion ; Outline of the New Jersey Plan ; Dissatisfaction with the Constitution ; Washington Aids in its Adoption by the States ; Finally Accepted ; New Jersey's Action on the Constitution ; Convention Elected ; Its Action ; Amend- ments ...
... tion ; Outline of the New Jersey Plan ; Dissatisfaction with the Constitution ; Washington Aids in its Adoption by the States ; Finally Accepted ; New Jersey's Action on the Constitution ; Convention Elected ; Its Action ; Amend- ments ...
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... tion , as he found that body of water difficult to navigate . He left the bay , therefore , and directed his course northward , along the eastern coast of New Jersey and , on the 3d of September , in the afternoon of a Thursday ...
... tion , as he found that body of water difficult to navigate . He left the bay , therefore , and directed his course northward , along the eastern coast of New Jersey and , on the 3d of September , in the afternoon of a Thursday ...
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... 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 INDEN- TURE made the four and ...
... 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 INDEN- TURE made the four and ...
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... tion , spurning the shackles of oppression and demanding the rights which had been denied to their ancestors - which their fathers had never known and had never appreciated . The " grants and concessions " are important in both the ...
... tion , spurning the shackles of oppression and demanding the rights which had been denied to their ancestors - which their fathers had never known and had never appreciated . The " grants and concessions " are important in both the ...
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... tion there , arm'd with a good musket , bore twelve bullets to the pound , with ten pounds of powder , and twenty pounds of bullets with bandi- liers and match convenient , and with six months provision for his own person arriving there ...
... tion there , arm'd with a good musket , bore twelve bullets to the pound , with ten pounds of powder , and twenty pounds of bullets with bandi- liers and match convenient , and with six months provision for his own person arriving there ...
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action aforesaid afterwards Andross appointed Assembly Associate Justice attorney authority became bench Bergen Berkeley and Carteret Burlington called cause Chancellor Chief Justice citizens claimed colonists colony Committee Congress Constitution Convention Cornbury Council County declared deed Delaware Delaware River delegates Deputies directed division Duke of York Dutch duties East elected Elizabeth Town enacted England English ernor Essex Essex County established Governor Heirs held House Indians inhabitants John Judge jurisdiction jury king land lawyer legislation Legislature Lewis Morris Lord Cornbury Lords Proprietors meeting ment Monmouth Monmouth County Morris County Newark Nicholls oath Ogden opinion party passed persons Perth Amboy Philip Carteret position present President province Quakers Queen received refused representatives River Royal secure session settled settlement settlers Sir George Carteret soon statute Supreme Court term thence thereof tion township vote West Jersey West New Jersey William
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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.