A General History of the United States of America: From the Discovery in 1492, to 1792; Or, Sketches of the Divine Agency, in Their Settlement, Growth, and Protection; and Especially in the Late Memorable Revolution. In Three Volumes. Vol. I. Exhibiting a General View of the Principal Events, from the Discovery of North America, to the Year 1765, Volume 1 |
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... hundred men , for the conquest of Florida . Arriving at Spiritu Santo , he made a tour into the country , to the northward , four hundred leagues , and discovered the great river Mis- sisippi . * Dying in the country , his successor ...
... hundred men , for the conquest of Florida . Arriving at Spiritu Santo , he made a tour into the country , to the northward , four hundred leagues , and discovered the great river Mis- sisippi . * Dying in the country , his successor ...
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... hundred and nine , Henry the VII . was no more . The affairs of divorce , matrimony , and the reforma- tion , engrossed the whole attention of Henry VIII . and the business of discovery , claim , and settlement Reasons of was entirely ...
... hundred and nine , Henry the VII . was no more . The affairs of divorce , matrimony , and the reforma- tion , engrossed the whole attention of Henry VIII . and the business of discovery , claim , and settlement Reasons of was entirely ...
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... hundred warriors . † The whole number of inhabi- Their pop- tants between the sea coast and the falls seems to have ulation Virginia . been about eight thousand , and the number of war- riors about two thousand and four hundred . The ...
... hundred warriors . † The whole number of inhabi- Their pop- tants between the sea coast and the falls seems to have ulation Virginia . been about eight thousand , and the number of war- riors about two thousand and four hundred . The ...
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... hundred miles back from the sea coast settlement . into the country in all the others , to have been equal to that in Virginia , their numbers would have amounted to a hundred and twenty three thousand . In the New - England states are ...
... hundred miles back from the sea coast settlement . into the country in all the others , to have been equal to that in Virginia , their numbers would have amounted to a hundred and twenty three thousand . In the New - England states are ...
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... hundred . amounted to three thousands . Among these were twelve hundred gun men . Two fifths of all these Indians were accounted to be warriors or gun men . * Carolina . In South Carolina the Indians were very numer- In South ous . In ...
... hundred . amounted to three thousands . Among these were twelve hundred gun men . Two fifths of all these Indians were accounted to be warriors or gun men . * Carolina . In South Carolina the Indians were very numer- In South ous . In ...
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Page 210 - Corporations, or having accepted any office, civil or military, or any place of trust under the Crown, to receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper according to the Rites of the Church of England.
Page 83 - The Treasurer and Company of Adventurers and Planters of the City of London for the first Colony in Virginia.
Page 125 - Higansetts abutting upon the main land between the two Rivers there called or known by the several names of Connecticut and Hudson's River together also with the said River called Hudson's River and all the land from the west side of Connecticut to the East side of Delaware Bay.
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Page 103 - That church members only should be free burgesses ; and that they only should choose magistrates among themselves, to have power of transacting all the public civil affairs of the plantation ; of making and repealing laws, dividing inheritances, deciding of differences that may arise, and doing all things and businesses of like nature.
Page 117 - Whereas we all came into these parts of America, with one and the same end, and aim; namely to advance the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to enjoy the Liberties of the Gospel, in purity with peace.
Page 127 - 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 extended southward...
Page 70 - America, and to their successors and assigns for ever, all that part of America, lying and being in breadth, from forty degrees of northerly latitude from the equinoctial line, to forty-eight degrees of the said northerly latitude inclusively, and in length, of and within all the breadth aforesaid, throughout the main lands from sea to sea...
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Page 182 - Esq., or, in his absence, to such as for the time being take care for preserving the peace and administering the laws in their Majesties' province of New York, in America.