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... Lieutenant Governor of the Province , and " adventured to make a new Seale for the province , altering the Duke of York's Coronet , and placing the Crowne of England in its stead . ” 2 A new official Seal was , however , brought over by ...
... Lieutenant Governor of the Province , and " adventured to make a new Seale for the province , altering the Duke of York's Coronet , and placing the Crowne of England in its stead . ” 2 A new official Seal was , however , brought over by ...
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... Lieutenant Baxter , but to prevent all confusion , Councillor La Montagne was appointed general . Coming to Staten Island , they marched the whole night ; the houses were empty and abandoned by the Indians ; they got 5 or 6 hundred ...
... Lieutenant Baxter , but to prevent all confusion , Councillor La Montagne was appointed general . Coming to Staten Island , they marched the whole night ; the houses were empty and abandoned by the Indians ; they got 5 or 6 hundred ...
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... Lieutenant Stilwil arrived here with their troops ; I then immediately called a Council of War and it was resolved unanimously to set out in the evening with 20 Soldiers and 12 Indians under the command of Christiaen Niesen and Peiter ...
... Lieutenant Stilwil arrived here with their troops ; I then immediately called a Council of War and it was resolved unanimously to set out in the evening with 20 Soldiers and 12 Indians under the command of Christiaen Niesen and Peiter ...
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... Lieutenant Stilwil's , 30 men ; Lieutenant Couwenhoven with 41 Indians ; volunteers from the Manhatans , 6 ; volunteers from the Esopus , 35 men , of whom 11 were horsemen , and 7 of the Honble Company's negroes , with two pieces of ...
... Lieutenant Stilwil's , 30 men ; Lieutenant Couwenhoven with 41 Indians ; volunteers from the Manhatans , 6 ; volunteers from the Esopus , 35 men , of whom 11 were horsemen , and 7 of the Honble Company's negroes , with two pieces of ...
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... Lieutenant Couwenhoven , Lieutenant Stilwil and Ensign Christiaen Niessen , with 116 men to surprise it . I followed , meanwhile , with the remainder of the force , the guns and wagons , but on coming within a short mile of the fort ...
... Lieutenant Couwenhoven , Lieutenant Stilwil and Ensign Christiaen Niessen , with 116 men to surprise it . I followed , meanwhile , with the remainder of the force , the guns and wagons , but on coming within a short mile of the fort ...
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Page 576 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Page 331 - Wentworth, out of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, have thought fit to constitute and appoint, and by these presents do constitute and appoint you, the said...
Page 337 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 563 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Page 376 - His Majesty taking the said Report into Consideration, was pleased with the Advice of his Privy Council to approve thereof, and to Order, as it is hereby Ordered, that the said Petition...
Page 347 - Inhabitants here, by offering to Sale, at a low Rate, whole Townships of Six Miles Square lately granted by the said Government Westward of Connecticut River. To prevent therefore the Incautious from becoming Purchasers of the Lands so granted; to assert the Rights and fully to maintain the Jurisdiction of the Government of ..this His Majesty's Province of New York, I have thought fit, with the advice -of His Majesty's Council, to issue this Proclamation, thereby commanding and requiring all Judges,...
Page 346 - Higansets, 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 lands from the west side of Connecticut river, to the east side of Delaware bay.
Page 337 - Breadth; and in Length, and Longitude, of and within all the Breadth aforesaid, throughout the main Lands there, from the Atlantic and western Sea and Ocean on the East Part, to the South Sea on the West Part...
Page 618 - A public defence of the right of the New Hampshire grants (so called] on both sides Connecticut river, to associate together, and form themselves into an independent state. Containing remarks on sundry paragraphs of letters from the president of the Council of New Hampshire to his Excellency Governor Chittenden, and the New Hampshire delegates at...
Page 23 - ... floor this cellar with plank, and wainscot it overhead for a ceiling, raise a roof of spars clear up, and cover the spars with bark or green sods, so that they can live dry and warm in these houses with their entire families for two, three, and four years, it being understood that partitions are run through those cellars which are adapted to the size of the family.