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... called the Ben- nington mob , July 20. Ethan Allen to the Provincial Congress of New York [ from Ticonderoga , ] expressive of hopes of reconciliation , thanking them for their respectful treatment not only of Mr. Warner and himself ...
... called the Ben- nington mob , July 20. Ethan Allen to the Provincial Congress of New York [ from Ticonderoga , ] expressive of hopes of reconciliation , thanking them for their respectful treatment not only of Mr. Warner and himself ...
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... called because it was first frequented and peopled by free Netherlanders ) is a province in the most northern part of America lying between N. England ( which bounds them on the N. E. side ) and Virginia lying to the S. W. The Ocean is ...
... called because it was first frequented and peopled by free Netherlanders ) is a province in the most northern part of America lying between N. England ( which bounds them on the N. E. side ) and Virginia lying to the S. W. The Ocean is ...
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... called Sackema possessing not much authority and little advantage , Unless in their dances and other ceremonies . They have hardly any knowledge of God , no Divine Worship , no Law , no Justice , the Strongest does what he pleases and ...
... called Sackema possessing not much authority and little advantage , Unless in their dances and other ceremonies . They have hardly any knowledge of God , no Divine Worship , no Law , no Justice , the Strongest does what he pleases and ...
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... called together by the Director to consider this affair , who all appeared and presently twelve men delegated from among themt answered the propositions , and resolved at once on war should the murderer be refused ; that the attack ...
... called together by the Director to consider this affair , who all appeared and presently twelve men delegated from among themt answered the propositions , and resolved at once on war should the murderer be refused ; that the attack ...
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... called Wappin- gers , dwelling sixteen miles up the River , with whom we never had any the least trouble , seized on a boat coming from Fort Orange wherein were only two men , and full four hundred Beavers . This great Booty stimulated ...
... called Wappin- gers , dwelling sixteen miles up the River , with whom we never had any the least trouble , seized on a boat coming from Fort Orange wherein were only two men , and full four hundred Beavers . This great Booty stimulated ...
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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.