Tracts and Other Papers Relating Principally to the Origin, Settlement, and Progress of the Colonies in North America: From the Discovery of the Country to the Year 1776, Volume 1P. Force, 1836 - Bermuda Islands |
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... Acre , or its Value in Goods , or Merchandise , as the Land " shall be occupied , taken up , or run out ; Payable yearly to the " Lords Proprietors Officers at Charles - Town , but such Pay- " ment not to commence , till three Years ...
... Acre , or its Value in Goods , or Merchandise , as the Land " shall be occupied , taken up , or run out ; Payable yearly to the " Lords Proprietors Officers at Charles - Town , but such Pay- " ment not to commence , till three Years ...
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... Acres , laid out , and settled , in the Form , presented , in the Cut annex'd . The District is defended by sufficient Numbers of Men , who , dwelling in the fortified Angles of the Line , will be employ'd in cultivating Lands , which ...
... Acres , laid out , and settled , in the Form , presented , in the Cut annex'd . The District is defended by sufficient Numbers of Men , who , dwelling in the fortified Angles of the Line , will be employ'd in cultivating Lands , which ...
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... Acres , when the fifty Thou- sand shall be clear'd ; and in the mean time to half the yearly Amount of the whole Profit which shall be made by the Colony , which Sale will be made in Acres , ( more or less at the Discretion of the Buyer ...
... Acres , when the fifty Thou- sand shall be clear'd ; and in the mean time to half the yearly Amount of the whole Profit which shall be made by the Colony , which Sale will be made in Acres , ( more or less at the Discretion of the Buyer ...
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... Acres , or so much thereof , as shall at any time be clear'd , and cultivated , shall al- ways come consign'd to the Purchasers Factors , for the Time being , or their Agents , or to Persons of their Appointment or Approbation , and ...
... Acres , or so much thereof , as shall at any time be clear'd , and cultivated , shall al- ways come consign'd to the Purchasers Factors , for the Time being , or their Agents , or to Persons of their Appointment or Approbation , and ...
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... Acres , as abovemention'd , shall , over and above his yearly Profits from the said two Hundred and Fifty Acres , be entitled to one of the Estates of a Mile Square , or 640 Acres , in the first District , which shall be settled , as in ...
... Acres , as abovemention'd , shall , over and above his yearly Profits from the said two Hundred and Fifty Acres , be entitled to one of the Estates of a Mile Square , or 640 Acres , in the first District , which shall be settled , as in ...
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