American Annals: Or, a Chronological History of America, from Its Discovery in MCCCCXCII to MDCCCVI, Volume 2W. Hilliard, 1805 - America |
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... soon af- ter sued for peace . Coming into the fort at Pem- aquid , appointed for the place of treaty , they en- Treaty at tered into a solemn covenant on the eleventh of Au . Pemaquid . 3 1 The English under Sir F. Wheeler made a ...
... soon af- ter sued for peace . Coming into the fort at Pem- aquid , appointed for the place of treaty , they en- Treaty at tered into a solemn covenant on the eleventh of Au . Pemaquid . 3 1 The English under Sir F. Wheeler made a ...
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... soon became the chief support of the colony , and the great source of its opulence . * 1 Hewet , i . 129–131 . 2 Hewet , i . 119. Pennant observes , that rice is said to have been first planted in Carolina about A. D. 1688 , by Sir ...
... soon became the chief support of the colony , and the great source of its opulence . * 1 Hewet , i . 129–131 . 2 Hewet , i . 119. Pennant observes , that rice is said to have been first planted in Carolina about A. D. 1688 , by Sir ...
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... soon after on a second voyage , and he brought home ( in 1687 ) a treas- ure of near £ 300,000 ; his own share of which was about £ 16,000 . This event introduced him to men of rank and fortune ; and he was made a knight by king James ...
... soon after on a second voyage , and he brought home ( in 1687 ) a treas- ure of near £ 300,000 ; his own share of which was about £ 16,000 . This event introduced him to men of rank and fortune ; and he was made a knight by king James ...
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... soon after from Scotland , was also frustrated by the loss of the ship , which took fire , having on board the principal stock of provisions . Another reinforcement , which soon followed , stronger and better furnished , yet , falling ...
... soon after from Scotland , was also frustrated by the loss of the ship , which took fire , having on board the principal stock of provisions . Another reinforcement , which soon followed , stronger and better furnished , yet , falling ...
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... soon after they commenced at Windham . Danbury had been surveyed for a town in 1693 , soon after a plantation was made upon the lands . 5 Du Fresnoy Chron . ii . 175 . 6 Proud , i . 454 , 455. They have acted in a separate capacity ever ...
... soon after they commenced at Windham . Danbury had been surveyed for a town in 1693 , soon after a plantation was made upon the lands . 5 Du Fresnoy Chron . ii . 175 . 6 Proud , i . 454 , 455. They have acted in a separate capacity ever ...
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Page 72 - We agree also that the heads of agreement assented to by the united ministers, formerly called presbyterian and congregational, be observed by the churches throughout this colony.
Page 278 - At the same time let the sovereign authority of this country over the colonies be asserted in as strong terms as can be devised, and be made to extend to every point of legislation whatsoever. That we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever, except that of taking their money out of their pockets without their consent.
Page 395 - Neither of the two parties shall conclude either truce or peace with Great Britain without the formal consent of the other first obtained; and they mutually engage not to lay down their arms until the independence of the United States shall have been formally or tacitly assured by the treaty or treaties that shall terminate the war.
Page 313 - Also that the keeping a standing army in several of these colonies, in time of peace, without the consent of the legislature of that colony in which such army is kept, is against law.
Page 313 - Also the act passed in the same session for establishing the Roman Catholic religion, in the province of Quebec, abolishing the equitable system of English laws, and erecting a tyranny there, to the great danger, (from so total a dissimilarity of religion, law and government) of the neighbouring British colonies, by the assistance of whose blood and treasure the said country was conquered from France.
Page 366 - As the divisions had nearly the same distance to march, I ordered each of them, immediately upon forcing the out-guards, to push directly into the town, that they might charge the enemy before they had time to form. The upper...
Page 259 - ... subjects of Great Britain as to those of France, in its whole breadth and length, from its source to the sea, and expressly that part which is between the said island of New Orleans and the right bank of that river, as well as the passage both in and out of its mouth: It is further stipulated, that the vessels belonging to the subjects of either nation shall not be stopped, visited, or subjected to the payment of any duty whatsoever.
Page 261 - The Government of Quebec bounded on the Labrador coast by the River St John, and from thence by a line drawn from the head of that river through the Lake St.
Page 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 152 - Carolinean troops, enfeebled by the heat, dispirited by sickness, and fatigued by fruitless efforts, marched away in large bodies.