Annals of the West: Embracing a Concise Account of Principal Events which Have Occurred in the Western States and Territories, from the Discovery of the Mississippi Valley to the Year Eighteen Hundred and Forty Five |
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Page 31
... proposed to the minister to try , what had been given up since La Salle's sad fate , the discovery and settlement of Louisiana by sea . The Count of Pontchartrain , who was then at the head of marine affairs , was led to take an ...
... proposed to the minister to try , what had been given up since La Salle's sad fate , the discovery and settlement of Louisiana by sea . The Count of Pontchartrain , who was then at the head of marine affairs , was led to take an ...
Page 33
... proposed to found a city among the Natchez , a city to be named , in honor of the Countess of Pontchartrain , Rosalie . Indeed , he did pretend to lay the corner- stone of such a place , though it was not till 1714 that the fort called ...
... proposed to found a city among the Natchez , a city to be named , in honor of the Countess of Pontchartrain , Rosalie . Indeed , he did pretend to lay the corner- stone of such a place , though it was not till 1714 that the fort called ...
Page 44
... proposed to make there a settlement of the French Huguenots , who had fled to Carolina ; but the death of Lord Lonsdale , the chief forwarder of the scheme , put an end to that plan , and we do not learn from Coxe , whose work appeared ...
... proposed to make there a settlement of the French Huguenots , who had fled to Carolina ; but the death of Lord Lonsdale , the chief forwarder of the scheme , put an end to that plan , and we do not learn from Coxe , whose work appeared ...
Page 48
... of Weiser , see Proud's History of Pennsylvania , vol . ii . , p . 316 , where a long letter by him is given . Day's Historical Collections of Pennsylvania , 134 . + Rum and water . 1748 . Ohio Company proposed . 49 land lying in.
... of Weiser , see Proud's History of Pennsylvania , vol . ii . , p . 316 , where a long letter by him is given . Day's Historical Collections of Pennsylvania , 134 . + Rum and water . 1748 . Ohio Company proposed . 49 land lying in.
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... proposed . 49 land lying in that colony ; " the Indians being persuaded to “ re- cognise the king's right to all lands that are , or by his majesty's appointment shall be , within the colony of Virginia . " For this they received £ 200 ...
... proposed . 49 land lying in that colony ; " the Indians being persuaded to “ re- cognise the king's right to all lands that are , or by his majesty's appointment shall be , within the colony of Virginia . " For this they received £ 200 ...
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