Documentary History of the State of Maine, Volume 10Bailey and Noyes, 1907 - Local history |
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... French pretentions to the sole Right of fishing upon the Coast of Accadie , • Nov. 11 Letter from Benjamin Jackson concerning the Claims of the French to St. George's River , 1699 Nov. 10 Letter from Wolfgang Willm Römer , 1700 Mar. 27 ...
... French pretentions to the sole Right of fishing upon the Coast of Accadie , • Nov. 11 Letter from Benjamin Jackson concerning the Claims of the French to St. George's River , 1699 Nov. 10 Letter from Wolfgang Willm Römer , 1700 Mar. 27 ...
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... French is greatly added to if not wholy continued by some prac- tises amongst themselves openly done without restraint . The Peltry of yt Countrey is generally & more espetialy in ye Eastern parts taken by yo Indian natives , & from ...
... French is greatly added to if not wholy continued by some prac- tises amongst themselves openly done without restraint . The Peltry of yt Countrey is generally & more espetialy in ye Eastern parts taken by yo Indian natives , & from ...
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... French or both who then were in ye greatest want for powder & c with which they were then supplyd in great plenty . Since then many have used ye same trade & continue so to do without any contradiction . End : Coll Ledgel's Mem ...
... French or both who then were in ye greatest want for powder & c with which they were then supplyd in great plenty . Since then many have used ye same trade & continue so to do without any contradiction . End : Coll Ledgel's Mem ...
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... French Interest and will not in any wise adhere to , aid or assist them in their Wars or designes against the English , nor countenance , suc- cor or conceale any of the Enemy Indians of Canada , or other place that shall happen to come ...
... French Interest and will not in any wise adhere to , aid or assist them in their Wars or designes against the English , nor countenance , suc- cor or conceale any of the Enemy Indians of Canada , or other place that shall happen to come ...
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... French , and the Northerne Indians into those Provinces , the preservation of which will be your best security . This we are so much more obliged to presse you in , because the fresh News we have received from Newfoundland gives us also ...
... French , and the Northerne Indians into those Provinces , the preservation of which will be your best security . This we are so much more obliged to presse you in , because the fresh News we have received from Newfoundland gives us also ...
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