Documentary History of the State of Maine, Volume 10Bailey and Noyes, 1907 - Local history |
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... Ships and stores of warr among which some Morters and bombs will be necessary & to be ready here to attaque that place in the Spring I doubt not but heaven will give Successe and the people of this Province are inclined to goe with mee ...
... Ships and stores of warr among which some Morters and bombs will be necessary & to be ready here to attaque that place in the Spring I doubt not but heaven will give Successe and the people of this Province are inclined to goe with mee ...
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... Ships , it will the more easily be depended against any Attempts that can be made upon it by Land . X X X X X X ( No Endorsement ) May it please Your Lordships . Paris , Decemb ! 1697 . That having sometime before my coming from England ...
... Ships , it will the more easily be depended against any Attempts that can be made upon it by Land . X X X X X X ( No Endorsement ) May it please Your Lordships . Paris , Decemb ! 1697 . That having sometime before my coming from England ...
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... Ships residing in those Countries have allmost every year received the English pretentions of right by Con- quest and have accordingly received the like acknowledg- ments from the French who remain upon the place . This being all I am ...
... Ships residing in those Countries have allmost every year received the English pretentions of right by Con- quest and have accordingly received the like acknowledg- ments from the French who remain upon the place . This being all I am ...
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... ship L'Envieux confirm'd it to you , sending back at his arrival on these Coasts some of your Fishing Vessels which he had taken , & giving you to understand by the King's Order that if any more came either to Fish or Trade they should ...
... ship L'Envieux confirm'd it to you , sending back at his arrival on these Coasts some of your Fishing Vessels which he had taken , & giving you to understand by the King's Order that if any more came either to Fish or Trade they should ...
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... ship in the said Harbour upon which we tack'd and stood off and presently we saw a Boat come off from said ship and came to us with about twenty Men , many of them had Armes and came and boarded our Vessels , and commanded us to go into ...
... ship in the said Harbour upon which we tack'd and stood off and presently we saw a Boat come off from said ship and came to us with about twenty Men , many of them had Armes and came and boarded our Vessels , and commanded us to go into ...
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