The History of the Five Indian Nations of Canada which are Dependent on the Province of New York, and are a Barrier Between the English and the French in that Part of the World, Volume 2New Amsterdam Book Company, 1902 - Iroquois Indians |
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Page 272
... Territories and Precincts aforesaid ; and saving also , unto us , our Heirs and Successors , the Sovereignty of the aforesaid Country , to have , hold , pos- sess , and enjoy the said Tract of Land , Coun- try , Isles , Inlets , and ...
... Territories and Precincts aforesaid ; and saving also , unto us , our Heirs and Successors , the Sovereignty of the aforesaid Country , to have , hold , pos- sess , and enjoy the said Tract of Land , Coun- try , Isles , Inlets , and ...
Page 276
... Territories afore- said , or touching any Judgment to be there made or given . SECT . VI . AND forasmuch as in the Government of so great a Country , sudden Accidents do often happen , whereunto it will be necessary to apply Remedy ...
... Territories afore- said , or touching any Judgment to be there made or given . SECT . VI . AND forasmuch as in the Government of so great a Country , sudden Accidents do often happen , whereunto it will be necessary to apply Remedy ...
Page 278
... Territories , always owe to us , our Heirs and Successors , by Colour of any Extent or Largeness of Powers hereby given , or pretended to be given , or by Force or Colour of any Laws hereafter to be made in the said Province , by Virtue ...
... Territories , always owe to us , our Heirs and Successors , by Colour of any Extent or Largeness of Powers hereby given , or pretended to be given , or by Force or Colour of any Laws hereafter to be made in the said Province , by Virtue ...
Page 335
... tary and Governor of the Province of Pensylvania , and Territories thereunto be- longing , hath , out of his great Kindness and Goodness to the Inhabitants thereof , been fa- vourably pleased 335 FIVE INDIAN NATIONS , & c .
... tary and Governor of the Province of Pensylvania , and Territories thereunto be- longing , hath , out of his great Kindness and Goodness to the Inhabitants thereof , been fa- vourably pleased 335 FIVE INDIAN NATIONS , & c .
Page 338
... Territories thereunto be- longing , in provincial Council and general Assembly met , That the Numbers desired by the Inhabitants in their several Petitions , and express'd to be their Desires by the Sheriffs ' Returns to the Proprietary ...
... Territories thereunto be- longing , in provincial Council and general Assembly met , That the Numbers desired by the Inhabitants in their several Petitions , and express'd to be their Desires by the Sheriffs ' Returns to the Proprietary ...
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Page 379 - BECAUSE no people can be truly happy, though under the greatest Enjoyment of civil Liberties, if abridged of the Freedom of 378 their Consciences, as to their religious Profession and Worship : And Almighty God being the only Lord of Conscience, Father of Lights and Spirits, and the Author as well as Object of all divine Knowledge, Faith and Worship, who only doth enlighten the Minds, and persuade and convince the Understandings of People, I do hereby grant and declare...
Page 345 - ... five years, one for four years, one for three years, one for two years, and one for one year, and thereafter as the terms of office expire in each year one member for a term of five years.
Page 298 - To support Power in Reverence with the People, and to secure the People from the Abuse of Power ; that they may be free by their just Obedience, and the Magistrates honourable for their just Administration : For Liberty without Obedience is Confusion, and Obedience without Liberty is Slavery.
Page 324 - All persons living in this province, who confess and acknowledge the One Almighty and Eternal God to be the Creator, Upholder, and Ruler of the world...
Page 297 - Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore, governments rather depend upon men than men upon governments. Let men be good and the government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn.
Page 344 - Penn, have declared, granted, and confirmed, and by these presents, for me, my heirs and assigns, do declare, grant and confirm unto all the freemen, planters and adventurers of, in and to the said province and territories thereof, these liberties, franchises and properties, so far as in me lietb.
Page 322 - That all children within this province of the age of twelve years, shall be taught some useful trade or skill, to the end none may be idle, but the poor may work to live, and the rich, if they become poor, may not want.
Page 287 - Pennsylvania, for the time being, and to make war, and to pursue the enemies and robbers aforesaid, as well by sea as by land, even without the limits of the said province, and, by God's assistance, to vanquish and take them ; and being taken, to put them to death, by the law of war, or to save them, at their pleasure ; and to do all and every other thing, which...
Page 297 - I choose to solve the controversy with this small distinction, and it belongs to all three; any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule, and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, and confusion.
Page 108 - But we do not know whether, considering how you have demean' d yourselves, you will be permitted to live there ; or whether you have not swallowed that Land down your Throats as well as the Land on this Side. We therefore assign you two Places to go, either to 107 Wyomenor Shamokin.