The Baxter Manuscripts, Volumes 9-24James Phinney Baxter 1907 - Maine |
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... able to withhold their Indians under such a noted boundarie from any future Excursions upon us on the Westerne side , but presuming that it will not be disa- greeable unto your Lordships that I give my sentiments herein which I the ...
... able to withhold their Indians under such a noted boundarie from any future Excursions upon us on the Westerne side , but presuming that it will not be disa- greeable unto your Lordships that I give my sentiments herein which I the ...
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... able of the principall Inhabitants of Siganectoe , unto myself in the year 1691. I here produce unto your Lordships , and I am informed that since my restraint in France , the Govern- ment of the Massachusetts and the Commanders of his ...
... able of the principall Inhabitants of Siganectoe , unto myself in the year 1691. I here produce unto your Lordships , and I am informed that since my restraint in France , the Govern- ment of the Massachusetts and the Commanders of his ...
Page 63
... able to travail he and all the rest must be gone Woodstock must be clear'd of Indians within three weeks because there must be no Indians about the Towns in the heart of the Countrey . The Indians now publickly own their intentions of ...
... able to travail he and all the rest must be gone Woodstock must be clear'd of Indians within three weeks because there must be no Indians about the Towns in the heart of the Countrey . The Indians now publickly own their intentions of ...
Page 73
... able to secure our Towns from their Inroads ; And it's no less difficult to have access to the Indian Settlements ; which are far remote in a dismal wilderness and their manner of liveing far different from the English . This Government ...
... able to secure our Towns from their Inroads ; And it's no less difficult to have access to the Indian Settlements ; which are far remote in a dismal wilderness and their manner of liveing far different from the English . This Government ...
Page 100
... able to support the charge thereof ( which indeed we cannot ) that Fortifications should be made in Several other places within this Bay near Boston , as Salem , Marblehead , Glocester , Plymouth and Hull , being so many Avenues by ...
... able to support the charge thereof ( which indeed we cannot ) that Fortifications should be made in Several other places within this Bay near Boston , as Salem , Marblehead , Glocester , Plymouth and Hull , being so many Avenues by ...
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