The Baxter Manuscripts, Volumes 9-24James Phinney Baxter 1907 - Maine |
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... hear ones selfe speak . This place is not so much a Frontier as a place of defence for the Salmon Fishing . That which I shall observe ( because this River is only deep enough for sloops ) is , ( 1 ) That in my opinion there must be a ...
... hear ones selfe speak . This place is not so much a Frontier as a place of defence for the Salmon Fishing . That which I shall observe ( because this River is only deep enough for sloops ) is , ( 1 ) That in my opinion there must be a ...
Page 66
... hear from you oftener . one Robinson the Master of a Ship belonging to this Town arriv'd here a moneth ago from London , and tells me he met Mr. Weaver at the Sun Coffy house behind the Royal Exchange a week before he left London , and ...
... hear from you oftener . one Robinson the Master of a Ship belonging to this Town arriv'd here a moneth ago from London , and tells me he met Mr. Weaver at the Sun Coffy house behind the Royal Exchange a week before he left London , and ...
Page 93
... hear that one of them is dead and the other is now in London where he is well provided for and we believe he hath lost his Language and that he will not incline to return but if he be willing we shall use our Endeavours to procure him ...
... hear that one of them is dead and the other is now in London where he is well provided for and we believe he hath lost his Language and that he will not incline to return but if he be willing we shall use our Endeavours to procure him ...
Page 183
... hear the Occasion of it till the 27th Currant , whereof I Enclose a Coppy . they have taken a great deal of pains to get a Doctor for the wounded man , they went to Portsmouth and brought one as far as York , and there he was taken sick ...
... hear the Occasion of it till the 27th Currant , whereof I Enclose a Coppy . they have taken a great deal of pains to get a Doctor for the wounded man , they went to Portsmouth and brought one as far as York , and there he was taken sick ...
Page 184
James Phinney Baxter. it is my duty to hear what your Hon's pleasure is relating to the Affairs in the frontiers . If Docter Moody be not Engag'd he would be very Acceptable in general wee haveing had Experience of him last Summer and ...
James Phinney Baxter. it is my duty to hear what your Hon's pleasure is relating to the Affairs in the frontiers . If Docter Moody be not Engag'd he would be very Acceptable in general wee haveing had Experience of him last Summer and ...
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