The History and Topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams, and Perry Counties [Pennsylvania]: Containing a Brief History of the First Settlers, Notices of the Leading Events, Incidents and Interesting Facts, Both General and Local, in the History of These Counties, General & Statistical Descriptions of All the Principal Boroughs, Towns, Villages, &c., with an Appendix ... Comp. from Numerous Authentic Sources |
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... justice , which every where , and for all purposes , must be regarded as fundamental , if human exertions are to be crown- ed with noble and permanent results . " In the constitution of this colony it was provided , that " no man shall ...
... justice , which every where , and for all purposes , must be regarded as fundamental , if human exertions are to be crown- ed with noble and permanent results . " In the constitution of this colony it was provided , that " no man shall ...
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... justice dictat- ed ; and had been pursued by Calvert , a Catholic , as stated before when he planted his colony in the province of Mary- land in 1634 - by Roger Williams , a Baptist , on his expulsion from Massachusetts , when he went ...
... justice dictat- ed ; and had been pursued by Calvert , a Catholic , as stated before when he planted his colony in the province of Mary- land in 1634 - by Roger Williams , a Baptist , on his expulsion from Massachusetts , when he went ...
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... justice at every man's door , " to pe- tition the proper authorities to erect , and establish a new county a county out of the upper parts of Chester , was erected in 1729 , in a separate county , called " Lancaster county . " Lancaster ...
... justice at every man's door , " to pe- tition the proper authorities to erect , and establish a new county a county out of the upper parts of Chester , was erected in 1729 , in a separate county , called " Lancaster county . " Lancaster ...
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... justice , that you will send us in all the murderers and the men that were with them . As I looked for the corpse of my murdered brother ; for that reason your men threaten my life ; and I cannot live in my house . Now as we have no ...
... justice , that you will send us in all the murderers and the men that were with them . As I looked for the corpse of my murdered brother ; for that reason your men threaten my life ; and I cannot live in my house . Now as we have no ...
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... justice ; that one was actually delivered up in jail at Lancaster ; but the other had made his escape from the persons to whose care he was committed . His honor then sent to the Chief Justice to consult him about the steps proper to be ...
... justice ; that one was actually delivered up in jail at Lancaster ; but the other had made his escape from the persons to whose care he was committed . His honor then sent to the Chief Justice to consult him about the steps proper to be ...
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Page 537 - ... to be determined by a meridian line to be drawn from the head of the said river, unto the said forty-third degree.
Page 416 - By that instrument it was determined — "that in memory of the great and important services rendered to his country, by his Excellency, John Dickinson, Esquire, President of the Supreme Executive Council, and in commemoration of his very liberal donation to the institution, the said college, shall be forever hereafter called and known by the name of Dickinson College.
Page 93 - sa very sorrowful spectacle to see those that escaped with their lives with not a mouthful to eat, or bed to lie on, or clothes to cover their nakedness, or keep them warm, but all they had consumed into ashes. These deplorable circumstances cry aloud for your...
Page 26 - It is a clear and just thing, and my God that has given it me through many difficulties, will, I believe, bless and make it the seed of a nation. I shall have a tender care to the government, that it be well laid at first.
Page 26 - Sylvania, and they added Penn to it; and though I much opposed it, and went to the King to have it struck out and altered, he said it was past, and would take it upon him; nor could twenty guineas move the...
Page 166 - Burgess, and being sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God, did depose and say, that in...
Page 338 - He seemed to be sincere, honest, and conscientious in his own way, and according to his own religious notions ; which was more than I ever saw in any other Pagan. I perceived that he was looked upon and derided among most of the Indians, as a precise zealot, who made a needless noise about religious matters ; but I must say...
Page 338 - Now that I like : so God has taught me," &c. And some of his sentiments seemed very just. Yet he utterly denied the being of a devil, and declared there was no such \\ creature known among the Indians of old times, whose religion he supposed he was attempting to revive. He likewise told me, that departed souls all went southward, and that the difference between the good and...
Page 335 - ... sometimes raised the flame to a prodigious height, at the same time yelling and shouting in such a manner that they might easily have been heard two miles or more. They continued their sacred dance all night, or near the matter; after which they ate the flesh of the sacrifice, and so retired each one to his lodging.