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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... whole extent of the province ; and subsequent transactions with the Indians show how careful he was to have this purchase well confirmed . " September 13th , 1700 ; Widagh and Andaggy - junk- quagh , Kings or Sachems of the Susquehanna ...
... whole extent of the province ; and subsequent transactions with the Indians show how careful he was to have this purchase well confirmed . " September 13th , 1700 ; Widagh and Andaggy - junk- quagh , Kings or Sachems of the Susquehanna ...
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... whole of Perry & Bedford . That portion in Dauphin , north of the Kittatinny mountain was purchased , including a larger tract of country , in 1749 ; the deeds were executed on the 22d day of August , and may be found at large in ...
... whole of Perry & Bedford . That portion in Dauphin , north of the Kittatinny mountain was purchased , including a larger tract of country , in 1749 ; the deeds were executed on the 22d day of August , and may be found at large in ...
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... of the Germans , especially enquiring into the sufferings of those who lived for some time upon the bounty of ⚫ Journal , House of Commons , England , vol . xvi . 594-98 . Queen Anne , I find that the whole charge , INTRODUCTION . 39.
... of the Germans , especially enquiring into the sufferings of those who lived for some time upon the bounty of ⚫ Journal , House of Commons , England , vol . xvi . 594-98 . Queen Anne , I find that the whole charge , INTRODUCTION . 39.
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... whole charge , occasioned by the Palatines , to the Queen , for a space of two years , is £ 135,775 and 18 shillings.- Finch's Report to the House of Commons , England , April 14 , 1711 . Hundreds of those , transported and sustained ...
... whole charge , occasioned by the Palatines , to the Queen , for a space of two years , is £ 135,775 and 18 shillings.- Finch's Report to the House of Commons , England , April 14 , 1711 . Hundreds of those , transported and sustained ...
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... whole of Conestoga manor , of fifteen thousand acres , be- ing the best land in the country . In doing this by force , they alleged that it was against the laws of God and nature , that so much land should be idle , while so many ...
... whole of Conestoga manor , of fifteen thousand acres , be- ing the best land in the country . In doing this by force , they alleged that it was against the laws of God and nature , that so much land should be idle , while so many ...
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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.