Centennial Biography: Men of Mark of Cumberland Valley, Pa., 1776-1876 |
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... held the memorable interview with the native chiefs under the great elm at Shackamaxon , now Kensington . No authentic record has been preserved of this treaty , yet there is every reason to believe that its object was not the purchase ...
... held the memorable interview with the native chiefs under the great elm at Shackamaxon , now Kensington . No authentic record has been preserved of this treaty , yet there is every reason to believe that its object was not the purchase ...
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... held the important offices of Chief Justice of the Province , Speaker of the Assembly , and Member of Council , remarks : " We are daily expecting ships from London which bring over Palatines , in number about six or seven thousand . We ...
... held the important offices of Chief Justice of the Province , Speaker of the Assembly , and Member of Council , remarks : " We are daily expecting ships from London which bring over Palatines , in number about six or seven thousand . We ...
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... people or nation called the Susquehannagh Indians , or by what name socver they were called , as fully and amply as we or any of our ancestors have , could , might or ought to have had , held or enjoyed HISTORICAL SKETCH . II.
... people or nation called the Susquehannagh Indians , or by what name socver they were called , as fully and amply as we or any of our ancestors have , could , might or ought to have had , held or enjoyed HISTORICAL SKETCH . II.
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... held or enjoyed , and also confirm the bargain and sale of the said lands , made unto Colonel Thomas Dongan , now Earl of Limerick , and for- merly Governor of New York , whose deed of sale to said Governor Penn we have seen . " PENN IN ...
... held or enjoyed , and also confirm the bargain and sale of the said lands , made unto Colonel Thomas Dongan , now Earl of Limerick , and for- merly Governor of New York , whose deed of sale to said Governor Penn we have seen . " PENN IN ...
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... held and the public offices kept , how difficult it was for the " sober and quiet part " of the valley to protect themselves from theft and other abuses , frequently committed by idle and dissolute persons , who , to escape punishment ...
... held and the public offices kept , how difficult it was for the " sober and quiet part " of the valley to protect themselves from theft and other abuses , frequently committed by idle and dissolute persons , who , to escape punishment ...
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Centennial Biography: Men of Mark of Cumberland Valley, Pa., 1776-1876 Alfred Nevin No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 205 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 7 - There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war ? They sought a faith's pure shrine ! Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod. They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God.
Page 176 - But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him; and his righteousness unto children's children ; to such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
Page 144 - May, 1891, he was appointed a justice of the supreme court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice John R.
Page 5 - ... to vary the name; for I feared lest it should be looked on as a vanity in me, and not as a respect in the King, as it truly was, to my father, whom he often mentions with praise.
Page 306 - I repose in this quiet and secluded spot, not from any natural preference for solitude, but, finding other cemeteries limited as to race by charter rules, I have chosen this, that I might illustrate in my death the principles which I advocated through a long life, Equality of Man before his Creator.
Page 5 - Council, this day my country was confirmed to me under the great seal of England, with large powers and privileges, by the name of Pennsylvania, a name the King would give it, in honor of my father.
Page 6 - ... distance from New Castle, northward and westward, unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of northern latitude ; and then by a straight line westward to the limits of longitude above mentioned.
Page 323 - The character of Mr. Penrose was distinguished by many strong and prominent points. He was emphatically self-reliant, depending on his own resources in the accomplishment of his plans and purposes. The earnestness of his temperament was indicated in everything he undertook. Whatever his hand found to do, he did with all his might.
Page 256 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.