History of the Lumber Industry of America, Volume 2American lumberman, 1907 - Lumbering |
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... granted by the Crown for purposes of exploration , settlement and ex- ploitation . The first grant seems to have been made by Queen Eliza- beth , in 1578 , to Sir Humphrey Gilbert , an elder half - brother of Sir Walter Raleigh . This ...
... granted by the Crown for purposes of exploration , settlement and ex- ploitation . The first grant seems to have been made by Queen Eliza- beth , in 1578 , to Sir Humphrey Gilbert , an elder half - brother of Sir Walter Raleigh . This ...
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... granted on March 4 , 1629 , to " The Governor and the Com- pany of Massachusetts Bay . " It granted territory from three miles north of the Merrimac River to three miles south of the Charles River , from the Atlantic to the " Western ...
... granted on March 4 , 1629 , to " The Governor and the Com- pany of Massachusetts Bay . " It granted territory from three miles north of the Merrimac River to three miles south of the Charles River , from the Atlantic to the " Western ...
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... granted by the Council for New England to Captain John Mason , who called it Marianna . August 10 , 1622 , the land lying upon the sea coast between the Merri- mac and the Kennebec rivers , and extending sixty miles into the country ...
... granted by the Council for New England to Captain John Mason , who called it Marianna . August 10 , 1622 , the land lying upon the sea coast between the Merri- mac and the Kennebec rivers , and extending sixty miles into the country ...
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... granted to it all that part of New England south of the Massachusetts line and west of the Narragansett River or Narragansett Bay and extending to the " South Sea . " This was the basis of the Connecticut colonial territories in the ...
... granted to it all that part of New England south of the Massachusetts line and west of the Narragansett River or Narragansett Bay and extending to the " South Sea . " This was the basis of the Connecticut colonial territories in the ...
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... granted , in 1631 , to Mason and Gorges , the great proprietaries of that region . John E. Hobbs ' says that the business of lumbering had its beginning in the old town of Berwick , Maine , " for in that town was erected in 1631 , the ...
... granted , in 1631 , to Mason and Gorges , the great proprietaries of that region . John E. Hobbs ' says that the business of lumbering had its beginning in the old town of Berwick , Maine , " for in that town was erected in 1631 , the ...
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Page 521 - ... bounded on the east by Delaware River, from twelve miles distance northward of New Castle Town, unto the three and fortieth degree of northern latitude, if the said river doth extend...
Page 520 - 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 304 - Island, and bounded on the east part by the main sea and part by Hudson's River, and hath upon the west Delaware Bay or River, and extendeth southward to the main ocean as far as Cape May, at the mouth of Delaware Bay, and to the northward as far as the northernmost branch of the said Bay or River of Delaware, which is forty-one degrees and forty minutes of latitude...
Page 2 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 507 - Majesty's woods in America, and for the encouragement of the importation of naval stores from thence; and to encourage the importation of masts, yards and bowsprights, from that part of Great Britain called Scotland.] London.
Page 536 - Crawford had taken up for me near the Youghiogheny, distant about twelve miles. This tract, which contains about one thousand six hundred acres, includes some as fine land as ever I saw, and a great deal of rich meadow. It is well watered, and has a valuable millseat, except that the stream is rather too slight, and, it is said, not constant more than seven or eight months in the year ; but, on account of the fall, and other conveniences, no place can exceed it.
Page 520 - ... northward, then by the said river so far as it doth extend; and from the head of the said river, the eastern bounds are...
Page 399 - The Forest Preserve shall include the lands owned or hereafter acquired by the State within the county of Clinton, except the towns of Altona and Dannemora, and the counties of Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Herkimer, Lewis, Oneida, Saratoga, St. Lawrence, Warren, Washington, Greene, Ulster and Sullivan, except 1. Lands within the limits of any village or city, and 2. Lands not wild lands acquired by the State on foreclosure of mortgages made to loan commissioners.
Page 521 - North by the beginning of the three and fortieth degree of Northern Latitude, and on the South by a Circle drawne at twelve miles distance from New Castle Northward and Westward unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of Northern Latitude, and then by a streight Line Westward to the Limitt of Longitude above-mentioned.
Page 207 - ... of an inch broad at the least end; each bundle shall consist of thirty hoops; and all hoops of ten, twelve, and thirteen feet, respectively, shall be made up in distinct bundles by themselves...