A Chronological History of New-England: In the Form of Annals, Being a Summary and Exact Account of the Most Material Transactions and Occurrences Relating to this Country, in the Order of Time Wherein They Happened, from the Discovery of Capt. Gosnold, in 1602, to the Arrival of Governor Belcher, in 1730 : with an Introduction Containing a Brief Epitome of the Most Considerable Transactions and Events Abroad, from the Creation ... |
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Page 163
M * Near which they meet with heaps of sand , dig into them , find several baskets
full of Indian corn , and taking some , for which they purpose to give the natives
full satisfaction , as soon as they could meet with any of them , B return to the ...
M * Near which they meet with heaps of sand , dig into them , find several baskets
full of Indian corn , and taking some , for which they purpose to give the natives
full satisfaction , as soon as they could meet with any of them , B return to the ...
Page 164
M The corn they found happily serves for their planting on the spring ensuing , or
they would have been in great danger of perishing ; B M for which they gave the
owners entire content about six months after . B Before the end of November , M ...
M The corn they found happily serves for their planting on the spring ensuing , or
they would have been in great danger of perishing ; B M for which they gave the
owners entire content about six months after . B Before the end of November , M ...
Page 168
After viewing the country they conclude to settle on the main , on a high ground ,
facing the bay where corn had been planted three or four years before ; a sweet
brook running under the hill with many delicate springs . On a great hill they ...
After viewing the country they conclude to settle on the main , on a high ground ,
facing the bay where corn had been planted three or four years before ; a sweet
brook running under the hill with many delicate springs . On a great hill they ...
Page 190
After this we plant twenty acres of Indian corn , M wherein Squanto is a great help
, showing us how to set , fish , dress and tend it , B of which we have a good
increase ; we likewise sow six acres of barley * and peas ; our barley indifferent ...
After this we plant twenty acres of Indian corn , M wherein Squanto is a great help
, showing us how to set , fish , dress and tend it , B of which we have a good
increase ; we likewise sow six acres of barley * and peas ; our barley indifferent ...
Page 193
M . Those people also come and make their peace , and we give them full
satisfaction for the corn we had formerly found in their country . B Hobamack B a
Pinese or chief captain of Masassoit , W also comes to dwell among us , and
continues ...
M . Those people also come and make their peace , and we give them full
satisfaction for the corn we had formerly found in their country . B Hobamack B a
Pinese or chief captain of Masassoit , W also comes to dwell among us , and
continues ...
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Page 300 - ... which only concern the confession of the true Christian faith and the doctrine of the sacraments...
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Page 171 - Having undertaken for the Glory of God. and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern Parts of Virginia; do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid...
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| Title | A Chronological History of New-England: In the Form of Annals, Being a Summary and Exact Account of the Most Material Transactions and Occurrences Relating to this Country, in the Order of Time Wherein They Happened, from the Discovery of Capt. Gosnold, in 1602, to the Arrival of Governor ... |
| Author | Thomas Prince |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Cummings, Hilliard, and Company, 1826 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 4 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 439 pages |
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