The History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania: From the Discovery of the Delaware to the Present Time |
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Abraham afterward Bedminster Benjamin Bensalem Bethlehem born bought Bristol Bristol township Buckingham Bucks county building built called church congregation court creek daughter death Delaware descendants died Doctor Doylestown Durham road dwellings early Easton England erected Falls farm father ferry Friends George German Haycock Henry hill Hilltown hundred acres I. C. Martindale immigrated Indians inhabitants island Jacob James Jeremiah Langhorne Jersey John Joseph Joseph Growden known laid land Lehigh lived Lower Makefield manor married Mary meeting meeting-house Michx Middletown miles Milford mill Montgomery county Neshaminy Newtown Nockamixon Northampton Northampton county organized pastor Paxson Penn's Pennsbury Pennsylvania petition Philadelphia Plumstead Point Pleasant preached Presbyterian probably purchased Quakertown Reverend Richard Richland river Robert Samuel settled settlement settlers side Smith sold Solebury stone tavern Thomas thousand acres Tinicum Tohickon Tourn town township tract Trenton Upper Makefield village Warminster Warwick wife William Penn Wrightstown
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Page 54 - ... to be determined by a meridian line to be drawn from the head of the said river, unto the said forty-third degree.
Page 74 - ... compelled to frequent or maintain any religious worship, place or ministry, contrary to his or their mind, or to do or suffer any other act or thing contrary to their religious persuasion.
Page 327 - We had for our chaplain a zealous Presbyterian minister, Mr. Beatty, who complained to me that the men did not generally attend his prayers and exhortations. When they enlisted, they were promised, besides pay and provisions, a gill of rum a day, which was punctually served out to them half in the morning and the other half in the evening, and I observed they were as punctual in attending to receive it.
Page 47 - I have seen orchards laden with fruit to admiration, their very limbs torn to pieces with the weight, and most delicious to the taste...
Page 47 - ... a peach-gathering; I could not but smile at the conceit of it: They are a very delicate fruit, and hang almost like our onions that are tied on ropes...
Page 812 - This Nosegay, in thy bosom plac'd, A moral may convey ; For soon its brightest tints shall fade, And all its sweets decay. So short-liv'd are the lovely tribes Of Flora's transient reign : They bud, blow, wither, fall, and die,; Then turn to earth again.
Page 327 - it is, perhaps, below the dignity of your profession to act as steward of the rum ; but if you were to distribute it out only just after prayers, you would have them all about you.
Page 74 - ... you shall be governed by laws of your own making, and live a free, and, if you will, a sober and industrious people.
Page 91 - I have sent herewith four servants — three carpenters, and a gardener; he had three more, but they failed him. I would (says he) have a kitchen, two larders, a wash-house, a room to iron in, a brew-house, and a Milan oven for baking, a stable for twelve horses ; all my rooms I would have nine feet high, and my stables eleven feet, and overhead half a story. What you can, do with bricks. What you can't, do it with good timbers, and case them with...
Page 327 - It is perhaps below the dignity of your profession to act as steward of the rum. But if you were to deal it out, and only just after prayers, you would have them all about you.