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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... of the Gospel , remarkable laws and executions , as also wars , assaults ,
expeditions , battles , peace , & c . The different dates assigned to various
occurrences , will be carefully compared and corrected , and the very years ,
months and ...
... of the Gospel , remarkable laws and executions , as also wars , assaults ,
expeditions , battles , peace , & c . The different dates assigned to various
occurrences , will be carefully compared and corrected , and the very years ,
months and ...
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To find out not only the year and month , but even the day of every article , I was
obliged to search a great number of writers ; and the knowing reader will see that
so many precise points of time , are nowhere to be found , but by such a ...
To find out not only the year and month , but even the day of every article , I was
obliged to search a great number of writers ; and the knowing reader will see that
so many precise points of time , are nowhere to be found , but by such a ...
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stance , as to the time when Augustus took Alexandria , and , put an end to the
Egyptian kingdom ; Calvisius calls it August 1 , in the year of the world 3920 ;
Usher calls it 3974 , beginning 3975 in the following month ; but we , beginning
this ...
stance , as to the time when Augustus took Alexandria , and , put an end to the
Egyptian kingdom ; Calvisius calls it August 1 , in the year of the world 3920 ;
Usher calls it 3974 , beginning 3975 in the following month ; but we , beginning
this ...
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... m . for month ; d . for day ; k . for king . And the years are supposed to be solar ,
and nearly complete , that is , either a little more or less ; and to begin at the
spring , till the entrance of the fourth period ; and then we begin with the Julian
year ...
... m . for month ; d . for day ; k . for king . And the years are supposed to be solar ,
and nearly complete , that is , either a little more or less ; and to begin at the
spring , till the entrance of the fourth period ; and then we begin with the Julian
year ...
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18 Nahor 19 Terah 20 Abraham 26 e Reu 49 e Serug 83 e Terah 84 b 21 Isaac
96 e Arphaxad 108 b 109 b 126 e Salah 158 e Shem 169 6 22 Jacob a By Gen .
vii . 6 , 11 ; and viii . 13 , 14 , it seems that Noah was not born till the third month of
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18 Nahor 19 Terah 20 Abraham 26 e Reu 49 e Serug 83 e Terah 84 b 21 Isaac
96 e Arphaxad 108 b 109 b 126 e Salah 158 e Shem 169 6 22 Jacob a By Gen .
vii . 6 , 11 ; and viii . 13 , 14 , it seems that Noah was not born till the third month of
...
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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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