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... English settlers on Connecticut river , were regarded , it appears , by the Dutch , as encroaching upon their territory , and in the year 1638 a prohibition was issued by William Kieft , the second Dutch governor , for- bidding the English ...
... English settlers on Connecticut river , were regarded , it appears , by the Dutch , as encroaching upon their territory , and in the year 1638 a prohibition was issued by William Kieft , the second Dutch governor , for- bidding the English ...
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... English governor . This code , it appears , was promulgated in every county , under the name of the " Duke's Laws , " a copy of which , transcribed from the records of Hempstead , on Long - Island , will be found at the close of the ...
... English governor . This code , it appears , was promulgated in every county , under the name of the " Duke's Laws , " a copy of which , transcribed from the records of Hempstead , on Long - Island , will be found at the close of the ...
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... English navy . Before this period , when the prince wanted a fleet , he had no other expedient than hiring or pressing ships from the merchants . " Hume , vol . 3 . chap . 26 . cupidity . Soon after the discovery of America , the 21.
... English navy . Before this period , when the prince wanted a fleet , he had no other expedient than hiring or pressing ships from the merchants . " Hume , vol . 3 . chap . 26 . cupidity . Soon after the discovery of America , the 21.
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... English the Deserters , and steered a westerly course . About the middle of March he arrived on the Ame- rican coast , in latitude 34 ° north ; of consequence , near that part of North Carolina on which Wilming- ton now stands . From ...
... English the Deserters , and steered a westerly course . About the middle of March he arrived on the Ame- rican coast , in latitude 34 ° north ; of consequence , near that part of North Carolina on which Wilming- ton now stands . From ...
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... English in Virginia , and of the French in Canada , there is not now time to dwell . In the year 1609 , occurred that important event , which we this day commemorate ; and which , con- sidered in all its circumstances , deserves to be ...
... English in Virginia , and of the French in Canada , there is not now time to dwell . In the year 1609 , occurred that important event , which we this day commemorate ; and which , con- sidered in all its circumstances , deserves to be ...
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