Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Volume 1M'Carty and Davis, 1826 - Bibliography |
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... SOCIETY LIAM OF PENNSYLVANIA . B.1644 D.1718 PENN . DEEDS BY OF PENSYVANIA SE LED 681 PHILADELPHIA : PUBLISHED BY M'CARTY AND DAVIS , No , 171 High Stree . PEACE WS16507.30 Easten District of Pennsylvania , to wit : B 1826 . MEMOIRS.
... SOCIETY LIAM OF PENNSYLVANIA . B.1644 D.1718 PENN . DEEDS BY OF PENSYVANIA SE LED 681 PHILADELPHIA : PUBLISHED BY M'CARTY AND DAVIS , No , 171 High Stree . PEACE WS16507.30 Easten District of Pennsylvania , to wit : B 1826 . MEMOIRS.
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... expressed in it , the Society founds its hopes of permanence and usefulness . With the second half - volume , an index to the whole will be given . Philadelphia , December 1825 . ERRATA . Page 25. for alternation ' read " alternations.
... expressed in it , the Society founds its hopes of permanence and usefulness . With the second half - volume , an index to the whole will be given . Philadelphia , December 1825 . ERRATA . Page 25. for alternation ' read " alternations.
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... Philadelphia , or the state of Pennsylva- nia , within ten miles of the city . The second class of persons residing in any other part of Pennsylvania . The third class of persons residing in any part of America or elsewhere , and ...
... Philadelphia , or the state of Pennsylva- nia , within ten miles of the city . The second class of persons residing in any other part of Pennsylvania . The third class of persons residing in any part of America or elsewhere , and ...
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... Philadelphia , a Treasurer , a Corresponding Secretary , a Recording Secretary , and a Curator . ARTICLE V. - There shall also be annually elect- ed a Council , to consist of thirteen members , be- sides the above named officers , who ...
... Philadelphia , a Treasurer , a Corresponding Secretary , a Recording Secretary , and a Curator . ARTICLE V. - There shall also be annually elect- ed a Council , to consist of thirteen members , be- sides the above named officers , who ...
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... Philadelphia . The election of Officers and of the Council , shall take place at the quarterly meeting in February , and shall be decided by a majority of ballots . The Society may adjourn from time to time . An annual discourse shall ...
... Philadelphia . The election of Officers and of the Council , shall take place at the quarterly meeting in February , and shall be decided by a majority of ballots . The Society may adjourn from time to time . An annual discourse shall ...
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Page 246 - In the discharge of this trust I will only say that I have, with good intentions, contributed towards the organization and administration of the government the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable. Not unconscious, in the outset, of the inferiority of my qualifications, experience, in my own eyes, perhaps still more in the eyes of others, has strengthened the motives to diffidence of myself...
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Page 165 - Castle town, unto the three and fortieth degree of northern latitude, if the said river doth extend so far northward...
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Page 125 - Junto do towards securing it? 17. Is there any man whose friendship you want, and which the Junto or any of them, can procure for you? 18. Have you lately heard any member's character attacked, and how have you defended it? 19. Hath any man injured you, from whom it is in the power of the Junto to procure redress? 20. In what manner can the Junto, or any of them, assist you in any of your honourable designs?
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Page 121 - Silence, ye wolves ! while Ralph to Cynthia howls And makes night hideous — Answer him, ye owls ! " Sense, speech, and measure, living tongues and dead, Let all give way, and Morris may be read.
Page 166 - The said land to extend westward five degrees in longitude, to be computed from the said eastern bounds, and the said lands to be bounded on the north by the beginning of the three and fortieth degree of northern latitude, and on the south by a circle drawn at twelve miles distance from New Castle, northward and westward unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of northern latitude, and then by a straight line westward to the limits of longitude above mentioned.