A Complete History of Connecticut: Civil and Ecclesiastical, from the Emigration of Its First Planters, from England, in the Year 1630, to the Year 1764 ; and to the Close of the Indian Wars, Volume 2Maltby, Goldsmith and Company and Samuel Wadsworth, 1818 - Connecticut |
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... Peace is made . Observations . CHAPTER VI . GRANTS and settlements of the lands in the colony which had not been granted and settled before the year 1713 ; principally in the counties of Windham and Litchfield . A more particular ...
... Peace is made . Observations . CHAPTER VI . GRANTS and settlements of the lands in the colony which had not been granted and settled before the year 1713 ; principally in the counties of Windham and Litchfield . A more particular ...
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... peace . The haughty insidious con- duct of governor Littleton . Peace made by constraint . The whole nation burn with resentment ; rush to war as one man . Make terrible slaughter and devastation on the frontiers of Carolina and ...
... peace . The haughty insidious con- duct of governor Littleton . Peace made by constraint . The whole nation burn with resentment ; rush to war as one man . Make terrible slaughter and devastation on the frontiers of Carolina and ...
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... peace . Pacification of Paris . Favour- able to the American colonies . Burthen of the colonies . Supplies from England . Effects of the war . Policy of Connecticut , in defray- ing its expenses . General joy and feelings of the ...
... peace . Pacification of Paris . Favour- able to the American colonies . Burthen of the colonies . Supplies from England . Effects of the war . Policy of Connecticut , in defray- ing its expenses . General joy and feelings of the ...
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... peace , and their numbers constantly Effects of increased . But the long and distressing war , in the reign of Queen Anne , had injured the morals of the people , oc- casioned the emission of a considerable number of bills of public ...
... peace , and their numbers constantly Effects of increased . But the long and distressing war , in the reign of Queen Anne , had injured the morals of the people , oc- casioned the emission of a considerable number of bills of public ...
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... peace and prosperity of a people , were very dependent on good morals , and a general diffusion of knowledge , they gave their first and particular attention to War un- these objects . A state of war is peculiarly unfriendly to friendly ...
... peace and prosperity of a people , were very dependent on good morals , and a general diffusion of knowledge , they gave their first and particular attention to War un- these objects . A state of war is peculiarly unfriendly to friendly ...
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Page 151 - Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?
Page 307 - An Act for the further security of His Majesty's person and Government, and the succession of the Crown in the Heirs of the late Princess Sophia, being Protestants, and for extinguishing the hopes of the pretended Prince of Wales, and his open and secret abettors...
Page 541 - That the laws made by them for the purposes aforesaid shall not be repugnant, but, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England, and shall be transmitted to the king in council for approbation as soon as may be after their passing ; and if not disapproved within three years after presentation, to remain in force.
Page 450 - America; it is agreed, that, for the future, the confines between the dominions of his Britannic majesty, and those of his most Christian majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Page 133 - Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering ; forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Page 166 - But Peter and John answered and said unto them; Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Page 322 - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.
Page 6 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 133 - ... not forsaking the assembling of yourselves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another: and so much the more as ye see the day approaching.
Page 227 - ... that nothing herein shall be intended or construed to hinder or prevent any society or church, that is or shall be allowed by the laws of this government, who soberly differ or dissent from the united churches hereby established, from exercising worship and discipline, in their own way, according to their consciences.