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... according to the royal charter com- prising three degrees of latitude and five of longitude , was in reality encompassed by very narrow boundaries , hardly extending to the Blue Mountains in the North and the Susquehanna in the West ...
... according to the royal charter com- prising three degrees of latitude and five of longitude , was in reality encompassed by very narrow boundaries , hardly extending to the Blue Mountains in the North and the Susquehanna in the West ...
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... according to their wishes . The deputies had to leave secretly , and embarked at Philadelphia in 1718 . As soon as they got to sea they fell into the hands of pirates , who robbed them as well as the crew of their money , but then let ...
... according to their wishes . The deputies had to leave secretly , and embarked at Philadelphia in 1718 . As soon as they got to sea they fell into the hands of pirates , who robbed them as well as the crew of their money , but then let ...
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... According to his advice the Palatines in 1727 built a log meeting - house , in which a German Reformed minister , Peter Miller , preached for several years , after 1730 , and also Caspar Stiever now and then.19 However , these Palatines ...
... According to his advice the Palatines in 1727 built a log meeting - house , in which a German Reformed minister , Peter Miller , preached for several years , after 1730 , and also Caspar Stiever now and then.19 However , these Palatines ...
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... according to which Stiever was permitted to preach there on every fourth Sunday . But he did not care much for this arrangement . Finding the church door locked , he did not break the lock , but had a new door sawed out of the logs and ...
... according to which Stiever was permitted to preach there on every fourth Sunday . But he did not care much for this arrangement . Finding the church door locked , he did not break the lock , but had a new door sawed out of the logs and ...
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... according to his own confession they had not re- ceived the value of their money.24 The oldest German Reformed congregation is sup- posed to be that at Goshenhoppen ( Montgomery County ) , which was organized in 1717.25 The Rev. Henry ...
... according to his own confession they had not re- ceived the value of their money.24 The oldest German Reformed congregation is sup- posed to be that at Goshenhoppen ( Montgomery County ) , which was organized in 1717.25 The Rev. Henry ...
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Page 12 - 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.
Page 11 - ... to vary the name; for I feared lest it should be looked on as a vanity in me, and not as a respect in the King, as it truly was, to my father, whom he often mentions with praise.
Page 165 - God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honor to that part which lacked : that there should be no schism in the body ; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it ; or one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it.
Page 75 - I asked Bohler, whether he thought I should leave it off, or not ? He answered, " By no means." I asked, "'But what can I preach?" He said, "Preach faith, till you have it, and then, because you have it, you will preach faith.
Page 13 - Pennsylvania and territories thereunto belonging to make and establish such laws as shall best preserve true christian and civil liberty in opposition to all unchristian, licentious, and unjust practices, whereby God may have his due, Caesar his due, and the people their due...
Page 11 - I have, and for my business here, know that after many waitings, watchings, solicitings and disputes in Council, this day my country was confirmed to me under the great seal of England...
Page 12 - It is a clear and just thing, and my God that has given it me through many difficulties, will, I believe, bless and make it the seed of a nation. I shall have a tender care to the government, that it be well laid at first.
Page 210 - ... further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That nothing in this Act contained shall be construed to extend to...
Page 218 - Wherefore I have thought fit, by and with the Advice of his Majesty's Council, to issue this Proclamation, hereby Promising...