Pennsylvania ArchivesSamuel Hazard, John Blair Linn, William Henry Egle, George Edward Reed, Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Gertrude MacKinney, Charles Francis Hoban J. Severns & Company, 1890 - History A collection of documents supplementing the companion series known as "Colonial records of Pennsylvania" which contain the minutes of the Provincial Council, of the Council of Safety, and of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. |
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... Acres from William Penn to William Standley , and the Frame of Government in Pensilvania , and the usual Conditions of granting out Lands there at first , fo . 712 16. That the Town of Newcastle lies very near 20 Miles South of ...
... Acres from William Penn to William Standley , and the Frame of Government in Pensilvania , and the usual Conditions of granting out Lands there at first , fo . 712 16. That the Town of Newcastle lies very near 20 Miles South of ...
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... Acres , part thereof , in manner therein directed , and all the rest of his Lands and Heredita- ments whatsoever , situate , lying and being in America , He willed that his said Trustees should convey to and amongst his Children which ...
... Acres , part thereof , in manner therein directed , and all the rest of his Lands and Heredita- ments whatsoever , situate , lying and being in America , He willed that his said Trustees should convey to and amongst his Children which ...
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... Acres of Land in America , should join in the said Agreement , or , by some Indorsement , or other Instrument , agree to and confirm the same ; which the Plain- tiffs readily agreed they should ; and , accordingly , the said Persons ...
... Acres of Land in America , should join in the said Agreement , or , by some Indorsement , or other Instrument , agree to and confirm the same ; which the Plain- tiffs readily agreed they should ; and , accordingly , the said Persons ...
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... Acres , devised by the Will of the Plaintiffs Father , who , by a meer Endorsement , had consented to the said Articles of Agreement , without being named as Parties to the said Agreement , had not join'd in granting the Commissions to ...
... Acres , devised by the Will of the Plaintiffs Father , who , by a meer Endorsement , had consented to the said Articles of Agreement , without being named as Parties to the said Agreement , had not join'd in granting the Commissions to ...
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... Acres , at large , without specifying in what particular Spot , Parish , Precinct , Division or County the same do , or shall , lie or be situated ; and to leave such Grantees at liberty to find out , and set down upon , and appropriate ...
... Acres , at large , without specifying in what particular Spot , Parish , Precinct , Division or County the same do , or shall , lie or be situated ; and to leave such Grantees at liberty to find out , and set down upon , and appropriate ...
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12 Miles 40th Degree acquainted Acres Adjournment aforesaid agreed appointed Articles of Agreement Baltimore's believes Bill Bounds Bushels Cape Hinlopen Cecil County Charles Charter Chesopeak Bay Circle Commis Commission Commissioners of Maryland Commissioners of Pensilvania Copy Council Counties of Newcastle Court Creek Defendant Defendant's Commissioners Delaware Bay Delaware River Deponent Duke of York Dutch Execution Feoffment Government Governor Andros Grant hath heard Indian River Inhabitants insisted Isle of Kent John Letters Patent Line Lord Baltimore Lordships Majesty Majesty's markt Meeting mentioned New-York Records Newcastle Records Number Order Peninsula Penn's Persons Petition Place Plaintiffs Commissioners Plantations Proprietors of Pensilvania Province of Maryland Province of Pensilvania Quit Rent recited saith Samuel Ogle Samuel Preston says Seal settled side of Delaware silvania sioners South therein thereof thereto Thomas Penn three Lower Counties Town of Newcastle Tract of Land unto West side Whorekill William Penn Witness York Records
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Page 354 - 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...
Page 17 - Company (no date or pub ijsher's name) : ' to be holden of us, our heirs and successors as of the manor of East Greenwich in the county of Kent...
Page 220 - Comfort, all along the sea coast to the southward two hundred miles, and all that space and circuit of land, lying from the sea coast of the precinct aforesaid, up into the land, throughout from sea to sea, west and northwest...
Page 12 - ... 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 8 - Higansetts abutting upon the main land between the two Rivers there called or known by the several names of Connecticut and Hudson's River together also with the said River called Hudson's River and all the land from the west side of Connecticut to the East side of Delaware Bay.
Page 219 - Declarations hereafter expressed, all those Lands, Countries, and Territories, situate, lying, and being in that Part of America, called Virginia, from the Point of Land, called Cape or Point Comfort, all along the Sea Coast to the Northward, two hundred miles, and from the said Point of Cape Comfort, all along the Sea Coast to the Southward, two hundred Miles, and all that Space and Circuit of Land, lying from the Sea Coast of the Precinct aforesaid, up into the Land throughout from Sea to Sea,...
Page 283 - Hudson's River, and all the Land from the West side of Connecticut River, to the East side of Delaware Bay...
Page 452 - As in and by the said recited vote of the town meeting, aforesaid, relation being thereunto had may more fully and at large appear.
Page 221 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 3 - Point, situate upon the bay aforesaid, near the river Wighco, on the west, unto the main ocean on the east ; and between that boundary on the south, unto that part of the Bay of Delaware on the north, which lieth under the fortieth degree of north latitude from the {equinoctial, where...