The History of Augusta: First Settlements and Early Days as a Town, Including the Diary of Mrs. Martha Moore Ballard (1785 to 1812) |
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... lived along the shores , shielding the banks from the action of the floods and retarding the progress of their dissolution . On the inshore or eastern side of the island the water was shallow , the bottom of the channel having been ...
... lived along the shores , shielding the banks from the action of the floods and retarding the progress of their dissolution . On the inshore or eastern side of the island the water was shallow , the bottom of the channel having been ...
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... lived in New England aforesaid ; and have there inhabited and planted a town called by the name of New Ply- mouth , at their own proper costs and charges : and now seeing , that by the special providence of God , and their extraordinary ...
... lived in New England aforesaid ; and have there inhabited and planted a town called by the name of New Ply- mouth , at their own proper costs and charges : and now seeing , that by the special providence of God , and their extraordinary ...
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... lived in groups until spring , when their return - migration began . Each party constructed for itself , usually of bark but sometimes of logs , the canoes necessary to carry its members and their collection of peltry down the river 8 ...
... lived in groups until spring , when their return - migration began . Each party constructed for itself , usually of bark but sometimes of logs , the canoes necessary to carry its members and their collection of peltry down the river 8 ...
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... lived within the limits of the present town of Woolwich , and was the same John Brown who bought of Samoset , in 1625 , the Pemaquid tract ; James Smith also lived at Nequasset and was he to whose widow and property afterward succeeded ...
... lived within the limits of the present town of Woolwich , and was the same John Brown who bought of Samoset , in 1625 , the Pemaquid tract ; James Smith also lived at Nequasset and was he to whose widow and property afterward succeeded ...
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... lived in New England Aforesd And have there Inhab- ited & planted a Town Called by ye Name of New plymouth at their own proper Cost & Charges & c And upon other Considerations As is more Largely Expressed in a deed under ye sd Councills ...
... lived in New England Aforesd And have there Inhab- ited & planted a Town Called by ye Name of New plymouth at their own proper Cost & Charges & c And upon other Considerations As is more Largely Expressed in a deed under ye sd Councills ...
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The History of Augusta: First Settlements and Early Days as a Town ... Charles Elventon Nash No preview available - 1961 |
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