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... Christina ; " " about 16 miles up the river , on the eastern shore ; " " Beaver Rede on Schuylkill is said to be down the river from Fort Nassau . " 5 Another says , " it is about a mile south of a purchase he had made north of it ...
... Christina ; " " about 16 miles up the river , on the eastern shore ; " " Beaver Rede on Schuylkill is said to be down the river from Fort Nassau . " 5 Another says , " it is about a mile south of a purchase he had made north of it ...
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... Christina pire , his daughter Christina , afterwards the empress , should born . be born . This took place on the 9th day of December.3 1629 . blished . For the purpose of promoting the settlement of colonies June 7 . in New Netherlands ...
... Christina pire , his daughter Christina , afterwards the empress , should born . be born . This took place on the 9th day of December.3 1629 . blished . For the purpose of promoting the settlement of colonies June 7 . in New Netherlands ...
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... Christina . The name of the sachem of the former tribe was , according to De Vries , Zee Pentor.3 1 De Vries . Du Sim . MSS . Philada . Library . N. Y. Hist . Coll . vol . i . N. S. , p . 254 . 2 O'Call . vol . i . p . 141 . 8 De Vries ...
... Christina . The name of the sachem of the former tribe was , according to De Vries , Zee Pentor.3 1 De Vries . Du Sim . MSS . Philada . Library . N. Y. Hist . Coll . vol . i . N. S. , p . 254 . 2 O'Call . vol . i . p . 141 . 8 De Vries ...
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... Christina , about five or six miles below the company's Fort Nassau , notwithstanding they , as the first discoverers and possessors of the before - mentioned river , have protested against this , at several times , by their ministers ...
... Christina , about five or six miles below the company's Fort Nassau , notwithstanding they , as the first discoverers and possessors of the before - mentioned river , have protested against this , at several times , by their ministers ...
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... Christina is built , having been , as was naturally to be expected , the first object of attention ; and as all the early writers agree that this was the first fort erected by the Swedes , it seems to follow as a consequence that this ...
... Christina is built , having been , as was naturally to be expected , the first object of attention ; and as all the early writers agree that this was the first fort erected by the Swedes , it seems to follow as a consequence that this ...
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Page 489 - ... 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 475 - Patents for a Tract of Land, in America, lying North of Maryland; on the East, bounded with Delaware River; on the West, limited as Maryland; and Northward, to extend as far as plantable; whereupon Mr.
Page 562 - Penn, have declared, granted and confirmed, and by these presents for me, my heirs and assigns, do declare, grant and confirm unto all the freemen, planters and adventurers, of, in and to the...
Page 573 - THAT all Persons living in this Province, who confess and acknowledge the One Almighty and Eternal GOD, to be the Creator, Upholder and Ruler of the World, and that hold themselves obliged in Conscience to live peaceably and justly in civil Society...
Page 357 - Company, and their successors for ever, to be holden of us, our heirs and successors, as of our manor of East Greenwich, in our County of Kent, in free and common soccage...
Page 489 - ... to be determined by a meridian line to be drawn from the head of the said river, unto the said forty-third degree.
Page 572 - That all witnesses coming or called to testify their knowledge in or to any matter or thing in any court, or before any lawful authority within the said province, shall there give or deliver in their evidence or testimony, by solemnly promising to speak the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, to the matter or thing in question...
Page 559 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same.
Page 412 - Hudson's river, and all the land from the west side of Connecticut river, to the east side of Delaware bay, and also all those several islands, called or known by the names of Martin's Vineyard, or Nantuck's, otherwise Nantucket.
Page 591 - ... and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues and profits thereof; and...