Supreme Court of the U.S.: Dec. Term, 1852: Bill: the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Vs. the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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Page 11 - This is a true copy from the original record remaining in the chapel of the rolls having been examined. " HEN. ROOKE,
Page 19 - Faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Page 82 - Commonwealth, to assemble in martial array, and put in warlike posture, the inhabitants thereof, and to lead and conduct them, and with them to encounter...
Page 3 - ... there gotten had and obtained for and in respect of all and all manner of duties demands and services...
Page 49 - ... to choose, nominate and appoint such and so many others as they shall think fit and shall be willing to accept the same to be free of the said company and body, and them into the same to admit...
Page 71 - 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, and not in capite...
Page 53 - ... and means whatsoever, all and every such person or persons as shall, at any time hereafter, attempt or enterprise the destruction, invasion, detriment or annoyance of the...
Page 59 - Although express Mention of the true yearly Value or Certainty of the Premises, or any of them, or of any other Gifts or Grants, by Us or any of our Progenitors or Predecessors, to the aforesaid Sir Thomas Gates, Knt.
Page 84 - Witness ourselves at Westminster the seventh day of October in the third year of our Reign. By Writ of Privy Seal PlGOT The Great Seal of England appending Pro fine in hanaperio quod vagint mareas J.

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