Tracts and Other Papers Relating Principally to the Origin, Settlement, and Progress of the Colonies in North America: From the Discovery of the Country to the Year 1776, Volume 1P. Force, 1836 - Bermuda Islands |
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... Land , exceeding their Capacity to manage , or defend : This scatter'd them to Distances unsafe , and solitary , so that , living in a Wilderness , incapable of mutual Aid , the necessary Artizans found no Encouragement to dwell among ...
... Land , exceeding their Capacity to manage , or defend : This scatter'd them to Distances unsafe , and solitary , so that , living in a Wilderness , incapable of mutual Aid , the necessary Artizans found no Encouragement to dwell among ...
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... Land , and the Limits aforesaid ; With Liberty over and " above to make Settlements on the South Side of Allatamaha 66 66 ( C River , which Tract of Land the said underwritten Lords do " erect into a distinct Province , with proper ...
... Land , and the Limits aforesaid ; With Liberty over and " above to make Settlements on the South Side of Allatamaha 66 66 ( C River , which Tract of Land the said underwritten Lords do " erect into a distinct Province , with proper ...
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... Land , that not alone our Houses , but whatever we possess , will be enclos'd by Military Lines , impregnable again : the Savages , and which will make our whole Plantation one continued Fortress . It need not be suppos'd , that all the ...
... Land , that not alone our Houses , but whatever we possess , will be enclos'd by Military Lines , impregnable again : the Savages , and which will make our whole Plantation one continued Fortress . It need not be suppos'd , that all the ...
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... Land , in some fine Plain or Valley , containing a just Square of twenty Miles Each Way , or two hundred and fifty six thousand Acres , laid out , and settled , in the Form , presented , in the Cut annex'd . The District is defended by ...
... Land , in some fine Plain or Valley , containing a just Square of twenty Miles Each Way , or two hundred and fifty six thousand Acres , laid out , and settled , in the Form , presented , in the Cut annex'd . The District is defended by ...
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... Land in their said Province , which lies between the Rivers Allatamaha and Savanna , and erected the said Tract into ... Lands and Profits in the Margravate of Azilia afore- said , and shall on their parts , make good the Payments and ...
... Land in their said Province , which lies between the Rivers Allatamaha and Savanna , and erected the said Tract into ... Lands and Profits in the Margravate of Azilia afore- said , and shall on their parts , make good the Payments and ...
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Page 20 - ... to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended...
Page xiii - And, of our more special grace, certain knowledge and mere motion, we have given and granted, and by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, do give and grant, unto the said...
Page xiii - And lastly, we do by these presents, for us, our heirs and successors, grant unto the said James Russell, his executors, administrators, and assigns, that these, our letters patent, or the enrolment or exemplification thereof, shall be in and by all things good, firm, valid, sufficient, and effectual, in the law, according to the true intent and meaning thereof, and shall be taken, construed, and adjudged, in the most favourable and beneficial sense, for the best advantage of the said...
Page 11 - America, which lies from the most northern part of a stream or river there commonly called the Savannah, all along the sea coast to the southward, unto the most southern stream of a certain other great water or river called the Alatamaha, and westerly from the heads of the said rivers respectively in direct lines to the South Seas...
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Page vii - ... and statutes of England ; and the same shall and may present under their common seal to us, our heirs and successors, in our or their privy council for our or their approbation or disallowance : and the said laws, statutes and ordinances...
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