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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Page 11
... four great Parks , or rather Forrests , are Each four Miles x Square , that is 16 Miles round each Forrest , in which are pro- pagated Herds of Cattle of all Sorts by themselves , not alone to serve the uses of the District , they ...
... four great Parks , or rather Forrests , are Each four Miles x Square , that is 16 Miles round each Forrest , in which are pro- pagated Herds of Cattle of all Sorts by themselves , not alone to serve the uses of the District , they ...
Page 20
... four Acres ; It must be observ'd , that we do not suppose him to cultivate the four Acres , but only to cut , and burn down the Trees , which grow there ; By this Account such a Purchaser's first Year's Claim will be the Profit of Six ...
... four Acres ; It must be observ'd , that we do not suppose him to cultivate the four Acres , but only to cut , and burn down the Trees , which grow there ; By this Account such a Purchaser's first Year's Claim will be the Profit of Six ...
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... four Hundred Tun ; we have often much more ( Bark , Timber , and Brushwood ) on an Acre in England ; It is therefore an unexceptionable Computation for America , where the date of the Woods , instead of Years , must be reckoned by Ages ...
... four Hundred Tun ; we have often much more ( Bark , Timber , and Brushwood ) on an Acre in England ; It is therefore an unexceptionable Computation for America , where the date of the Woods , instead of Years , must be reckoned by Ages ...
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... four Miles above Mount Pleasant , on the Carolina Side , is Silver Bluff , where there is another Set- tlement of Euchee Indians : On both Sides of the River are Fields of Corn planted by them . THIRTY Miles above Silver Bluff is New ...
... four Miles above Mount Pleasant , on the Carolina Side , is Silver Bluff , where there is another Set- tlement of Euchee Indians : On both Sides of the River are Fields of Corn planted by them . THIRTY Miles above Silver Bluff is New ...
Page 9
... four hundred Acres , the rest being sandy Sea - Beach . Mr. Horton has his Lot upon this Island , and has made great Improvements there . To the Southward of Jekyll lies the Island of Cumberland , and the Fort of St. Andrew's , situated ...
... four hundred Acres , the rest being sandy Sea - Beach . Mr. Horton has his Lot upon this Island , and has made great Improvements there . To the Southward of Jekyll lies the Island of Cumberland , and the Fort of St. Andrew's , situated ...
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