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... Affairs of Pennsylvania . - Dissensions . - Mil- itary Supplies refused . - New Act of Settle- ment by Markham . - Penn's second Arrival . - Birth of a Son . - The Assembly . - Penn's humane Measures in Behalf of Slaves and Indians in ...
... Affairs of Pennsylvania . - Dissensions . - Mil- itary Supplies refused . - New Act of Settle- ment by Markham . - Penn's second Arrival . - Birth of a Son . - The Assembly . - Penn's humane Measures in Behalf of Slaves and Indians in ...
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... affairs , as early as 1645 , when he had been appointed to a seat in Gorges ' Council . Retaining the dig- nity while the stout old royalist's authority continued , he was a member of the General Court under the succeeding rule of ...
... affairs , as early as 1645 , when he had been appointed to a seat in Gorges ' Council . Retaining the dig- nity while the stout old royalist's authority continued , he was a member of the General Court under the succeeding rule of ...
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... affairs . In person , he was stout and robust . According to the fashion prevalent among gentlemen of the time , he wore a red cloak . He was fond of a story and a joke ; a kind neighbor and a good citizen . Of an adventurous ...
... affairs . In person , he was stout and robust . According to the fashion prevalent among gentlemen of the time , he wore a red cloak . He was fond of a story and a joke ; a kind neighbor and a good citizen . Of an adventurous ...
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... affair . And besides , * Sketch of Preble by Dr. Kirkland . Cooper's Naval History , Vol . I. Williamson's History of Maine , Vol . II . p . 470. Notice of Preble in the Encyc . Americana . Cooper , in Graham's Magazine for May , 1845 ...
... affair . And besides , * Sketch of Preble by Dr. Kirkland . Cooper's Naval History , Vol . I. Williamson's History of Maine , Vol . II . p . 470. Notice of Preble in the Encyc . Americana . Cooper , in Graham's Magazine for May , 1845 ...
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... affair are extant ; and the brig is represented as " of more than equal force " to the Winthrop ; while an impression is given , that the sloop , not the Winthrop , went alongside the brig . At the peace , the marine of Massachusetts ...
... affair are extant ; and the brig is represented as " of more than equal force " to the Winthrop ; while an impression is given , that the sloop , not the Winthrop , went alongside the brig . At the peace , the marine of Massachusetts ...
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