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... Colony . The Assembly adopts the new Constitution . The Indians . Charter of Philadelphia . - Penn's final De- parture . ― L - City CHAPTER XII . Penn's Misfortunes in England . - Queen Anne . - - His Address to her for the Quakers ...
... Colony . The Assembly adopts the new Constitution . The Indians . Charter of Philadelphia . - Penn's final De- parture . ― L - City CHAPTER XII . Penn's Misfortunes in England . - Queen Anne . - - His Address to her for the Quakers ...
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... - General Estimate of Penn's Character . - His Virtues and Services . His private Life and Hab- its . - Prosperity of the Colony . - The De- scendants of Penn . - 373 391 LIFE OF EDWARD PREBLE , COMMODORE IN THE NAVY OF xiv CONTENTS .
... - General Estimate of Penn's Character . - His Virtues and Services . His private Life and Hab- its . - Prosperity of the Colony . - The De- scendants of Penn . - 373 391 LIFE OF EDWARD PREBLE , COMMODORE IN THE NAVY OF xiv CONTENTS .
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... Colony , about the year 1637 ; and , pur- chasing a piece of land of Edward Godfrey , in 1642 , he soon after removed to the new city . His name occurs in the records of Maine , as engaged in public affairs , as early as 1645 , when he ...
... Colony , about the year 1637 ; and , pur- chasing a piece of land of Edward Godfrey , in 1642 , he soon after removed to the new city . His name occurs in the records of Maine , as engaged in public affairs , as early as 1645 , when he ...
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... colonies and England , and the royal governors were occasionally compelled to embark in them . They brought from England the merchandise required by the colonists , and the last fashions , and the last novel ; and their arrival or ...
... colonies and England , and the royal governors were occasionally compelled to embark in them . They brought from England the merchandise required by the colonists , and the last fashions , and the last novel ; and their arrival or ...
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... countries as a resident mercantile agent of the American house with which he was connected ; and that , at other times , he was engaged in trading voyages along Yet our own coast , and to the British colonies . 26 AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY .
... countries as a resident mercantile agent of the American house with which he was connected ; and that , at other times , he was engaged in trading voyages along Yet our own coast , and to the British colonies . 26 AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY .
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