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Page xi
... tion revived . - Penn petitions Parliament for the Quakers . His political Influence . - In- tercedes in Behalf of West New Jersey . . . cess . - - CHAPTER VII . Penn petitions the King for a Grant of Land in America.Opposition to it ...
... tion revived . - Penn petitions Parliament for the Quakers . His political Influence . - In- tercedes in Behalf of West New Jersey . . . cess . - - CHAPTER VII . Penn petitions the King for a Grant of Land in America.Opposition to it ...
Page xiii
... tion . Penn is called to England again . State of the 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 ...
... tion . Penn is called to England again . State of the 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 ...
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... tion for sedentary amusements , the leisure hours of his youth were mostly devoted to hunting and other active exercises . In the use of the gun he acquired great skill , and a story is told , that he once brought down five swallows ...
... tion for sedentary amusements , the leisure hours of his youth were mostly devoted to hunting and other active exercises . In the use of the gun he acquired great skill , and a story is told , that he once brought down five swallows ...
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... tion was executed , and formed one of the most distressing circumstances of the contest . During the last three years of the war , vast numbers perished in a single prison ship , the Jersey , in which , it has been already remarked ...
... tion was executed , and formed one of the most distressing circumstances of the contest . During the last three years of the war , vast numbers perished in a single prison ship , the Jersey , in which , it has been already remarked ...
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... tion was abandoned , and he joined the Essex . * He sailed in company with the frigate Con- gress , Captain Sever , on a cruise to the East * This frigate was built at Salem , and Commodore Preble first took charge of her at that place ...
... tion was abandoned , and he joined the Essex . * He sailed in company with the frigate Con- gress , Captain Sever , on a cruise to the East * This frigate was built at Salem , and Commodore Preble first took charge of her at that place ...
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