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... late Robert Waterston • 253 • 254 254 • Letters from Roger and Robert Williams to John Winthrop , Jr. , with observations by ROBERT C. WINTHROP , Jr. . . Communication respecting the place of Lovewell's fight with the Indians ; the ...
... late Robert Waterston • 253 • 254 254 • Letters from Roger and Robert Williams to John Winthrop , Jr. , with observations by ROBERT C. WINTHROP , Jr. . . Communication respecting the place of Lovewell's fight with the Indians ; the ...
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... late as 1636 , and it was reported that her servants were " in want of clothing . " A William Smith , whose will was dated April 23 , 1636 , left one hundred pounds of tobacco to William Cotton for a funeral sermon ; and in August ...
... late as 1636 , and it was reported that her servants were " in want of clothing . " A William Smith , whose will was dated April 23 , 1636 , left one hundred pounds of tobacco to William Cotton for a funeral sermon ; and in August ...
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... late visit to Washington , I found in the Curator's Room , where it had been placed for exhibition and sale , a very interesting historical por- trait . It was the portrait of Henry Laurens , of South Carolina , who was president of the ...
... late visit to Washington , I found in the Curator's Room , where it had been placed for exhibition and sale , a very interesting historical por- trait . It was the portrait of Henry Laurens , of South Carolina , who was president of the ...
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... late years the residence of our former Corresponding Member , John Disney . Mr. UPHAM called attention to a volume of early court files , containing papers of the various courts held in the county of Suffolk . This collection , which ...
... late years the residence of our former Corresponding Member , John Disney . Mr. UPHAM called attention to a volume of early court files , containing papers of the various courts held in the county of Suffolk . This collection , which ...
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... late been very much engaged in the prosecution of my ex- periments on different kinds of air and have had considerable success . I intend soon to publish a Supplement to the treatise which you very probably have heard that I have lately ...
... late been very much engaged in the prosecution of my ex- periments on different kinds of air and have had considerable success . I intend soon to publish a Supplement to the treatise which you very probably have heard that I have lately ...
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Page 249 - And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counselled in those days, was as if a man had enquired at the oracle of God : so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.
Page 352 - Our said Province hath anciently extended, and doth of Right extend as far as the River Pentagouet or Penobscot, it shall be bounded by a line drawn from Cape Sable across the entrance 'of the Bay of Fundy, to the mouth of the River St. Croix, ' by the said River to its source, and by a line drawn due north from ' thence to the Southern Boundary of Our Colony of Quebec.
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Page 352 - to the westward, although our said province hath " anciently extended, and doth of right extend, as " far as the River Pentagoet or Penobscot, it shall "be bounded by a line drawn from Cape Sable " across the entrance of the Bay of Fundy to the " mouth of the River St. Croix, by the said river to " its source, and by a line drawn due north from "thence to the [southern boundary of our Colony
Page 353 - New Scotland, bounding the one of them upon the East, and the other upon the west, side thereof; here they made Choice of an Isle that is within the Middle of the same, where to winter, building Houses sufficient to lodge their Number...
Page 389 - ... club will have a tendency to prevent the same, and to increase not only the pleasure and happiness of the respective members, but, also, will conduce to their edification and instruction, do hereby incorporate ourselves into a society, by the name of the Old Colony Club. For the better regulation of which we do consent and agree to observe all such rules and laws as shall from time to time be made by the Club. Dated at our Hall, in Plymouth, the day and year above written. ISAAC LOTHKOP, EDWARD...