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... Pennsylvania , but , from ill health , declined the appointment . Besides his discoveries in botany , he prepared the most complete table of American ornithology before the appearance of the book of Wilson , whom he assisted in the ...
... Pennsylvania , but , from ill health , declined the appointment . Besides his discoveries in botany , he prepared the most complete table of American ornithology before the appearance of the book of Wilson , whom he assisted in the ...
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... Pennsylvania . But in case of her dying without a will , I desire that such sums of money or property , of what kind soever , as she may have received , or have been entitled to receive , be equally divided between my brothers James and ...
... Pennsylvania . But in case of her dying without a will , I desire that such sums of money or property , of what kind soever , as she may have received , or have been entitled to receive , be equally divided between my brothers James and ...
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... Pennsylvania , Maryland , and Delaware , on the 8th July following , appointed Colonel Biddle the Deputy Quartermaster- General for those forces , as well as for the militia of Pennsylvania and New Jersey , ordered to assemble at ...
... Pennsylvania , Maryland , and Delaware , on the 8th July following , appointed Colonel Biddle the Deputy Quartermaster- General for those forces , as well as for the militia of Pennsylvania and New Jersey , ordered to assemble at ...
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Henry Simpson. WILLIAM BRADFORD . WILLIAM BRADFORD , the first printer in Pennsylvania , was the son of William and Anne Bradford , of Leicester , England , at which place he was born , in 1658. Being a Quaker , he emigrated to Pennsylvania ...
Henry Simpson. WILLIAM BRADFORD . WILLIAM BRADFORD , the first printer in Pennsylvania , was the son of William and Anne Bradford , of Leicester , England , at which place he was born , in 1658. Being a Quaker , he emigrated to Pennsylvania ...
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... Pennsylvania in 1682 , and landed at the spot where Philadelphia was soon after laid out , before a house was built . His descendants , for four gene- rations prior to the birth of the subject of this sketch , were amongst the most ...
... Pennsylvania in 1682 , and landed at the spot where Philadelphia was soon after laid out , before a house was built . His descendants , for four gene- rations prior to the birth of the subject of this sketch , were amongst the most ...
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Page 376 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 331 - HAPPY day that fixed my choice On thee, my Saviour and my God ! Well may this glowing heart rejoice, And tell its raptures all abroad.
Page 258 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...
Page 455 - In other countries the people, more simple and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance. Here they anticipate the evil and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle. They augur misgovernment at a distance, and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.
Page 512 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Page 736 - As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect. How much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time.
Page 903 - the Sam. Adams of Philadelphia, the life of the cause of liberty.
Page 413 - Those scholars, who shall merit it, shall remain in the college until they shall respectively arrive at between fourteen and eighteen years of age ; they shall then be bound out by the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia, or under their direction, to suitable occupations, as those of agriculture, navigation, arts, mechanical trades, and manufactures...
Page 46 - DO not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you.
Page 694 - Four Dissertations on the RECIPROCAL ADVANTAGES of a PERPETUAL UNION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND HER AMERICAN COLONIES.