Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania: Devoted to the Preservation of Facts and Documents, and Every Kind of Useful Information Respecting the State of Pennsylvania, Volume 1Samuel Hazard W.F. Geddes, 1828 - Pennsylvania |
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... advantage over those in interior ib . ib . ib . 142 ib . 143 county of Philadelphia , for 1827 assessed Thermometrical observations at Washington Pa . 176 76 Philadelphia 131 183 is it entirely used in any factory is importing a good ...
... advantage over those in interior ib . ib . ib . 142 ib . 143 county of Philadelphia , for 1827 assessed Thermometrical observations at Washington Pa . 176 76 Philadelphia 131 183 is it entirely used in any factory is importing a good ...
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... advantages and resources which they possess , generally known , it is in . cumbent on us , to exhibit to the world , the advances we have made ; the improvements we are contemplating and pursuing ; and the future eminence to which we ...
... advantages and resources which they possess , generally known , it is in . cumbent on us , to exhibit to the world , the advances we have made ; the improvements we are contemplating and pursuing ; and the future eminence to which we ...
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... advantages of her geographi- cal position in relation to the interior of our state , and of the western country ... advantage which will result from preventing all of the legislature , it is now on the eve of accomplish- filtration or ...
... advantages of her geographi- cal position in relation to the interior of our state , and of the western country ... advantage which will result from preventing all of the legislature , it is now on the eve of accomplish- filtration or ...
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... advantage of all our fellow citizens . The farmer who supplies the raw materials , as well as the food for the manufacturer , will find a steady and increas- Intimately associated with the view just presented is ing market , in his ...
... advantage of all our fellow citizens . The farmer who supplies the raw materials , as well as the food for the manufacturer , will find a steady and increas- Intimately associated with the view just presented is ing market , in his ...
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... Advantage of a well ordered trade there was also perused . The Commissioners with the premisses considering the present state of the Colonies , the En- glish in most plantations already wanting hands to carry on their necessary ocations ...
... Advantage of a well ordered trade there was also perused . The Commissioners with the premisses considering the present state of the Colonies , the En- glish in most plantations already wanting hands to carry on their necessary ocations ...
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Page 337 - I choose to solve the controversy with this small distinction, and it belongs to all three : any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion.
Page 376 - I have great love and regard towards you, and I desire to win and gain your love and friendship by a kind, just and peaceable life...
Page 337 - Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them ; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn.
Page 359 - That all persons living in this province who confess and acknowledge the one Almighty and Eternal God, to be the Creator, Upholder and Ruler of the World...
Page 338 - LAWS of this government, to the great end of all government, viz: to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of power; that they may be free by their Just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their Just administration: for liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.
Page 16 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences...
Page 337 - For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good. and thou shalt have praise of the same: for he is a minister of God to thee for good.
Page 376 - God hath been pleased to make me concerned in your part of the world, and the King of the country where I live hath given me a great province therein, but I desire to enjoy it with your love and consent, that we may always live together as neighbours and friends, else what would the great God do to us, who hath made us not to devour and destroy one another, but to live soberly and kindly together in the world...
Page 378 - Selection" from that invaluable work. It was well received, and has been approved and recommended by several very respectable public critics. He wrote also a little piece, published in 1817, " On the Duty and Benefit of a daily Perusal of the Holy Scriptures.
Page 326 - A supplement to the act, entitled an act for the relief and employment of the poor of the city of Philadelphia, the district of Southwark, and the townships, of the Northern Liberties, and Penn.