The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, Volume 7John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond A. S. Barnes., 1882 - United States |
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... Letters , communicated by J. Carson Brevoort , by J. Esten Cooke , Jeremiah Colburn , and George M. Champney , The Earl ... Letter by P. P. F. . 627 De Grand , contributed by Jeremiah Colburn , William Penn and the Bi - centenary of the ...
... Letters , communicated by J. Carson Brevoort , by J. Esten Cooke , Jeremiah Colburn , and George M. Champney , The Earl ... Letter by P. P. F. . 627 De Grand , contributed by Jeremiah Colburn , William Penn and the Bi - centenary of the ...
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... letters of the period , and also that of the Kortright house on Harlem Plains , both of which are landmarks in the con ... letter from Captain Evelyn to the Hon . Mrs. Boscawen , dated New York Island , September 24 , 1776 . The next day ...
... letters of the period , and also that of the Kortright house on Harlem Plains , both of which are landmarks in the con ... letter from Captain Evelyn to the Hon . Mrs. Boscawen , dated New York Island , September 24 , 1776 . The next day ...
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... letter from Capt . Francis Hutche- son , Assistant Secretary to Sir William Howe , to Gen. Frederick Haldimand , Governor of Canada . Campt at Turtle Bay near New York Sept. 24 , 1776 . Dear Sir On Sunday the 15th inst the Army landed ...
... letter from Capt . Francis Hutche- son , Assistant Secretary to Sir William Howe , to Gen. Frederick Haldimand , Governor of Canada . Campt at Turtle Bay near New York Sept. 24 , 1776 . Dear Sir On Sunday the 15th inst the Army landed ...
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... letter to committee while in Prov . Cong . [ Miscellaneous MSS . N. Y. Historical Society . ] Extract of a Letter from Peter Du Bois to Major Colden , Written at Second River , N. J. Tuesday , Sept. 17 , 1776 . We have Three different ...
... letter to committee while in Prov . Cong . [ Miscellaneous MSS . N. Y. Historical Society . ] Extract of a Letter from Peter Du Bois to Major Colden , Written at Second River , N. J. Tuesday , Sept. 17 , 1776 . We have Three different ...
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... letter to his brother , dated Mount Washington , Sept. 19 , 1776 , speaks of being so much engaged as to have had no time to write , and says , " the rascally Hessians took my baggage waggon with the greater part of my things . " Mrs ...
... letter to his brother , dated Mount Washington , Sept. 19 , 1776 , speaks of being so much engaged as to have had no time to write , and says , " the rascally Hessians took my baggage waggon with the greater part of my things . " Mrs ...
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Page 853 - ... covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 483 - LAERTES' head. And these few precepts in thy memory See thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportion'd thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade.
Page 853 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Page 511 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
Page 853 - Faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Page 245 - Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If the people be governors, who shall be governed?
Page 853 - Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia...
Page 607 - And also, to make, ordain, and establish all manner of orders, laws, directions, instructions, forms, and ceremonies of government and magistracy, fit and necessary for and concerning the government of the said colony and plantation...
Page 448 - I could not possibly give you one of the " arguments " you cruelly hint at, on which any doctrine of mine stands. For I do not know what arguments mean in reference to any expression of a thought.
Page 483 - Nor any unproportioned thought his act. » Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatched, unfledged, comrade.