Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania: Containing a Copicus Selection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc., Relating to Its History and Antiquities, Both General and Local, with Topographical Descriptions of Every County and All the Larger Towns in the State. Illus. by 165 Engravings |
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... purchased lands , with a view both to agricultural settlement and for the establishment of manufactories , and for carrying on the lumber trade and whale fisheries . The title and jurisdiction of the three lower counties ( Delaware ) ...
... purchased lands , with a view both to agricultural settlement and for the establishment of manufactories , and for carrying on the lumber trade and whale fisheries . The title and jurisdiction of the three lower counties ( Delaware ) ...
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... purchased from three Swedes . Soon after- wards many small houses were erected ; and in the spring of 1683 Phila- delphia was honored for the first time by the session of the council and assembly . An important question came before them ...
... purchased from three Swedes . Soon after- wards many small houses were erected ; and in the spring of 1683 Phila- delphia was honored for the first time by the session of the council and assembly . An important question came before them ...
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... purchased of the Six Nations all the land within the state , not previously purchased , lying southwest of a line beginning one mile above the mouth of Penn's Creek , and run- ning northwest by west " to the western boundary of the ...
... purchased of the Six Nations all the land within the state , not previously purchased , lying southwest of a line beginning one mile above the mouth of Penn's Creek , and run- ning northwest by west " to the western boundary of the ...
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... purchased in 1754. A treaty of peace was concluded with the Delawares . Another conference was held at Lancaster , in 1757 , with some of the chiefs of the Six Nations , but the Senecas and Delawares of the Ohio re- fused to attend , on ...
... purchased in 1754. A treaty of peace was concluded with the Delawares . Another conference was held at Lancaster , in 1757 , with some of the chiefs of the Six Nations , but the Senecas and Delawares of the Ohio re- fused to attend , on ...
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... purchased from the Indians , or if purchased , had been restored . The boundary of Indian purchases was still more than a hundred miles nearer the Atlan- tic . Other settlements , too , were built on the Susquehanna , on Indian lands ...
... purchased from the Indians , or if purchased , had been restored . The boundary of Indian purchases was still more than a hundred miles nearer the Atlan- tic . Other settlements , too , were built on the Susquehanna , on Indian lands ...
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Page 36 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs, has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Page 512 - But how came you to take upon you to sell land at all? We conquered you, we made women of you; you know you are women, and can no more sell land than women.
Page 135 - So I thought to myself, since I cannot do any business to-day, I may as well go to the meeting too, and I went with him. There stood up a man in black, and began to talk to the people very angrily. I did not understand what he said; but perceiving that he looked much at me, and at Hanson...
Page 13 - ... distance from New Castle, northward and westward unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of northern latitude, and then by a straight line westward to the limits of longitude above mentioned.
Page 421 - For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit do mind the things of the Spirit.
Page 135 - If a white man in travelling through our country, enters one of our cabins, we all treat him as I treat you; we dry him if he is wet...
Page 474 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat ; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, " Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 230 - At once there rose so wild a yell Within that dark and narrow dell, As all the fiends, from heaven that fell, Had pealed the banner-cry of hell ! Forth from the pass in tumult driven, Like chaff before the wind of heaven, The archery appear : For life ! for life ! their flight they ply— And shriek, and shout, and battle-cry, And plaids and bonnets waving high, And broad-swords flashing to the sky, Are maddening in the rear.
Page 90 - There was no way for getting over but on a raft, which we set about, with but one poor hatchet, and finished just after sun-setting.
Page 8 - But in liberality they excel; nothing is too good for their friend; give them a fine gun, coat, or other thing, it may pass twenty hands before it sticks: light of heart, strong affections, but soon spent. The most merry creatures that live; they feast and dance perpetually; they never have much, nor want much...