The History of Newfoundland: From the Earliest Times to the Year 1860Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green, 1863 - 531 Seiten |
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... with the view of preparing ( from such memoranda chiefly ) some historical account of the colony . In answer to my application , I received a letter from Sir Alexander Bannerman , from which the following extracts are taken .
... with the view of preparing ( from such memoranda chiefly ) some historical account of the colony . In answer to my application , I received a letter from Sir Alexander Bannerman , from which the following extracts are taken .
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... taken . His Excellency says : - On my arrival here I was naturally desirous to obtain statistical and other information relative to the colony , the Government of which I was sent to administer . In the spring of 1860 , I was informed ...
... taken . His Excellency says : - On my arrival here I was naturally desirous to obtain statistical and other information relative to the colony , the Government of which I was sent to administer . In the spring of 1860 , I was informed ...
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... taken . of the country washed by the waters of the Chesa- peake , and through various vicissitudes attending the settlers often privations from the want of supplies from Europe , and contests with the natives - the infant colony took ...
... taken . of the country washed by the waters of the Chesa- peake , and through various vicissitudes attending the settlers often privations from the want of supplies from Europe , and contests with the natives - the infant colony took ...
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... taken in connection with the times in which he lived , may partly explain his desire to procure a foreign asylum for himself and the adherents of his faith . Already the Puritan feeling was growing strong in England , and was manifested ...
... taken in connection with the times in which he lived , may partly explain his desire to procure a foreign asylum for himself and the adherents of his faith . Already the Puritan feeling was growing strong in England , and was manifested ...
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... taken of the more inviting fields that lay further west , and it is very likely that the ultimate cause is to be discovered in these migrations of the seventeenth century . It was a century in which religious feelings and convictions ...
... taken of the more inviting fields that lay further west , and it is very likely that the ultimate cause is to be discovered in these migrations of the seventeenth century . It was a century in which religious feelings and convictions ...
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