Collections of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Band 1J. Pennington, 1853 - 426 Seiten |
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... from its first purchase and settlement to the present time . By William J. Buck , 147 • 187 • XXVIII . Captain Loxley's Journal of the Campaign to Amboy , 1776 , · 189 223 • XXIX . The Discovery of America by the Northmen ,
... from its first purchase and settlement to the present time . By William J. Buck , 147 • 187 • XXVIII . Captain Loxley's Journal of the Campaign to Amboy , 1776 , · 189 223 • XXIX . The Discovery of America by the Northmen ,
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... settle these people upon it . Indian guides were sent to show the Germans where Schochary was . My father was the first of the German deputies . In November , 1713 , when the above mentioned deputies had returned from the Maqua country ...
... settle these people upon it . Indian guides were sent to show the Germans where Schochary was . My father was the first of the German deputies . In November , 1713 , when the above mentioned deputies had returned from the Maqua country ...
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... settled in villages , of which there were seven . The first and nearest , Schenectady , was called Kneskern - dorf ; * 2d . Gerlacho- dorf ; 3d . Fuchsen - dorf ; 4th . Hans George Schmidts - dorf ; 5th . Weisers- dorf , or Brunnen ...
... settled in villages , of which there were seven . The first and nearest , Schenectady , was called Kneskern - dorf ; * 2d . Gerlacho- dorf ; 3d . Fuchsen - dorf ; 4th . Hans George Schmidts - dorf ; 5th . Weisers- dorf , or Brunnen ...
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... settlement . Others followed this party and settled there , at first also without the permission of the Proprietary of Pennsylvania or his Com- missioners ; also against the consent of the Indians , from whom the land had not yet been ...
... settlement . Others followed this party and settled there , at first also without the permission of the Proprietary of Pennsylvania or his Com- missioners ; also against the consent of the Indians , from whom the land had not yet been ...
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... settled in 1723 , by Germans from Schohary , in New York , who penetrated the forests to the head waters of Susquehanna , where they built themselves canoes , and floated down the river to the mouth of the Swatara , on the head waters ...
... settled in 1723 , by Germans from Schohary , in New York , who penetrated the forests to the head waters of Susquehanna , where they built themselves canoes , and floated down the river to the mouth of the Swatara , on the head waters ...
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Seite 141 - But biography has often been allotted to writers, who seem very little acquainted with the nature of their task, or very negligent about the performance. They rarely afford any other account than might be collected from...
Seite 284 - And I do solemnly, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me, as they are commonly understood by English Protestants, without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever...
Seite 123 - A more beautiful or precious morsel of ethics I have never seen ; it is a document in proof that I am a real Christian, that is to say, a disciple of the doctrines of Jesus...
Seite 408 - Otis was a flame of fire; with a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research, a rapid summary of historical events and dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eyes into futurity, and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before him. American Independence was then and there born.
Seite 123 - say nothing of my religion. It is known to my God and myself alone. Its evidence before the world is to be sought in my life ; if that has been honest and dutiful to society, the religion which has regulated it cannot be a bad one.
Seite 62 - Lord one thousand seven hundred and eight, and in the seventh year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne, by the Grace of God. of Great Britain, France and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the faith, etc.
Seite 399 - I had the curiosity to learn how far he could be heard, by retiring backwards down the street towards the river; and I found his voice distinct till I came near Front Street, when some noise in that street obscured it.
Seite 284 - ... the Pope, or any other authority or person whatsoever, or without any hope of any such dispensation from any person or authority whatsoever, or without thinking that I am or can be acquitted before God, or man, or absolved of this declaration, or any part thereof, although the Pope, or any other person or persons, or power whatsoever, should dispense with or annul the same, or declare that it was null and void from the beginning.
Seite 80 - Barrister at Law, by his Learned and generous Defence of the Rights of Mankind, and the Liberty of the Press...
Seite 284 - That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, That princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare, That no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me...