Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History from 458 A.D. to 1909: Based Upon the Plan of Benson John Lossing...Harper, 1909 |
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Page 51
... William Penn to set apart 40,000 acres in Pennsylvania for a Welsh settlement , the land to be sold to Welsh - speaking persons only . Griffith and his family led the settlers to this tract of land , which he called Merion . He died in ...
... William Penn to set apart 40,000 acres in Pennsylvania for a Welsh settlement , the land to be sold to Welsh - speaking persons only . Griffith and his family led the settlers to this tract of land , which he called Merion . He died in ...
Page 71
... ( William Pitt ) , after long absence , appeared and proposed an address to the King advising a recall of the troops ... Penn's charter and plans of settlement , which 71 PARLIAMENT , ENGLISH.
... ( William Pitt ) , after long absence , appeared and proposed an address to the King advising a recall of the troops ... Penn's charter and plans of settlement , which 71 PARLIAMENT , ENGLISH.
Page 75
... William Penn , who in 1677 visited the Continent , and made the acquaintance of an intelligent and highly cultivated circle of Pietists , or Mystics , who , reviving in the seventeenth century the spiritual faith and worship of Tauler ...
... William Penn , who in 1677 visited the Continent , and made the acquaintance of an intelligent and highly cultivated circle of Pietists , or Mystics , who , reviving in the seventeenth century the spiritual faith and worship of Tauler ...
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... Penn , who carried him to France in disguise , for which goodly service Penn's entire estates were confiscated or ... William Penn , the only son of Lord Penn ; and he received him very gracious- ly . In consideration of the services of ...
... Penn , who carried him to France in disguise , for which goodly service Penn's entire estates were confiscated or ... William Penn , the only son of Lord Penn ; and he received him very gracious- ly . In consideration of the services of ...
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... Penn accom- feet front , and is four hundred feet deep . anied them thither , where he founded the Next to it is to ... William Penn , for warrants , so as to survey and take possession of the aforesaid lands . His first answer ...
... Penn accom- feet front , and is four hundred feet deep . anied them thither , where he founded the Next to it is to ... William Penn , for warrants , so as to survey and take possession of the aforesaid lands . His first answer ...
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Page 29 - ... one-third part of the personal estate ; and this law relative to descents and dower, shall remain in full force until altered by the legislature of the district. And until the governor and judges shall adopt laws as hereinafter mentioned, estates in the said territory may be devised or bequeathed by wills in writing, signed and sealed by him or her in whom the estate may be (being of full age) and attested by three witnesses; and real estates may be conveyed by lease and release or bargain and...
Page 64 - Wherefore, if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire.
Page 31 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Page 54 - And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.
Page 244 - The cup of forbearance had been exhausted even before the recent information from the frontier of the Del Norte. But now, after reiterated menaces, Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory and shed American blood upon the American soil.
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