A Political and Civil History of the United States of America: From the Year 1763 to the Close of the Administration of President Washington, in March, 1797: Including a Summary View of the Political and Civil State of the North American Colonies, Prior to that Period, Volume 1 |
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Page 16
... carried back to England , by Sir Francis Drake , who , fortunately , was directed to stop at this settlement on his return from his voyage to the Pacific . The second company , consisting of about fifty could never afterwards be found ...
... carried back to England , by Sir Francis Drake , who , fortunately , was directed to stop at this settlement on his return from his voyage to the Pacific . The second company , consisting of about fifty could never afterwards be found ...
Page 17
... carried on with the natives , again excited a spirit of adventure and colonization among the merchants and others , in London , and in different parts of England . In 1606 , on the application of a number of gentlemen , King James ...
... carried on with the natives , again excited a spirit of adventure and colonization among the merchants and others , in London , and in different parts of England . In 1606 , on the application of a number of gentlemen , King James ...
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... carried on with the natives , and particularly by the cele- brated Capt . Smith . This chivalrous traveller , as he was justly called , whose various adventures both in Asia and America , as related by his able biographer , Mr. Belknap ...
... carried on with the natives , and particularly by the cele- brated Capt . Smith . This chivalrous traveller , as he was justly called , whose various adventures both in Asia and America , as related by his able biographer , Mr. Belknap ...
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... carried to the barren coast of Cape Cod , where they arrived on the 9th of November , 1620. After search- ing many days for a place of settlement , they at last fixed upon a spot which they called Plymouth , and commenced the first set ...
... carried to the barren coast of Cape Cod , where they arrived on the 9th of November , 1620. After search- ing many days for a place of settlement , they at last fixed upon a spot which they called Plymouth , and commenced the first set ...
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... or partnership with a number of merchants and other adventurers , to continue for seven years ; by which , not only their • Hazard , vol . 1 . commerce , but all their business was to be carried OF THE UNITED STATES . 33.
... or partnership with a number of merchants and other adventurers , to continue for seven years ; by which , not only their • Hazard , vol . 1 . commerce , but all their business was to be carried OF THE UNITED STATES . 33.
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