A Popular History of the United States: From the First Discovery of the Western Hemisphere by the Northmen, to the End of the Civil War. Preceded by a Sketch of the Prehistoric Period and the Age of the Mound Builders, Volume 1C. Scribner's sons, 1883 - United States |
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... Gorges . FIRST TOWNS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE . THE BREAKING UP OF THE PLYMOUTH COMPANY . CHARACTER OF GORGES - - - 272 308 CHAPTER XIII . DUTCH EXPEDITIONS TO NORTH AMERICA . AMSTERDAM . SETTLEMENT OF NEW - COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE AND ...
... Gorges . FIRST TOWNS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE . THE BREAKING UP OF THE PLYMOUTH COMPANY . CHARACTER OF GORGES - - - 272 308 CHAPTER XIII . DUTCH EXPEDITIONS TO NORTH AMERICA . AMSTERDAM . SETTLEMENT OF NEW - COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE AND ...
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... GORGES . FIRST ALLOT- MENT OF LAND IN PLYMOUTH . JOHN PEIRCE'S PATENT . THE LYFORD AND OLDHAM CONSPIRACY . THEIR BANISHMENT . BREAKING UP OF THE LON- DON COMPANY . -THE PILGRIMS THROWN ON THEIR OWN RESOURCES . THE FISHING STATION AT ...
... GORGES . FIRST ALLOT- MENT OF LAND IN PLYMOUTH . JOHN PEIRCE'S PATENT . THE LYFORD AND OLDHAM CONSPIRACY . THEIR BANISHMENT . BREAKING UP OF THE LON- DON COMPANY . -THE PILGRIMS THROWN ON THEIR OWN RESOURCES . THE FISHING STATION AT ...
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... Gorges View at the Mouth of the Piscat- aqua ( d . T. Moran , e . Varley . Medal [ Time of Charles V. ] ( d . Ho- sier , e . Aikens ) 330 332 334 340 Dutch Shipping [ 16th Century ] ( d . A. R. Waud , e . Varley ) Barentz at Nova Zembla ...
... Gorges View at the Mouth of the Piscat- aqua ( d . T. Moran , e . Varley . Medal [ Time of Charles V. ] ( d . Ho- sier , e . Aikens ) 330 332 334 340 Dutch Shipping [ 16th Century ] ( d . A. R. Waud , e . Varley ) Barentz at Nova Zembla ...
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... Gorges sent out , at his own expense , Richard Vines to make a set- Richard tlement . This heroic man spent the winter of 1616 and Vines . 1617 in Saco Bay , at a place called Winter Harbor . A pestilence which depopulated all the ...
... Gorges sent out , at his own expense , Richard Vines to make a set- Richard tlement . This heroic man spent the winter of 1616 and Vines . 1617 in Saco Bay , at a place called Winter Harbor . A pestilence which depopulated all the ...
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... Gorges , as governor of Plymouth , seems to have been especially favorable to catch all the news , and receive all the wonders which the line of returning ships brought to England from her pos- sessions in the New World . The governor ...
... Gorges , as governor of Plymouth , seems to have been especially favorable to catch all the news , and receive all the wonders which the line of returning ships brought to England from her pos- sessions in the New World . The governor ...
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Page 528 - ... we desire you would be pleased to take notice of the principals and body of our Company, as those who esteem it our honor to call the Church of England, from whence we rise, our dear mother; and cannot part from our native Country, where she specially resideth, without much sadness of heart and many tears in our eyes, ever acknowledging that such hope and part as we have obtained in the common salvation .we have received in her bosom, and sucked it from her breasts.
Page 528 - ... but, blessing God for the parentage and education, as members of the same body, shall always rejoice in her good, and unfeignedly grieve for any sorrow that shall ever betide her, and while we have breath, sincerely desire and endeavour the continuance and abundance of her welfare, with the enlargement of her bounds in the Kingdom of Christ Jesus.
Page 213 - Mississippi to the sea, and took formal possession of the country in the name of the King of France, in honor of whom he called it Louisiana.
Page 130 - East where spices growe, by a way that was never knowen before, by this fame and report there increased in my heart a great flame of desire to attempt some notable thing.
Page 396 - From lightning and tempest ; from plague, pestilence, and famine ; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Good Lord, deliver us.
Page 544 - Whereas, Mr. Roger Williams, one of the elders of the church of Salem, hath broached and divulged divers new and dangerous opinions, against the authority of magistrates; as also writ letters of defamation, both of the magistrates and churches...
Page 388 - Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God, and one of another, covenant & combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick, for our better ordering & preservation & furtherance of ye ends aforesaid ; and by vertue hearof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just & equall lawes, ordinances, acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete & convenient for ye generall good of ye Colonie, unto which we promise all due submission...
Page 247 - Here die I, Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet mind, for that I have ended my life as a true soldier ought to do, that hath fought for his country, queen, religion, and honour...
Page 386 - So they left that goodly and pleasant city which had been their resting-place near twelve years ; but they knew they were pilgrims and looked not much on those things, but lift up their eyes to the heavens, their dearest country, and quieted their spirits.
Page 316 - A strange fish! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.