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... settling earlier ques- tions . I am under obligation to Mr. Badger , of the Harvard College Library , for guidance to the maps of the collection in that library . To my colleague , Professor Edward Channing , I beg to offer especial ...
... settling earlier ques- tions . I am under obligation to Mr. Badger , of the Harvard College Library , for guidance to the maps of the collection in that library . To my colleague , Professor Edward Channing , I beg to offer especial ...
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... settlement of Virginia ( 1607-1624 ) , p . 69 . 31. Virginia during the English revolution ( 1624- 1660 ) , p . 75. 32. Development of Virginia ( 1660- 1700 ) , p . 78. — 33. Settlement of Maryland ( 1632- 1635 ) , p . 81. 34. Maryland ...
... settlement of Virginia ( 1607-1624 ) , p . 69 . 31. Virginia during the English revolution ( 1624- 1660 ) , p . 75. 32. Development of Virginia ( 1660- 1700 ) , p . 78. — 33. Settlement of Maryland ( 1632- 1635 ) , p . 81. 34. Maryland ...
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... Settlement of Canada ( 1608-1629 ) , p . 246. 109. Exploration of the Northwest ( 1629-1699 ) , p . 247 . -110 . Social and political conditions , p . 249. III . Intercolonial wars ( 1628-1697 ) , p . 252. -112 . Frontier wars ( 1702 ...
... Settlement of Canada ( 1608-1629 ) , p . 246. 109. Exploration of the Northwest ( 1629-1699 ) , p . 247 . -110 . Social and political conditions , p . 249. III . Intercolonial wars ( 1628-1697 ) , p . 252. -112 . Frontier wars ( 1702 ...
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... settlement had already reached the Mississippi from the east , and science had stepped in to assist the explorers . At San Diego and San Francisco are the only satisfactory harbors , although Puget Sound can be entered from the extreme ...
... settlement had already reached the Mississippi from the east , and science had stepped in to assist the explorers . At San Diego and San Francisco are the only satisfactory harbors , although Puget Sound can be entered from the extreme ...
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Reuben Gold Thwaites. and in degrees of civilization , and to some extent were settled in latitudinal strata ; thus the reports concerning them made by early navigators who touched at dif- ferent points along the coast , led to much ...
Reuben Gold Thwaites. and in degrees of civilization , and to some extent were settled in latitudinal strata ; thus the reports concerning them made by early navigators who touched at dif- ferent points along the coast , led to much ...
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Page 107 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Page 118 - In ye name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwriten, the loyall subjects of our dread soveraigne Lord, King James, by ye grace of God, of Great Britaine, Franc, & Ireland king, defender of ye faith, &c., haveing undertaken, for ye glorie of God, and advancemente of ye Christian faith, and honour of our king & countrie...
Page 143 - They who have power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in their power, also, to set the bounds and limitations of the...
Page 156 - ... the United Colonies of New England. 2. The said United Colonies for themselves and their posterities do jointly and severally hereby enter into a firm and perpetual league of friendship and amity for offence and defence, mutual advice and succor upon all just occasions both for preserving and propagating the truth and liberties of the Gospel and for their own mutual safety and welfare.
Page 71 - Our men were destroyed with cruel diseases, as swellings, flixes, burning fevers, and by wars; and some departed suddenly. But for the most part they died of mere famine. There were never Englishmen left in a foreign country in such misery as we were, in this new discovered Virginia.
Page 147 - We, whose names are underwritten do here solemnly in the presence of Jehovah incorporate ourselves into a Bodie Politick, and as he shall help, will submit our persons, lives and estates, unto our Lord Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, and to all those perfect and most absolute laws of his given us in his holy word of truth, to be guided and judged thereby.
Page 147 - We whose names are hereunder, desirous to inhabit in the town of Providence, do promise to subject ourselves in active or passive obedience to all such orders or agreements as shall be made for public good of the body, in an orderly way, by the major assent of the present inhabitants, masters of families, incorporated together into a town fellowship, and such others whom they shall admit unto them, only in civil things.