The American Geography: Or, a View of the Present Situation of the United States of America: Containing Astronomical Geography.--geographical Definitions, Discovery, and General Description ... with a Particular Description of Kentucky, the Western Territory, and Vermont ... to which is Added, an Abridgement of the Geography of the British, Spanish, French and Dutch Dominions in America and the West Indies.--of Europe, Asia, and AfricaJohn Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1792 - 536 Seiten |
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... councils they obferve the greatest decorum . In the foremost rank fit the old men , who are the countellors , then ... council ; and with furprifing exactnefs , preferve the ftipulations of trea- ties entered into a hundred years back ...
... councils they obferve the greatest decorum . In the foremost rank fit the old men , who are the countellors , then ... council ; and with furprifing exactnefs , preferve the ftipulations of trea- ties entered into a hundred years back ...
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... council of thirteen men to govern them . To prevent dif- putes about territory , the colonies were prohibited to plant within an hundred miles of each other . There appears to be an inconfiftency in thefe grants , as the lands lying ...
... council of thirteen men to govern them . To prevent dif- putes about territory , the colonies were prohibited to plant within an hundred miles of each other . There appears to be an inconfiftency in thefe grants , as the lands lying ...
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... council . The following win- ter James - Town was burnt , During this time the Plymouth company fitted out two fhips under the command of Admiral Rawley Gilbert . They failed for North Virginia on the 31st of May , with one hundred ...
... council . The following win- ter James - Town was burnt , During this time the Plymouth company fitted out two fhips under the command of Admiral Rawley Gilbert . They failed for North Virginia on the 31st of May , with one hundred ...
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... council for South Virginia having refigned their old commiffion , requested and obtained a new one ; in confequence of which they appoint- ed Sir Thomas Weft , Lord De la War , general of the colony ; Sir Tho- mas Gates , his lieutenant ...
... council for South Virginia having refigned their old commiffion , requested and obtained a new one ; in confequence of which they appoint- ed Sir Thomas Weft , Lord De la War , general of the colony ; Sir Tho- mas Gates , his lieutenant ...
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... council a grant of a part of the prefent ftate of New - Hamp- 1623 fhire . Two years after , under the authority of this grant , a fmall colony fixed down near the mouth of Pifcataqua river . From this period we may date the fettlement ...
... council a grant of a part of the prefent ftate of New - Hamp- 1623 fhire . Two years after , under the authority of this grant , a fmall colony fixed down near the mouth of Pifcataqua river . From this period we may date the fettlement ...
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Seite 20 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Seite 155 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Seite 86 - ... be capable of holding any office under the United States for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Seite 35 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Seite 35 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Seite 467 - The inhabitants of the said territory, shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
Seite 35 - Ocean: east by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...
Seite 466 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions, are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter' shall be formed in the said territory...
Seite 35 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie through the middle of said lake...
Seite 366 - ... that in this place particularly they have been dammed up by the Blue Ridge of mountains, and have formed an ocean which filled the whole valley ; that continuing to rise they have at length broken over at this spot, and have torn the mountain down from...