Correspondence Between William Penn and James Logan, Secretary of the Province of Pennsylvanis, and Others, 1700-1750: From the Original Letters in Possession of the Logan FamilyLippincott for the Historical society of Pennsylvania, 1855 - Всего страниц: 423 |
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... Virginia , with the two Regiments of Hacket and Dunbar . Being Extracts of Letters from an Officer in one of those Regiments to his Friend in London , " & c . ( Lon- don , 1755 ; 8vo . , pp . 29. ) This seems to be a mere catch - penny ...
... Virginia , with the two Regiments of Hacket and Dunbar . Being Extracts of Letters from an Officer in one of those Regiments to his Friend in London , " & c . ( Lon- don , 1755 ; 8vo . , pp . 29. ) This seems to be a mere catch - penny ...
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... Virginia had occasioned much controversy , and had induced considerable ill - feeling between those provinces . Their claims were conflicting ; and no autho- rized power had yet reconciled their demands , and assigned to each ...
... Virginia had occasioned much controversy , and had induced considerable ill - feeling between those provinces . Their claims were conflicting ; and no autho- rized power had yet reconciled their demands , and assigned to each ...
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... Virginia . The original patent , from James I. to the London and Plymouth Companies , which was relied upon by Virginia , had been legally overturned on a quo warranto in 1623 ; and the tacit acquiescence of those companies in the grant ...
... Virginia . The original patent , from James I. to the London and Plymouth Companies , which was relied upon by Virginia , had been legally overturned on a quo warranto in 1623 ; and the tacit acquiescence of those companies in the grant ...
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... Virginia , in the erection of a fortress that might thwart their designs , it was also provided that no rights of the proprietaries 1 ' Horace Walpole sneeringly dwells on the methods by which England and France seated themselves in ...
... Virginia , in the erection of a fortress that might thwart their designs , it was also provided that no rights of the proprietaries 1 ' Horace Walpole sneeringly dwells on the methods by which England and France seated themselves in ...
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... Virginia , while denying the fact of the forks of the Ohio being within the jurisdic- tion of Pennsylvania , very honestly conceded that if on investigation this should prove to be the case , the rights of that colony should not be at ...
... Virginia , while denying the fact of the forks of the Ohio being within the jurisdic- tion of Pennsylvania , very honestly conceded that if on investigation this should prove to be the case , the rights of that colony should not be at ...
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