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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... church , parfonage houfe , and a confiderable part of the village . But the most cruel and wanton act that was ... Churches were called nefts of rebellion ; and it appears by the number that were burnt in every part of this continent ...
... church , parfonage houfe , and a confiderable part of the village . But the most cruel and wanton act that was ... Churches were called nefts of rebellion ; and it appears by the number that were burnt in every part of this continent ...
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... church in New - York . There is a remarkable circumftance connected with the fall of this brave officer , that merits to be recorded , because the fact is of a very interefting nature , and will ferve to perpetuate the memory of a very ...
... church in New - York . There is a remarkable circumftance connected with the fall of this brave officer , that merits to be recorded , because the fact is of a very interefting nature , and will ferve to perpetuate the memory of a very ...
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... church and government of the colony . Their artful defigns got vent , and occafioned much disturbance . Oldham was detected and banished . Lyford , who afterwards proved to be a villain , was , upon apparent repent- ance , pardoned and ...
... church and government of the colony . Their artful defigns got vent , and occafioned much disturbance . Oldham was detected and banished . Lyford , who afterwards proved to be a villain , was , upon apparent repent- ance , pardoned and ...
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... churches were gathered . The Laudian perfecution was conducted with unrelenting feverity ; and while it caufed the deftruction of thoufands in England , proved to be a principle of life and vigor to the infant fettlements in America ...
... churches were gathered . The Laudian perfecution was conducted with unrelenting feverity ; and while it caufed the deftruction of thoufands in England , proved to be a principle of life and vigor to the infant fettlements in America ...
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... churches for Congregationalifts , one for Epifcopalians , and one other houfe for public worship . Its harbour is one of the fineft on the continent , having a fufficient depth of water for veffels of any burthen . It is defended ...
... churches for Congregationalifts , one for Epifcopalians , and one other houfe for public worship . Its harbour is one of the fineft on the continent , having a fufficient depth of water for veffels of any burthen . It is defended ...
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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...