Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Band 1M'Carty and Davis, 1826 |
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... possessions and enjoyments , laid in a wild and uncultivated country , the foun- dations of a State , now eminently great , successful and happy , we whose names are hereunto subjoined have united ourselves into a society , for the ...
... possessions and enjoyments , laid in a wild and uncultivated country , the foun- dations of a State , now eminently great , successful and happy , we whose names are hereunto subjoined have united ourselves into a society , for the ...
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... possession of sufficient materials , it will be the office of one or more com- mittees , to select what may be deemed generally interesting and instructive , to methodise and ar- range it , and to lay it in a proper form before the ...
... possession of sufficient materials , it will be the office of one or more com- mittees , to select what may be deemed generally interesting and instructive , to methodise and ar- range it , and to lay it in a proper form before the ...
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... possessed , in respect to others in part to this example , and in part to surrounding circumstances , merit and doubt- less will receive a full investigation and an accurate portraiture . In pursuing these inquiries the mind will insen ...
... possessed , in respect to others in part to this example , and in part to surrounding circumstances , merit and doubt- less will receive a full investigation and an accurate portraiture . In pursuing these inquiries the mind will insen ...
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... possessed learning and delighted in books * * An account of our early institutions for the instruction of youth , may also be expected from this committee . Of these , the first com . 1 A most important branch of disquisition still re ...
... possessed learning and delighted in books * * An account of our early institutions for the instruction of youth , may also be expected from this committee . Of these , the first com . 1 A most important branch of disquisition still re ...
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... possessed of certain and valuable information in respect to the names , the numbers , the habits , and the history " of many nations which have now wholly disap- peared from the chart of human existence . It is not , however , supposed ...
... possessed of certain and valuable information in respect to the names , the numbers , the habits , and the history " of many nations which have now wholly disap- peared from the chart of human existence . It is not , however , supposed ...
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afterwards America Anthony Benezet appears assembly Buckingham called Cape Henlopen character Charles charter colony commissioners committee copy Council degree Delaware Delaware Bay Dutch duty early England favour Franklin give governor grant Heckewelder Historical Society history of Pennsylvania honour Indians inhabitants interest James John John Penn king labour land latitude learning letter literary Logan Lord Baltimore manner Maryland ment miles mind nation natives negroes notice opinion original paper perhaps persons Philadelphia possession present President printed probably proprietaries Proud province province of Pennsylvania published purchase racter received remarkable respect RICHARD PETERS river Roberts Vaux Samuel says settled settlement settlers Shackamaxon slavery slaves Society of Friends Society of Pennsylvania Solebury supposed Swedes Thomas Thomas Penn tion tract treaty William Penn William Rawle yearly meeting York
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Seite 246 - In the discharge of this trust I will only say that I have, with good intentions, contributed towards the organization and administration of the government the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable. Not unconscious, in the outset, of the inferiority of my qualifications, experience, in my own eyes, perhaps still more in the eyes of others, has strengthened the motives to diffidence of myself...
Seite 108 - THOMAS (GABRIEL). An Historical and Geographical Account of the Province and Country of Pensilvania; and of West-New-Jersey in America.
Seite 101 - 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 heresies and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government. God keep us from both...
Seite 165 - Castle town, unto the three and fortieth degree of northern latitude, if the said river doth extend so far northward...
Seite 419 - I have led the greatest colony into America that ever any man did upon a private credit; and the most prosperous beginnings that ever were in it, are to be found among us.
Seite 203 - I have so obtained it and desire to keep it, that I may not be unworthy of his love ; but do that which may answer his kind providence and serve his Truth and people ; that an example may be set up to the nations. There may be room there, though not here, for such an holy experiment.
Seite 125 - Junto do towards securing it? 17. Is there any man whose friendship you want, and which the Junto or any of them, can procure for you? 18. Have you lately heard any member's character attacked, and how have you defended it? 19. Hath any man injured you, from whom it is in the power of the Junto to procure redress? 20. In what manner can the Junto, or any of them, assist you in any of your honourable designs?
Seite 201 - I purpose that which is extraordinary, and to leave myself and successors no power of doing mischief, that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country...
Seite 121 - Silence, ye wolves ! while Ralph to Cynthia howls And makes night hideous — Answer him, ye owls ! " Sense, speech, and measure, living tongues and dead, Let all give way, and Morris may be read.
Seite 166 - The said land to extend westward five degrees in longitude, to be computed from the said eastern bounds, and the said lands to be bounded on the north by the beginning of the three and fortieth degree of northern latitude, and on the south by a circle drawn at twelve miles distance from New Castle, northward and westward unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of northern latitude, and then by a straight line westward to the limits of longitude above mentioned.