The History of Pennsylvania in North America, from the Original Institution and Settlement of that Province Under the First Proprietor and Governor, William Penn, in 1681, Till After the Year 1742: With an Introduction Respecting the Life of W. Penn, Prior to the Grant of the Province, and the Religious Society of the People Called Quakers : with the First Rise of the Neighbouring Colonies, More Particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the Settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware : to which is Added a Brief Description of the Said Province and of the General States in which it Flourished, Principally Between the Years 1760 and 1770 : the Whole Including a Variety of Things, Useful and Interesting to be Known, Respecting that Country in Early Time, &c. : with an AppendixZachariah Poulson, Junior, number eighty, Chesnut-Street, 1797 - Delaware |
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Page 201
... services heretofore performed , by the said Sir William Penn , to his faid Majefty and Royal Highness , and for the better encouraging him , the faid William Penn , to proceed in the cultivating and improv- ing the said tract of ground ...
... services heretofore performed , by the said Sir William Penn , to his faid Majefty and Royal Highness , and for the better encouraging him , the faid William Penn , to proceed in the cultivating and improv- ing the said tract of ground ...
Page 209
... service for the Lord , & c . " I am now cafting the country into townships , for large lots of land . I have held an assembly ; in which many good laws are passed ; we could not fafely stay till the fpring for a government . I have ...
... service for the Lord , & c . " I am now cafting the country into townships , for large lots of land . I have held an assembly ; in which many good laws are passed ; we could not fafely stay till the fpring for a government . I have ...
Page 220
... service and utility , in various refpects while he lived in the country . He died in the year 1697 . Rowland Ellis was a man of note among the Welfb fettlers ; from a place called Brin - Maur , near Dolgelly in the county of Mereoneth ...
... service and utility , in various refpects while he lived in the country . He died in the year 1697 . Rowland Ellis was a man of note among the Welfb fettlers ; from a place called Brin - Maur , near Dolgelly in the county of Mereoneth ...
Page 221
... service did not appear to be that way . He was an acceptable man in every station . He died in the eightieth year of his age , at his fon - in - law , John Evans's house , in North Wales , Pennsylvania ; -of whom and his pious exit ...
... service did not appear to be that way . He was an acceptable man in every station . He died in the eightieth year of his age , at his fon - in - law , John Evans's house , in North Wales , Pennsylvania ; -of whom and his pious exit ...
Page 392
... service the faid affeffors fhall receive , or be allowed , fix pence per pound out of the said affeffment . " And , be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid , That the rates , affeffments and taxatious , aforefaid , fhall be ...
... service the faid affeffors fhall receive , or be allowed , fix pence per pound out of the said affeffment . " And , be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid , That the rates , affeffments and taxatious , aforefaid , fhall be ...
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