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 State, in which it Flourished, Principally Between the Years 1760 and 1770 ...Zachariah Poulson, junior, number eighty, Chesnut-street., 1797 - Delaware |
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Page 105
... miles of this intend- ed fettlement ; excepting however , the queen's subjects and allies , fishing at Newfoundland , " & c . " Grants free denization to the planters and their pofterity refiding there . " . ' - " Powers are alfo ...
... miles of this intend- ed fettlement ; excepting however , the queen's subjects and allies , fishing at Newfoundland , " & c . " Grants free denization to the planters and their pofterity refiding there . " . ' - " Powers are alfo ...
Page 112
... miles north ; and Virginia , one hundred and fifty miles fouth ; where now are fettled eight thousand Englife , and one hundred and forty fhips in trade , is freed from the extreme cold and barrenness of the one , and heat and aguifh ...
... miles north ; and Virginia , one hundred and fifty miles fouth ; where now are fettled eight thousand Englife , and one hundred and forty fhips in trade , is freed from the extreme cold and barrenness of the one , and heat and aguifh ...
Page 113
... miles ; I find fome broken land , ifles and inlets , and many small ifles at Egg - bay . But , going to Delaware - bay , by cape May ; which is twenty - four miles , at moft , and is , as I understand , very well fet out , and printed ...
... miles ; I find fome broken land , ifles and inlets , and many small ifles at Egg - bay . But , going to Delaware - bay , by cape May ; which is twenty - four miles , at moft , and is , as I understand , very well fet out , and printed ...
Page 115
... miles from Sand - bay fea , and ninety from the ocean , next to Amara - bill , the retired Paradife of the children of the Ethiopian emperor , a wonder ; for it is a square rock , two miles compafs , one hundred and fifty feet high , a ...
... miles from Sand - bay fea , and ninety from the ocean , next to Amara - bill , the retired Paradife of the children of the Ethiopian emperor , a wonder ; for it is a square rock , two miles compafs , one hundred and fifty feet high , a ...
Page 116
... miles above this town , they built a fort , which they called New Gottemburgh ; here their Governor , John Printz , had a fine fettlement , which was named Printz's Hall ; and on the fame ifland the principal fettlers had their ...
... miles above this town , they built a fort , which they called New Gottemburgh ; here their Governor , John Printz , had a fine fettlement , which was named Printz's Hall ; and on the fame ifland the principal fettlers had their ...
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