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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... true ftate of its internal affairs , from the beginning , but also were themselves actively concerned in a large fhare of the public tranfactions ; and fome of them , in the different interefts both of the proprietary and of his ...
... true ftate of its internal affairs , from the beginning , but also were themselves actively concerned in a large fhare of the public tranfactions ; and fome of them , in the different interefts both of the proprietary and of his ...
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... true and genuine narrative of the different public tranfactions , the great and va- rious improvements , memorable incidents , enter- taining anecdotes , and things worthy to be known , for above fixty years , befides the faid prefent ...
... true and genuine narrative of the different public tranfactions , the great and va- rious improvements , memorable incidents , enter- taining anecdotes , and things worthy to be known , for above fixty years , befides the faid prefent ...
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... true means of this melioration , in the state of mankind , by infifting , fo much as he did , on the early culti- vation of piety and virtue , and on a good educa- tion of youth , in its different branches ; with a just and vigorous ...
... true means of this melioration , in the state of mankind , by infifting , fo much as he did , on the early culti- vation of piety and virtue , and on a good educa- tion of youth , in its different branches ; with a just and vigorous ...
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... true fenfe , is not only founded upon virtue , but with- out the prefervation of virtue , it is impoffible to maintain the best conftitution , that can be made . And , however fome particular men may profper that are wicked , and fome ...
... true fenfe , is not only founded upon virtue , but with- out the prefervation of virtue , it is impoffible to maintain the best conftitution , that can be made . And , however fome particular men may profper that are wicked , and fome ...
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... true Chriflian fortitude . 2. Their temperance and moderation . 3. Their charity and loving one another . 4. Under the firft of thefe heads are comprised : Their difufe of flattering titles , and their not refpecting perfons , & c ...
... true Chriflian fortitude . 2. Their temperance and moderation . 3. Their charity and loving one another . 4. Under the firft of thefe heads are comprised : Their difufe of flattering titles , and their not refpecting perfons , & c ...
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