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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... heir of education the above mentioned Sir William , or admiral Penn , of W. Penn and the first proprietor and governor of Pennfyl- vania , was born in London , on the fourteenth day of October , 1644. He was endowed with a good genius ...
... heir of education the above mentioned Sir William , or admiral Penn , of W. Penn and the first proprietor and governor of Pennfyl- vania , was born in London , on the fourteenth day of October , 1644. He was endowed with a good genius ...
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... heir of Glory . I am in much hafte , and as much love , 66 Thy true friend WILLIAM PENN . " " London , ninth October , 1675. " In the year 1676 , he became one of the princi- He becomes pal perfons , concerned in fettling West New ...
... heir of Glory . I am in much hafte , and as much love , 66 Thy true friend WILLIAM PENN . " " London , ninth October , 1675. " In the year 1676 , he became one of the princi- He becomes pal perfons , concerned in fettling West New ...
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... heirs and affigns forever , bounded and described as follows : - " All that tract of land adjacent to New - England , and lying and being to the weftward of Long - Island , and Manhatta's - Ifland , and bounded , on the east , part by ...
... heirs and affigns forever , bounded and described as follows : - " All that tract of land adjacent to New - England , and lying and being to the weftward of Long - Island , and Manhatta's - Ifland , and bounded , on the east , part by ...
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... heirs ; * and to provide a place for the fettlement of a town , & c . The former was figned by Lawrie , Penn , Lucas , Byllinge , Ed- ridge and Warner ; the latter , by all these , except Edridge . Eaft - Jerfey , which was the property ...
... heirs ; * and to provide a place for the fettlement of a town , & c . The former was figned by Lawrie , Penn , Lucas , Byllinge , Ed- ridge and Warner ; the latter , by all these , except Edridge . Eaft - Jerfey , which was the property ...
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... heirs and affigns . 8. " The ninety parts remaining are exposed to fale ; on behalf of the creditors of the faid Edward Byllinge . And forasmuch several friends are concerned as creditors , as well as others , and the disposal of so ...
... heirs and affigns . 8. " The ninety parts remaining are exposed to fale ; on behalf of the creditors of the faid Edward Byllinge . And forasmuch several friends are concerned as creditors , as well as others , and the disposal of so ...
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