Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania: Containing a Copious Selection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc., Relating to Its History and Antiquities, Both General and Local, with Topographical Descriptions of Every County and All the Larger Towns in the StateG. W. Gorton, 1843 - 708 Seiten |
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... settled along the Ohio , from the Wabash to near Pitts- burg . A portion was received under the protection of the Lenni Lenapes , and permitted to settle near the Forks of the Delaware , and on the flats below Philadelphia . But they ...
... settled along the Ohio , from the Wabash to near Pitts- burg . A portion was received under the protection of the Lenni Lenapes , and permitted to settle near the Forks of the Delaware , and on the flats below Philadelphia . But they ...
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... settled by the Dutch ; Pennsylvania by the Swedes . It is not certain , however , that there were not Dutch settlements on the soil of Pennsylvania , as early as , or earlier than those of the Swedes . The settlements at Esopus , on the ...
... settled by the Dutch ; Pennsylvania by the Swedes . It is not certain , however , that there were not Dutch settlements on the soil of Pennsylvania , as early as , or earlier than those of the Swedes . The settlements at Esopus , on the ...
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... settled in Philadelphia and Chester counties , giving Welsh names to townships , which they still retain . Many English settled about Chester and the waters of the Brandywine ; and Germans from Chresheim settled at Germantown . Before ...
... settled in Philadelphia and Chester counties , giving Welsh names to townships , which they still retain . Many English settled about Chester and the waters of the Brandywine ; and Germans from Chresheim settled at Germantown . Before ...
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... settled on the lands at Wyoming as early as 1762. In 1768 , the proprietary government , having obtained the land by ... settlement at Wyalusing , on the Sus- quehanna , and caused them to remove in a body to the Ohio , near Beaver . In ...
... settled on the lands at Wyoming as early as 1762. In 1768 , the proprietary government , having obtained the land by ... settlement at Wyalusing , on the Sus- quehanna , and caused them to remove in a body to the Ohio , near Beaver . In ...
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... settled on the " red lands " in the southeastern part of York county . Not long afterwards , and probably about the year 1740 , a number of the same race made the first settlement in what is now Adams county , among the hills near the ...
... settled on the " red lands " in the southeastern part of York county . Not long afterwards , and probably about the year 1740 , a number of the same race made the first settlement in what is now Adams county , among the hills near the ...
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Seite 468 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it. I have killed many. I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace; but do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Seite 576 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Seite 377 - And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt : get you down thither, and buy for us from thence ; that we may live, and not die.
Seite 585 - I do not mean to cast any reflection upon any sect or person whatsoever ; but, as there is such a multitude of sects, and such a diversity of opinion amongst them, I desire to keep the tender minds of the orphans, who are to derive advantage from this bequest, free from the excitement, which clashing doctrines and sectarian controversy are so apt to produce...
Seite 75 - I luckily escaped without a wound, though I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me.
Seite 569 - New York declared they were for it themselves, and were assured their constituents were for it, but that their instructions having been drawn near a twelvemonth before, when reconciliation was still the general object, they were enjoined by them to do nothing which should impede that object. They therefore thought themselves not justifiable in voting on either side and asked leave to withdraw from the question, which was given them.
Seite 13 - ... 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.
Seite 267 - Alone, yet not alone am I, Though in this solitude so drear ; * I feel my Saviour always nigh, He comes the weary hour to cheer. I am with him and he with me, — E'en here alone I cannot be !" The Colonel desired her to sing the hymn as she used to do.
Seite 90 - This was a whole day's work, we next got it launched then went on board of it and set off. But before we were half way over we were jammed in the ice in such a manner that we expected every moment our raft to sink and ourselves to perish.
Seite 405 - The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull, but endless, repetition of the Fulton Folly.