The History of Portland, from its First Settlement1833 |
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... letter on the subject of an engraving of the town as it appear- ed at the time of the fire . A notice of the burning ... letter to Samuel Freeman . " 2. Gov. Bowdoin's letter to Enoch Freeman . 66 66 " Gov. Pownal . " Enoch Freeman and ...
... letter on the subject of an engraving of the town as it appear- ed at the time of the fire . A notice of the burning ... letter to Samuel Freeman . " 2. Gov. Bowdoin's letter to Enoch Freeman . 66 66 " Gov. Pownal . " Enoch Freeman and ...
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... letter contained in the reply of the Pe- jepscot Pro . to the remarks of the Pro . of Brunswick , published in 1753 , says , he contracted for a passage for himself and family to come to this country Sept. 1717 on his arrival , he first ...
... letter contained in the reply of the Pe- jepscot Pro . to the remarks of the Pro . of Brunswick , published in 1753 , says , he contracted for a passage for himself and family to come to this country Sept. 1717 on his arrival , he first ...
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... letters from Vaudrieul the Governor of Canada and his agents , which fell into the hands of the English by the fortune of war , notwithstanding the different representations which Charlevoix and other French writers give of these events ...
... letters from Vaudrieul the Governor of Canada and his agents , which fell into the hands of the English by the fortune of war , notwithstanding the different representations which Charlevoix and other French writers give of these events ...
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... letter for the governor in which they uttered serious com- plaints against the English for unjustly invading their property , depriv- ing them of the country which God had given them , and threatening if they did not remove from their ...
... letter for the governor in which they uttered serious com- plaints against the English for unjustly invading their property , depriv- ing them of the country which God had given them , and threatening if they did not remove from their ...
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... letter of the doctrine , which requires the turning of the other cheek to the smiter . The smaller matters , the mint , annise and cummin , the too narrow construction of the law ought not to beguile us from the performance of the great ...
... letter of the doctrine , which requires the turning of the other cheek to the smiter . The smaller matters , the mint , annise and cummin , the too narrow construction of the law ought not to beguile us from the performance of the great ...
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acres aged appointed Back Cove Benjamin born Boston Bradbury building built Cape-Elizabeth Capt Casco Casco Bay chosen church clay cove Cobb Codman colonies commenced committee Congress Congress-street convention court Cumberland Daniel Daniel Ilsley daughter died duty Ebenezer England Enoch Freeman erected established Falmouth Fore-street Gorham governor granted Harvard College held Indians inhabitants James Jeremiah John Bagley John Waite Joseph Joseph Noyes Joshua Judge July King-street Kittery land lived majority March married Mary Massachusetts McLellan meeting meeting-house Middle-street minister Moody Moses Pearson Mussey Nathaniel Neck occasion parish persons petition Phineas Jones Portland preached Preble proprietors province Purpooduck revolution Samuel Cobb Samuel Freeman Samuel Moody selectmen Sept settled settlement ship Smith society Stephen Longfellow Stroudwater Theophilus Bradbury Thomas tion Titcomb town Tyng vessels vote Waldo whole Winslow Wyer
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Seite 128 - Majesty's dominions in America for making a more certain and adequate provision for defraying the charge of the administration of justice and the support of civil government in such provinces where it shall be found necessary...
Seite 128 - The government also established a board of commissioners for the receipt and management of the customs in America, and fixed the salaries of certain officers which Massachusetts had refused to do. The passage of these acts occasioned at first no violent outbreakings like those which followed the stamp act, but rather...
Seite 191 - Portland, to which place he was elected die years. He was also a member of the convention which adopted the constitution of the United States.
Seite 345 - To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled.
Seite 201 - It has been truly said, that there is but a step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Seite 174 - ... fishery. Voted, unanimously, that Stephen Hall, our representative to the General Court, be directed and he hereby is directed to use his utmost endeavors at the approaching session of said court, that an application be made from the whole court to the Honorable Congress, requesting that they would direct their commissioners for negotiating a peace to make the right of the United States to the fishery an indispensable article of treaty...
Seite 136 - For on what principle does it stand ? This famous revenue stands, at this hour, on all the debate, as a description of revenue not as yet known in all the comprehensive (but too comprehensive !) vocabulary of finance — a preambulary tax.
Seite 130 - THAT the sole right of imposing taxes on the inhabitants of this his majesty's colony and dominion of Virginia is now, and ever hath been, legally and constitutionally vested in the house of burgesses...
Seite 136 - The perusal of these documents excited violent indignation ; it was unanimously resolved, " that the tendency of the said letters was to overthrow the constitution of this government, and to introduce arbitrary power into the province...
Seite 286 - Deane was presented by the company with two hundred and thirty-six seven knotted skeins of excellent cotton and linen yarn, the work of the day, excepting about a dozen skeins which some of the company brought in ready spun. Some had spun six, and many not less than five skeins apiece. To conclude and crown the day, a numerous band of the best singers attended in the evening, and performed an agreeable variety of excellent pieces in psalmody."1 Some of the ante-revolutionary customs "more honored...