Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Volume 7M'Carty and Davis, 1860 |
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... ISRAEL HELM Justices MR LACE ANDRIES MR OELE SWEN MR OTTO ERNEST1 Itt was ordered that the severall new Commissions etc : should bee Recorded 1 All of these were Swedes , and their names frequently occur in the his- tory of the Colony .
... ISRAEL HELM Justices MR LACE ANDRIES MR OELE SWEN MR OTTO ERNEST1 Itt was ordered that the severall new Commissions etc : should bee Recorded 1 All of these were Swedes , and their names frequently occur in the his- tory of the Colony .
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... Israell Helm M Lace Andriesen Mr Oele Swen & Mr Otto Stuart , Queen of Bohemia , the King's aunt . In the war waged by Charles against the Dutch , and which ended in 1667 , he bore a distinguished part . Major Andros , in 1672 , was ...
... Israell Helm M Lace Andriesen Mr Oele Swen & Mr Otto Stuart , Queen of Bohemia , the King's aunt . In the war waged by Charles against the Dutch , and which ended in 1667 , he bore a distinguished part . Major Andros , in 1672 , was ...
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... Israell helm desiering to haue some Recompence for Haucing served the Riuer often and att sundry tymes as an Interpreter wh the Indians , etc ; The Cot answer that they will order the Clarke to wryt to his hon y Governo about ye same ...
... Israell helm desiering to haue some Recompence for Haucing served the Riuer often and att sundry tymes as an Interpreter wh the Indians , etc ; The Cot answer that they will order the Clarke to wryt to his hon y Governo about ye same ...
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... Israell helm hath ben often Imployed by Capt Cantwell , as Interpreter wth the Indians , who now makes application to this Court for some Recompense for his s trouble & Losse of tyme of wch wee are all sensible . Wee therefore desier ...
... Israell helm hath ben often Imployed by Capt Cantwell , as Interpreter wth the Indians , who now makes application to this Court for some Recompense for his s trouble & Losse of tyme of wch wee are all sensible . Wee therefore desier ...
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... ISRAELL HELM MR LAECE ANDRIES MR OTTO ERNEST Justices CAPT EDMOND CANTWELL Pit JOHN ASHMAN Deft An attachment of the defts Effects in the hands of francis Walker ; francis Walker appeared and sayed to haue formerly attached the same ...
... ISRAELL HELM MR LAECE ANDRIES MR OTTO ERNEST Justices CAPT EDMOND CANTWELL Pit JOHN ASHMAN Deft An attachment of the defts Effects in the hands of francis Walker ; francis Walker appeared and sayed to haue formerly attached the same ...
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Page 454 - DEAR SIR, I have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your letters of the 8th of January, and their duplicates.
Page 372 - The committee conceive it but justice to the commander in chief, to say, that, in their opinion, the failure of the late expedition can, in no respect, be imputed to his conduct, either at any time before or during the action...
Page 102 - No Christian shall be kept in bondslavery, villenage, or captivity, except such who shall be judged thereunto by authority, or such as willingly have sold or shall sell themselves...
Page 29 - decide all controversies according to the laws, customs and usages of Sweden.
Page 477 - ... furnace of the same capacity as the one above mentioned, was below Jones' Ferry, nearly opposite the Point, where other glass-houses now stand. Green glass was made at this factory, which went into operation in 1797. A memorandum was found among Gen'l O'Hara's papers, after his death, to this effect : " To-day we made the first bottle at the cost of thirty thousand dollars.
Page 418 - Dear Sir: I have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 14th December last, which I have read with great interest and much satisfaction.
Page 438 - This will be one of the most solid, substantial wooden fortresses, •when finished, of any in the Western Territory. It is built of hewn timber, a perfect square, two stories high, with four blockhouses at the angles.
Page 426 - ... through the proper channels at no very distant day. I do not think there should be any newspaper notice of it yet. I will exert myself to the extent of my power for Linton if he will run. JOSEPH E. BROWN TO ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS. R. ExECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, MILLEDGEVILLE [GA.], Feby. 16th, 1863. DEAR SIR : I have the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of your two letters, which I have read with much interest.
Page 365 - The poor militia, who were but three hundreds yards in front, had scarcely time to return a shot — they fled into our camp. The troops were under arms in an instant, and a smart fire from the front line met the enemy. It was but a few minutes, however, until the men were engaged in every quarter. The enemy from the front filed off to the right and left, and completely surrounded the camp, killed and cut off nearly all the guards, and approached close to the lines. They advanced from one tree, log,...
Page 88 - Kukarikonk," the name conferred upon the region by the Indians. It was erected by Governor Printz in 1643, and was the first water-mill built within the territory now embraced within the limits of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Printz, in his Report to the West India Company, Feb. 20, 1647, says ..." this place I have called Mondal, building there a water mill, working it the whole year along, to great advantage for the country, particularly as the windmill formerly here before I came, would...