Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Volume 1M'Carty and Davis, 1826 |
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... honour the character and advance the prosperity of their commonwealth . Impressed with these considerations , desirous of repairing as far as possible the injuries which the early history of PENNSYLVANIA has sustained by reason of the ...
... honour the character and advance the prosperity of their commonwealth . Impressed with these considerations , desirous of repairing as far as possible the injuries which the early history of PENNSYLVANIA has sustained by reason of the ...
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... honoured me by the selection , and partly because I have long wished to see an institution of this sort established among us . Upwards of one hundred and forty years have elapsed since the peaceful companions of William Penn landed on ...
... honoured me by the selection , and partly because I have long wished to see an institution of this sort established among us . Upwards of one hundred and forty years have elapsed since the peaceful companions of William Penn landed on ...
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... allow a man to monopolize more land than he can cultivate . ” * * See the President's Message of March 30 , 1824 , with the docu- ments appended , p . 25. 27 . It is the honour of our country , that its 56 DISCOURSE , & c .
... allow a man to monopolize more land than he can cultivate . ” * * See the President's Message of March 30 , 1824 , with the docu- ments appended , p . 25. 27 . It is the honour of our country , that its 56 DISCOURSE , & c .
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania. It is the honour of our country , that its practice heretofore has generally , though not without ex- ceptions , been in accordance with the existence of the Indian rights , notwithstanding the manner ...
Historical Society of Pennsylvania. It is the honour of our country , that its practice heretofore has generally , though not without ex- ceptions , been in accordance with the existence of the Indian rights , notwithstanding the manner ...
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... honour of our country , that they may not be heard in vain . It is impossible to conceive that the United States will be less happy or much less powerful if this small fragment is suffered to remain with its right- ful owners . Against ...
... honour of our country , that they may not be heard in vain . It is impossible to conceive that the United States will be less happy or much less powerful if this small fragment is suffered to remain with its right- ful owners . Against ...
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