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... Penn William , notes respecting his treaty with 256 Indians under the Elm tree 117 138 letters from 162 267 Pennsylvania , 271 notes on Cumberland co . 81 Do. respecting Penn's treaty under Elm tree 117 118 277 act for establishing a ...
... Penn William , notes respecting his treaty with 256 Indians under the Elm tree 117 138 letters from 162 267 Pennsylvania , 271 notes on Cumberland co . 81 Do. respecting Penn's treaty under Elm tree 117 118 277 act for establishing a ...
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... William Cooner ; who , after some time , reported the following preamble and reso- lutions , which were unanimously ... Penn- sylvania erecting a dam three feet high , with an opening of 60 feet , at Wells ' Falls , to feed her own ...
... William Cooner ; who , after some time , reported the following preamble and reso- lutions , which were unanimously ... Penn- sylvania erecting a dam three feet high , with an opening of 60 feet , at Wells ' Falls , to feed her own ...
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... Penn Township , Southwark Bank , Moyamensing Bank , Bank of the Northern ... William Farries James Hickey John M'Clean Samuel Harmstad Thomas K. Wallace ... William Mandry Superintendants for cleansing the city . James M'Intyre . Clerks ...
... Penn Township , Southwark Bank , Moyamensing Bank , Bank of the Northern ... William Farries James Hickey John M'Clean Samuel Harmstad Thomas K. Wallace ... William Mandry Superintendants for cleansing the city . James M'Intyre . Clerks ...
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... William Penn . In the year 1757 , the Assembly complained of the imperfect , incongruous and faint manner in which the Indian Treaties were expressed , declaring they were unintelligible . They urged the Governor to meet Teedyuscung at ...
... William Penn . In the year 1757 , the Assembly complained of the imperfect , incongruous and faint manner in which the Indian Treaties were expressed , declaring they were unintelligible . They urged the Governor to meet Teedyuscung at ...
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... William Penn at Shackamaxan . That a treaty of purchase was afterwards concluded with the Shawnese , of their claim to the lands they occupied on the Susquehanna , they consenting to remove to lands on the Conodoguinnet , surveyed for ...
... William Penn at Shackamaxan . That a treaty of purchase was afterwards concluded with the Shawnese , of their claim to the lands they occupied on the Susquehanna , they consenting to remove to lands on the Conodoguinnet , surveyed for ...
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Page 164 - These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
Page 284 - If an elective Republic is to endure for any great length of time, every elector must have sufficient information, not only to accumulate wealth and take care of his pecuniary concerns, but to direct wisely the legislature, the ambassadors, and the Executive of the nation — for some part of all these things, some agency in approving or disapproving of them, falls to every freeman. If, then, the permanency of our Government depends upon such knowledge, it is the duty of government to see that the...
Page 164 - And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps...
Page 163 - The principal tenet of the Tunkers appears to be this : That future happiness is only to be obtained by penance and outward mortifications in this life ; and that, as Jesus Christ, by his meritorious sufferings, became the Redeemer of mankind in general, so each individual of the human race, by a life of abstinence and restraint, may work out his own salvation.
Page 381 - That such power to punish contempts shall not be construed to extend to any cases except the misbehavior of any person in their presence, or so near thereto as to obstruct the administration of justice, the misbehavior of any of the officers of said courts in their official transactions, and the disobedience or resistance by any such officer, or by any party, juror, witness, or other person, to any lawful writ, process, order, rule, decree or command of the said courts.
Page 381 - States to issue attachments and inflict summary punishments for contempts of court, shall not be construed to extend to any cases except the misbehavior of any person or persons in the presence of the said courts...
Page 163 - For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
Page 303 - Resolved by the House ofHepresentatives, that the Prothonotaiy of the District court for the city and county of Philadelphia, be instructed to report to this House, at as early a day as possible...
Page 284 - ... present system, the children of such men are reduced almost to an intellectual level with their colaborers of the brute creation. This law will be of vast advantage to the offspring of such misers. If they are compelled to pay their taxes to support schools, their very meanness will induce them to send their children to them to get the worth of their money. Thus it will extract good out of the very penuriousness of the miser. Surely a system which will work such wonders, ought to be as greedily...
Page 138 - Indians. On the first arrival of the English in Pennsylvania, messengers from this tribe came to welcome them, with presents of venison, corn and skins ; and the whole tribe entered into a treaty of friendship with the first Proprietary, William Penn ; which was to last as long as the sun should shine, or the waters run in the rivers APPENDIX.