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... died at Watertown , Massachusetts , in 1686. In the absence of such descendants , other persons are eligible to the scholarships . The will requires that this announce- ment shall be made in every book added to the Library under its ...
... died at Watertown , Massachusetts , in 1686. In the absence of such descendants , other persons are eligible to the scholarships . The will requires that this announce- ment shall be made in every book added to the Library under its ...
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... died on the 16th of May following , not two months later , in the thirtieth year of his age , cut off in the beginning of his public career . Mr. Bancroft well says ( VI , 455 ) his name must not perish from the memory of his coun ...
... died on the 16th of May following , not two months later , in the thirtieth year of his age , cut off in the beginning of his public career . Mr. Bancroft well says ( VI , 455 ) his name must not perish from the memory of his coun ...
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... died in Richmond while attending the Court of Appeals , October 31 , 1793 , and was buried in the churchyard of St. John's Church , but the exact spot was not marked and is now unknown . His residence was in Fredericksburg , Va . , and ...
... died in Richmond while attending the Court of Appeals , October 31 , 1793 , and was buried in the churchyard of St. John's Church , but the exact spot was not marked and is now unknown . His residence was in Fredericksburg , Va . , and ...
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... died before he could have his monograph published . Two gen- tlemen of high standing , probably lawyers , were appointed his executors . They undertook the delicate task of apportioning the estate among the several heirs , and things ...
... died before he could have his monograph published . Two gen- tlemen of high standing , probably lawyers , were appointed his executors . They undertook the delicate task of apportioning the estate among the several heirs , and things ...
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... died at thirty - five and forty ; few of either sex reached the full three - score , the average age being forty - three . This will throw light on a great - grandfather's words when he writes , at fifty , that the cares of age press ...
... died at thirty - five and forty ; few of either sex reached the full three - score , the average age being forty - three . This will throw light on a great - grandfather's words when he writes , at fifty , that the cares of age press ...
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Page 69 - Oh Death ! where is thy sting ? Oh Grave ! where is thy victory ? The sting of Death is sin, and the strength of sin is the Law.
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Page 132 - WE, greatly commending, and graciously accepting of, their Desires for the Furtherance of so noble a Work, which may, by the Providence of Almighty God, hereafter tend to the Glory of his Divine Majesty, in propagating of Christian Religion to such People, as yet live in Darkness and miserable Ignorance of the true Knowledge and Worship of God...
Page 134 - In foul weather we shifted into an old rotten tent; for we had few better, and this came by the way of adventure for new. This was our Church, till we built a homely thing like a barn...