Lectures on the Growth and Development of the United States: Illustrated, Volume 2Edwin Wiley, Irving Everett Rines, Albert Bushnell Hart American Educational Alliance, 1916 - United States |
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... miles from Newcastle until it touched a line in the west , thence running due north to Cape Henlopen at the mouth of the Delaware Bay . Subsequently , how- ever , a dispute arose as to the exact position of Cape Henlopen and the old ...
... miles from Newcastle until it touched a line in the west , thence running due north to Cape Henlopen at the mouth of the Delaware Bay . Subsequently , how- ever , a dispute arose as to the exact position of Cape Henlopen and the old ...
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... miles beyond it when the 36th hour had passed . The treachery of this transaction , which was called the " Walking Purchase , " was never for- gotten by the Indians as subsequent events proved . * For two years Logan administered the ...
... miles beyond it when the 36th hour had passed . The treachery of this transaction , which was called the " Walking Purchase , " was never for- gotten by the Indians as subsequent events proved . * For two years Logan administered the ...
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... miles nearer the sea , commanding the entrance of the Jekyl Sound , through which all ships must pass to reach Frederica . At these proceedings the Spanish took umbrage , and sent a commissioner from Havana to de- mand an evacuation of ...
... miles nearer the sea , commanding the entrance of the Jekyl Sound , through which all ships must pass to reach Frederica . At these proceedings the Spanish took umbrage , and sent a commissioner from Havana to de- mand an evacuation of ...
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... miles from St. Augustine , next causing the Spaniards to abandon Fort Moosa , only two miles away . The attack was to be made both by land and sea , but it was found that the vessels could not get near enough to the town to aid the land ...
... miles from St. Augustine , next causing the Spaniards to abandon Fort Moosa , only two miles away . The attack was to be made both by land and sea , but it was found that the vessels could not get near enough to the town to aid the land ...
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... miles . † A few weeks later Le Sueur departed on his trip to the Minnesota country to search for " green earth , " as will be related in subsequent pages . Late in May , 1700 , upon his return from the expedition , Iberville sailed for ...
... miles . † A few weeks later Le Sueur departed on his trip to the Minnesota country to search for " green earth , " as will be related in subsequent pages . Late in May , 1700 , upon his return from the expedition , Iberville sailed for ...
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