The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History and Biography of America, Volume 5John Ward Dean, George Folsom, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, Henry Barton Dawson Henry B. Dawson, 1861 - United States |
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... Island of Barbadoes ; and since we could obtain no goods as a return freight , our captain made an arrangement with the factors , to whom we had been sent , by which we were to make a voyage to New England , as having done 4. Die ...
... Island of Barbadoes ; and since we could obtain no goods as a return freight , our captain made an arrangement with the factors , to whom we had been sent , by which we were to make a voyage to New England , as having done 4. Die ...
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... Island . In the afternoon , about three o'clock , we got quite close to the house of the governor of the place , and then dropped anchor , thanking the Almighty for our safe arrival . As soon as we had anchored , a boat with six persons ...
... Island . In the afternoon , about three o'clock , we got quite close to the house of the governor of the place , and then dropped anchor , thanking the Almighty for our safe arrival . As soon as we had anchored , a boat with six persons ...
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... Island ( as he terms it ) , having each of the two fishermen's boats , there were six returned there for a new mast ... Island , on Kine Pequi river , in lat . 420 N. ( misprinted 240 ) . [ He means Seguin Island , in the Kennebec river ...
... Island ( as he terms it ) , having each of the two fishermen's boats , there were six returned there for a new mast ... Island , on Kine Pequi river , in lat . 420 N. ( misprinted 240 ) . [ He means Seguin Island , in the Kennebec river ...
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... ISLAND . THE following letters - one from Col. Furman , for all time famous ( a most unlucky blunder , to put June for July , that time ) ! the other from Col. Charles Reade to President Tucker , give some idea of the movement among the ...
... ISLAND . THE following letters - one from Col. Furman , for all time famous ( a most unlucky blunder , to put June for July , that time ) ! the other from Col. Charles Reade to President Tucker , give some idea of the movement among the ...
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... Island , David Douglass brought here a company which played well . Thus it appears that Rhode Island was the first State in New England in which a theatrical performance was given , and Newport was the first town , it has been stated ...
... Island , David Douglass brought here a company which played well . Thus it appears that Rhode Island was the first State in New England in which a theatrical performance was given , and Newport was the first town , it has been stated ...
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