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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... passed an ordinance granting a bounty for Indian scalps , the original of which is in the possession of Mr. Willis B. Leonard of Pittsfield , Mass . The document reads as follows : In the House of Representatives , April 23rd , 1747 ...
... passed an ordinance granting a bounty for Indian scalps , the original of which is in the possession of Mr. Willis B. Leonard of Pittsfield , Mass . The document reads as follows : In the House of Representatives , April 23rd , 1747 ...
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... passed by the Assembly and approved by the governor , constituting the third frame of government granted to the colony . Penn , however , to whom was reserved the power of disap- proving the acts of the Assembly , never sanctioned the ...
... passed by the Assembly and approved by the governor , constituting the third frame of government granted to the colony . Penn , however , to whom was reserved the power of disap- proving the acts of the Assembly , never sanctioned the ...
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... passed a law abolishing slavery , but Queen Anne annulled it . Because of the worri- Sharpless , Two Centuries of Pennsylvania History , p . 104 et seq . For Logan's impeachment see Pennsylvania Col. Recs . , vol . ii . For the second ...
... passed a law abolishing slavery , but Queen Anne annulled it . Because of the worri- Sharpless , Two Centuries of Pennsylvania History , p . 104 et seq . For Logan's impeachment see Pennsylvania Col. Recs . , vol . ii . For the second ...
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... passed to raise its standard of purity and excellence . Salted pro- visions were also inspected , and their high standard soon caused a valuable trade in them to spring up with the West Indies . Keith was now accused of treating Logan ...
... passed to raise its standard of purity and excellence . Salted pro- visions were also inspected , and their high standard soon caused a valuable trade in them to spring up with the West Indies . Keith was now accused of treating Logan ...
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... 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 government as president of the Council ...
... 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 government as president of the Council ...
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