A General History of Connecticut: From Its First Settlement Under George Fenwick, Esq. to Its Latest Period of Amity with Great Britain; Including a Description of the Country, and Many Curious and Interesting Anecdotes. To which is Added, an Appendix, Wherein New and the True Sources of the Present Rebellion in America are Pointed Out; Together with the Particular Part Taken by the People of Connecticut in Its Promotion |
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... Curious and Interesting Anecdotes. To which is Added, an Appendix, Wherein New and the True Sources of t Samuel Peters. Bt . , Maggs £ 5 . RHODES HOUSE 27 NOV 1937 LIBRAR PREFACE . TH HOUGH Connecticut be the most flourishing ,
... Curious and Interesting Anecdotes. To which is Added, an Appendix, Wherein New and the True Sources of t Samuel Peters. Bt . , Maggs £ 5 . RHODES HOUSE 27 NOV 1937 LIBRAR PREFACE . TH HOUGH Connecticut be the most flourishing ,
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... most flourishing , and , pro- portionally , the most populous pro- vince in North - America , it has hitherto found no writer to intro- duce it , in its own right , to the notice of the world . Slight and curfory mention in the accounts ...
... most flourishing , and , pro- portionally , the most populous pro- vince in North - America , it has hitherto found no writer to intro- duce it , in its own right , to the notice of the world . Slight and curfory mention in the accounts ...
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... most learned of the Literati in America , is the prefent minifter . Mather and Cotton ill brooked being out - rivalled by Hugh ; yet , finding him an orthodox fanatic , and more perfect than themfelves , they feemingly bowed to his ...
... most learned of the Literati in America , is the prefent minifter . Mather and Cotton ill brooked being out - rivalled by Hugh ; yet , finding him an orthodox fanatic , and more perfect than themfelves , they feemingly bowed to his ...
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... most falutary confequence , in a war which many years after broke out between them and Philip , fachem of the Pokanoket Indians , and which , for fome time , imminently endan- gered the Colonies , but at length termi- nated in the ...
... most falutary confequence , in a war which many years after broke out between them and Philip , fachem of the Pokanoket Indians , and which , for fome time , imminently endan- gered the Colonies , but at length termi- nated in the ...
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... most parts of British America , I am able to declare , with great fincerity , that this mode of converting the native Indians is godlike in comparison with that adopted for the Africans . These miserable people are first kidnapped ...
... most parts of British America , I am able to declare , with great fincerity , that this mode of converting the native Indians is godlike in comparison with that adopted for the Africans . These miserable people are first kidnapped ...
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