Papers of the Historical Society of Delaware, Masalah 37-41The Society., 1903 |
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... matters and the very gratifying develop- ment of the historic spirit during the past forty years , it can scarcely be believed with what cold indifference the valuable historic volume of Friend Ferris was received by the general public ...
... matters and the very gratifying develop- ment of the historic spirit during the past forty years , it can scarcely be believed with what cold indifference the valuable historic volume of Friend Ferris was received by the general public ...
Halaman 30
... matters and profoundly read in general history he was a thorough master of the French language , in which tongue he took pleasure in con- versing with the old French residents , of which there was once a goodly number in Wilmington . Mr ...
... matters and profoundly read in general history he was a thorough master of the French language , in which tongue he took pleasure in con- versing with the old French residents , of which there was once a goodly number in Wilmington . Mr ...
Halaman 34
... matter I eagerly began the discus- sion , being glad of the opportunity to assail the Friends for what I thought their many short comings , and especially their lack of zeal in rebuking human slavery and other prevalent crimes . I ...
... matter I eagerly began the discus- sion , being glad of the opportunity to assail the Friends for what I thought their many short comings , and especially their lack of zeal in rebuking human slavery and other prevalent crimes . I ...
Halaman 35
... thinker rather than an active man of affairs , he never sought popularity ; but while averse to prominent action in public and especially in political matters , he was a man of genuine LIFE AND CHARACTER OF BENJAMIN FERRIS . 35.
... thinker rather than an active man of affairs , he never sought popularity ; but while averse to prominent action in public and especially in political matters , he was a man of genuine LIFE AND CHARACTER OF BENJAMIN FERRIS . 35.
Halaman 36
in political matters , he was a man of genuine public spirit and his liberal and enlightened views inured to the public benefit . I am proud and glad to have known him and feel the better for the knowledge , while in common with those ...
in political matters , he was a man of genuine public spirit and his liberal and enlightened views inured to the public benefit . I am proud and glad to have known him and feel the better for the knowledge , while in common with those ...
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afterwards ancient town appointed Asbury became Benjamin Ferris born Brandywine British brother Cæsar Rodney Cape Henlopen character Children Christiana church CLAYTON FAMILY Clayton Hall Colonel colonial corner building Court Cowgill Daniel Polk daughter death Delaware Bay Delaware's descendants died Dutch Earl of Chester eldest Elizabeth England father George Governor Henry HISTORICAL SOCIETY Hoornkill Indians Inner Temple interest issue James Clayton Jasper Clayton John Clayton Joshua Clayton Joshua Pusey Judge White Kent County King known land late Lewes lived Lydia Mainwaring Manlove Manor of Clayton MARKET AND TENTH Market Street married Mary MEMOIR OF PENNOCK Minuit named occupied original Paradise Point patroon PENNOCK PUSEY Pennsylvania Pilot Town Quaker residence Richard Bassett Richard Clayton Robert sailed Samuel White Sarah Senate settlers SOCIETY OF DELAWARE sons stands story succeeded Swedes Swedish TENTH STREETS Thomas Clayton tion town of Lewes vessel Virginia wife William Clayton William Penn Wilmington
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Halaman 12 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell forever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Halaman 11 - Christina flowed by between its green bordering of reeds, but a few paces from the church yard walls. Many a bright sail was to be seen on a summer evening, gliding along its noiseless current. Behind it was the beautiful Brandywine, and beyond it the majestic Delaware, bounded by the blue line of Jersey woods, and rolling its mighty waters toward the mightier Atlantic. Rich green meadows lay immediately round the church...
Halaman 34 - Caesar Rodney is the oddest looking man in the world ; he is tall, thin and slender as a reed, pale ; his face is not bigger than a large apple, yet there is sense and fire, spirit, wit, and humor in his countenance.
Halaman 41 - Recollections of the corner of Market and Tenth streets, in the city of Wilmington." a paper prepared by Pennock Pusey at the request of the Society, and read before it June 19th.
Halaman 26 - Delaware. This news was attended with an awful shock to me. I have met with nothing like it in the death of any friend on the continent. Lord help us all to live out our short day to thy glory ! I have lived days, weeks, and months in his house. O that his removal may be sanctified to my good and the good of the family ! He was about sixty-five years of age. He was a friend to the poor and oppressed ; he had been a professed churchman...
Halaman 10 - Clayton, with his family, arrived in 1671 on the ship Kent, from London, in company with certain commissioners sent out by the proprietors of New Jersey to purchase lands from the Indians.
Halaman 21 - HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF DELAWARE. Papers. XL. Samuel White and his father. Judge Thomas White. An almost forgotten senator; and his father who was a follower of Aslmi-y in the early days of Methodism.
Halaman 26 - ... our short day to thy glory! I have lived days, weeks, and months in his house. O that his removal may be sanctified to my good and the good of the family ! He was about sixty-five years of age. He was a friend to the poor and oppressed; he had been a professed Churchman, and was united to the Methodist connection about seventeen or eighteen years. His house and heart were always open; and he was a faithful friend to liberty, in spirit and practice; he was a most indulgent husband, a tender father,...