A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times: Being Contributions Toward a History of the Lower Mohawk ValleyJ. Munsell's Sons, 1883 - 466 halaman |
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... lies in a beautiful intervale on the margin of the Mohawk river . The great highway to the west led through it and along the only low valley pass through the Appalachian range ; all other routes from the Atlantic led over mountain ...
... lies in a beautiful intervale on the margin of the Mohawk river . The great highway to the west led through it and along the only low valley pass through the Appalachian range ; all other routes from the Atlantic led over mountain ...
Halaman xvi
... lies who founded the settlements at Albany and along the valley of the Mohawk . The task was one of unusual difficulty . The colonists isolated from their own countrymen , and brought in contact with various races , civilized and savage ...
... lies who founded the settlements at Albany and along the valley of the Mohawk . The task was one of unusual difficulty . The colonists isolated from their own countrymen , and brought in contact with various races , civilized and savage ...
Halaman 2
... lying between the Hudson and the Maumee rivers , so that the French of Canada could never aim a blow at Albany or Schenectady with- out striking over the heads of the Five Nations . This celebrated confed- eracy , the terror of all ...
... lying between the Hudson and the Maumee rivers , so that the French of Canada could never aim a blow at Albany or Schenectady with- out striking over the heads of the Five Nations . This celebrated confed- eracy , the terror of all ...
Halaman 8
... lying north and west of it produced the usual varieties of hard woods . Nothing could have been more charming to the ... lies the most beautiful land that the eye of man ever beheld . * Who that has * Daer leyt qualyck een halven daegh ...
... lying north and west of it produced the usual varieties of hard woods . Nothing could have been more charming to the ... lies the most beautiful land that the eye of man ever beheld . * Who that has * Daer leyt qualyck een halven daegh ...
Halaman 9
... lying west of Schenectady . The following is a translation of his letter : " Right Honorable Sir , My Lord When last at Manhatans I informed your honor that there were some friends and well wishers , who were well inclined with your ...
... lying west of Schenectady . The following is a translation of his letter : " Right Honorable Sir , My Lord When last at Manhatans I informed your honor that there were some friends and well wishers , who were well inclined with your ...
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Abraham acres Adam Vrooman Albany Albany county Amsterdam April Arent Bratt Arent Van Curler Aukes Barent Wemp Beverwyck bouwery bouwland Brakel Brouwer Capt Church street Claas Cobes common lands consistory conveyed Cornelis Cornelise corner Council creek Daniel daughter Deeds Dirk Dutch east easterly farm feet flat Fort Orange French Front street Governor Graaf granted Groot guilders Gysbert half Harmen heirs Hendrick hindmost house and lot Indians inhabitants Isaac island Jacob Jan Pieterse Janse Johannes John John Glen lying married Mebie mill Mohawk river Niskayuna north side parcel of land pasture patent petition Petitioners Petten Pieter Province Purmerent Rensselaerswyck Reyer rods Ryer Schermerhorn Sander Sanderse Glen Sept settlers sewant Slyck sold south side Swart Swits Symon Symonse Veeder Teller Teunis Toll Papers trade trustees of Schenectady Union street Vedder Velsen Vielè village lot Volgen westerly widow wife Willem York
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Halaman 45 - CAPTAIN GENERAL AND GOVERNOR IN CHIEF IN AND OVER THE PROVINCE OF NEW YORK and the territories depending thereon in America...
Halaman 348 - A° 1701, and in the 13th year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord William the third by the grace of God of England, Scotland, France & Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, &c.
Halaman 23 - Persons abovesaid, their Heirs or Assigns in our Council Chamber in Portsmouth, or to such Officer or Officers as shall be appointed to receive the same; and this to be in Lieu of all other Rents and Services whatsoever.
Halaman 249 - Messieurs d'lberville and de Montesson took the left with another detachment, in order to make themselves masters of that leading to Orange. But they could not discover it, and returned to join the remainder of the party.
Halaman 248 - This savage was without contradiction the most considerable of his tribe — an honest man — as full of spirit, prudence and generosity as it was possible, and capable at the same time of the grandest undertakings. Shortly after four Squaws were discovered in a wigwam who gave every information necessary for the attack on the town. The fire found in their hut served to warm those who were benumbed, and they continued their route, having previously detached Giguieres, a Canadian, with nine Indians,...
Halaman 42 - Mills, a justice of the peace in and for said county, and being duly sworn on the holy evangelists of Almighty God, deposeth and saith, that on...
Halaman 250 - Coudre, and that of a widow who had six children, whither M. de Montigny had been carried when wounded. All the rest were consumed. The lives of between fifty and sixty persons, old men, women, and children, were spared, they having escaped the first fury of the attack.
Halaman 250 - Mohawks were also spared, in order to show them that it was the English and not they against whom the grudge was entertained. The loss on this occasion in houses, cattle and grain, amounts to more than four hundred thousand livres. There were upwards of eighty well built and well furnished houses in the town. The return march commenced with thirty prisoners. The wounded, who were to be carried, and the plunder, with which all the Indians and some Frenchmen were loaded, caused considerable inconvenience....
Halaman 248 - After having marched for the course of five or six days, they called a council to determine the route they should follow, and the point they should attack. The Indians demanded of the French what was their intention. Messieurs de Sainte Helene and Mantet replied that they had left in the hope of attacking Orange...
Halaman 250 - ... himself on the defensive with his servants and some Indians ; but as it was resolved not to do him any harm, in consequence of the good treatment that the French had formerly experienced at his hands, M. d'Iberville and the great Mohawk proceeded thither alone, promised him quarter for himself, his people, and his property, whereupon he laid down his arms, on parole, entertaining them in his fort, and returned with them to see the commandants of the town.