A History of Herkimer County: Including the Upper Mohawk Valley, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time ; with a Brief Notice of the Iroquois Indians, the Early German Tribes, the Palatine Immigrations Into the Colony of New York, and Biographical Sketches of the Palatine Families, the Patentees of Burnetsfield in the Year 1725 ; and Also Biographical Notices of the Most Prominent Public Men of the County ; with Important Statistical Information |
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Halaman 12
The attainder by the state government of the adherents to the British crown, and
the consequent forfeiture and confiscation of their estates, has been incidentally
mentioned by former writers of our history, drawn out by the fact that a large tract
...
The attainder by the state government of the adherents to the British crown, and
the consequent forfeiture and confiscation of their estates, has been incidentally
mentioned by former writers of our history, drawn out by the fact that a large tract
...
Halaman 23
I dreamed you gave me such a tract of land" (describing the outlines of it). King
Hendrik (pausing). " I suppose you must have it, but" (raising and shaking his
finger significantly), "you must not dream again." The petition of Sir William and ...
I dreamed you gave me such a tract of land" (describing the outlines of it). King
Hendrik (pausing). " I suppose you must have it, but" (raising and shaking his
finger significantly), "you must not dream again." The petition of Sir William and ...
Halaman 34
... the Palatines, the commissioners designate " a tract of land lying on the
Mohaques river, containing about fifty miles in length, and four miles in breadth,
and a tract of land lying upon a creek [evidently the Schoharie] which runs into
said river ...
... the Palatines, the commissioners designate " a tract of land lying on the
Mohaques river, containing about fifty miles in length, and four miles in breadth,
and a tract of land lying upon a creek [evidently the Schoharie] which runs into
said river ...
Halaman 35
In October of the same year he says, " I have been obliged to purchase a tract of
land on Hudson's river from Mr. Livingston, consisting of 6000 acres, for j£400 of
this country money, for planting of the greatest division of the Palatines.
In October of the same year he says, " I have been obliged to purchase a tract of
land on Hudson's river from Mr. Livingston, consisting of 6000 acres, for j£400 of
this country money, for planting of the greatest division of the Palatines.
Halaman 39
But he says there were about sixty families who desired to have a distinct tract by
themselves, and being those who had all along been most hearty for the
government, he had given them leave to purchase lands from the Indians
between the ...
But he says there were about sixty families who desired to have a distinct tract by
themselves, and being those who had all along been most hearty for the
government, he had given them leave to purchase lands from the Indians
between the ...
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| Judul | A History of Herkimer County: Including the Upper Mohawk Valley, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time ; with a Brief Notice of the Iroquois Indians, the Early German Tribes, the Palatine Immigrations Into the Colony of New York, and Biographical Sketches of the Palatine Families, the ... New York: county and regional histories and atlases |
| Pengarang | Nathaniel Soley Benton |
| Penerbit | J. Munsell, 1856 |
| Tebal | 497 halaman |
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