History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Volume 2C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1844 |
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... Dutch , 171 - Vine- dressers Churchmen - Dissenters , 172 - Irish - Scottish Presbyterians , 173- Huguenots , 174 -- Their tardy Enfranchisement , 183 - Contest between the People and the Proprietaries , 184 - The People prevail , 187 ...
... Dutch , 171 - Vine- dressers Churchmen - Dissenters , 172 - Irish - Scottish Presbyterians , 173- Huguenots , 174 -- Their tardy Enfranchisement , 183 - Contest between the People and the Proprietaries , 184 - The People prevail , 187 ...
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... Dutch Fort at Hartford , 283 - Gustavus Adolphus and New Sweden , 284 - Dutch and Indian Wars , 288 - Roger Williams mediates a Truce , 291 - Peace , 292 - Stuyve- sant's Administration , 293 - New England , 294 - New Albion - New ...
... Dutch Fort at Hartford , 283 - Gustavus Adolphus and New Sweden , 284 - Dutch and Indian Wars , 288 - Roger Williams mediates a Truce , 291 - Peace , 292 - Stuyve- sant's Administration , 293 - New England , 294 - New Albion - New ...
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... Dutch begged of him for peace as for a boon ; Louis XIV . was humiliated ; the pride of Spain was humbled ; the Protestants of Piedmont breathed their prayers in security ; the glory of the English name was spread throughout the world ...
... Dutch begged of him for peace as for a boon ; Louis XIV . was humiliated ; the pride of Spain was humbled ; the Protestants of Piedmont breathed their prayers in security ; the glory of the English name was spread throughout the world ...
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... Dutch records . What need of referring to Hutch . Hist . vol . i . , to the papers in Hutch . Coll . , to Crown's deposition , in Chalmers , 263 , 264 ? 24 to Aug 19 . 36 CHARACTER OF SIR HENRY VANE . CHAP . sorbed REGICIDES IN NEW ...
... Dutch records . What need of referring to Hutch . Hist . vol . i . , to the papers in Hutch . Coll . , to Crown's deposition , in Chalmers , 263 , 264 ? 24 to Aug 19 . 36 CHARACTER OF SIR HENRY VANE . CHAP . sorbed REGICIDES IN NEW ...
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... Dutch , and every foreign vessel . - America , as the asylum of the oppressed , invited emigrants from the most varied climes . It was now enacted , that none but native or naturalized subjects should become a mer- 1 Vaughan's Reports ...
... Dutch , and every foreign vessel . - America , as the asylum of the oppressed , invited emigrants from the most varied climes . It was now enacted , that none but native or naturalized subjects should become a mer- 1 Vaughan's Reports ...
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