Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania: Containing a Copious Selection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc., Relating to Its History and Antiquities, Both General and Local, with Topographical Descriptions of Every County and All the Larger Towns in the StateG. W. Gorton, 1843 - 708 עמודים |
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עמוד 44
... County and All the Larger Towns in t Sherman Day. stitution was conceived by ... counties around Pittsburg , in opposition to a law of congress laying an excise of ... seat of insurrection , and cheerfully accepted of the amnesty that was ...
... County and All the Larger Towns in t Sherman Day. stitution was conceived by ... counties around Pittsburg , in opposition to a law of congress laying an excise of ... seat of insurrection , and cheerfully accepted of the amnesty that was ...
עמוד 57
... county seat . They selected a tract of 125 acres belonging to Garret Vanosdol , in Strabane township , between the two roads leading from Hunter's and Gettys ' towns to the brick house , including part of each road to Swift's run . In ...
... county seat . They selected a tract of 125 acres belonging to Garret Vanosdol , in Strabane township , between the two roads leading from Hunter's and Gettys ' towns to the brick house , including part of each road to Swift's run . In ...
עמוד 91
... County and All the Larger Towns in t Sherman Day. Chambersburgh ; the ... seat . Mr. Wm . Peebles , Major A. Horback , and several others have ... COUNTY . 91.
... County and All the Larger Towns in t Sherman Day. Chambersburgh ; the ... seat . Mr. Wm . Peebles , Major A. Horback , and several others have ... COUNTY . 91.
עמוד 93
... county seat , and upon their report , in 1804 , the present site was laid out ; in 1805 , the county was fully organized for judicial purposes . James Sloan , James Matthews , and Alexander Walker , were appointed the first ...
... county seat , and upon their report , in 1804 , the present site was laid out ; in 1805 , the county was fully organized for judicial purposes . James Sloan , James Matthews , and Alexander Walker , were appointed the first ...
עמוד 106
... County and All the Larger Towns in t Sherman Day. ther and a beloved brother had been treacherously slain by the ... seat of justice , a quiet , orderly , old- fashioned county town , with its respectable society , and the usual number of ...
... County and All the Larger Towns in t Sherman Day. ther and a beloved brother had been treacherously slain by the ... seat of justice , a quiet , orderly , old- fashioned county town , with its respectable society , and the usual number of ...
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acres afterwards Allegheny Allegheny mountain Allegheny river army arrived bank battle of Brandywine Beaver borough bridge British built called canal Capt Chester church coal colony command commenced county seat creek Delaware early enemy erected Erie established feet fire Fort Duquesne Fort Pitt French frontier furnace German Harrisburg hill horse Indians inhabitants iron James John Juniata killed Kittatinny mountain laid Lancaster land Lehigh limestone Lutheran manufacturing Methodist miles mill mountain mouth Northumberland officers Ohio party passed Penn Pennsylvania Pennsylvania canal Philadelphia Pittsburg population Pottsville Presbyterian present principal prisoners proprietary province purchased Quakers railroad residence returned river road Schuylkill settled settlement settlers side situated Six Nations spring stone streams Sunbury Susquehanna tavern Thomas tion took town township tract treaty turnpike valley village Washington West Branch William William Penn Wyoming
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עמוד 468 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it. I have killed many. I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace; but do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
עמוד 576 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
עמוד 377 - And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt : get you down thither, and buy for us from thence ; that we may live, and not die.
עמוד 585 - I do not mean to cast any reflection upon any sect or person whatsoever ; but, as there is such a multitude of sects, and such a diversity of opinion amongst them, I desire to keep the tender minds of the orphans, who are to derive advantage from this bequest, free from the excitement, which clashing doctrines and sectarian controversy are so apt to produce...
עמוד 75 - I luckily escaped without a wound, though I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me.
עמוד 569 - New York declared they were for it themselves, and were assured their constituents were for it, but that their instructions having been drawn near a twelvemonth before, when reconciliation was still the general object, they were enjoined by them to do nothing which should impede that object. They therefore thought themselves not justifiable in voting on either side and asked leave to withdraw from the question, which was given them.
עמוד 13 - ... distance from New Castle, northward and westward unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of northern latitude, and then by a straight line westward to the limits of longitude above mentioned.
עמוד 267 - Alone, yet not alone am I, Though in this solitude so drear ; * I feel my Saviour always nigh, He comes the weary hour to cheer. I am with him and he with me, — E'en here alone I cannot be !" The Colonel desired her to sing the hymn as she used to do.
עמוד 90 - This was a whole day's work, we next got it launched then went on board of it and set off. But before we were half way over we were jammed in the ice in such a manner that we expected every moment our raft to sink and ourselves to perish.
עמוד 405 - The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull, but endless, repetition of the Fulton Folly.