Memoirs of a Life, Chiefly Passed in Pennsylvania, Within the Last Sixty Years: With Occasional Remarks Upon the General Occurrences, Character and Spirit of that Eventful PeriodJohn Wyeth, 1811 - 378 من الصفحات |
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... his friends in Ireland , soon after his arrival in Philadelphia , he ap- pears not to have taken up very favorable sentiments of its inhabitants . " Most of our trading people " here , " says he , " are complaisant A LIFE . M.
... his friends in Ireland , soon after his arrival in Philadelphia , he ap- pears not to have taken up very favorable sentiments of its inhabitants . " Most of our trading people " here , " says he , " are complaisant A LIFE . M.
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... Soon after we arrived here , it " happened , and I hope providentially for us , ( him- " self and his father - in - law , Mr. Emerson , who made 66 one family ) that we rented a house from one Mr. " Peter Baynton , adjacent to his own ...
... Soon after we arrived here , it " happened , and I hope providentially for us , ( him- " self and his father - in - law , Mr. Emerson , who made 66 one family ) that we rented a house from one Mr. " Peter Baynton , adjacent to his own ...
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... soon af- ter I was born , and never left it until taken from us by death , at an advanced age , in the year 1794 . Her name was Ann Burgess ; she was a woman of good understanding and reputably connected . With the exception of the ...
... soon af- ter I was born , and never left it until taken from us by death , at an advanced age , in the year 1794 . Her name was Ann Burgess ; she was a woman of good understanding and reputably connected . With the exception of the ...
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... soon as the requisite arrangements could be made ; and it accordingly took place in the course of the year . I have said that I was about to enter the Latin school . The person whose pupil I was consequent- ly to become , was Mr. John ...
... soon as the requisite arrangements could be made ; and it accordingly took place in the course of the year . I have said that I was about to enter the Latin school . The person whose pupil I was consequent- ly to become , was Mr. John ...
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... soon ascertained that they had reached German- town , and a deputation of the least obnoxious citi- zens with the olive branch , was sent out to meet them . After a parley of some days , an armistice was agreed upon , and peace at ...
... soon ascertained that they had reached German- town , and a deputation of the least obnoxious citi- zens with the olive branch , was sent out to meet them . After a parley of some days , an armistice was agreed upon , and peace at ...
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