Memoir Read Before the Historical Society of the State of New-YorkH. C. Sleight, printer, 1825 - 127 páginas |
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... shore of the East river , the portion of Cherry - street between James and Catha- rine streets . Cherry - street , so called from being laid through a public garden , with a bowling - green in it , called Cherry - Garden , having a ...
... shore of the East river , the portion of Cherry - street between James and Catha- rine streets . Cherry - street , so called from being laid through a public garden , with a bowling - green in it , called Cherry - Garden , having a ...
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... name for the extreme southern point of the island , to be con- sidered as the point on the shore dividing between the waters of the two rivers , was Kap - se ; and also in familiar use with the skippers , when intending to mention 12.
... name for the extreme southern point of the island , to be con- sidered as the point on the shore dividing between the waters of the two rivers , was Kap - se ; and also in familiar use with the skippers , when intending to mention 12.
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... shore , came to a river the 24th June , and it being the festival of the Baptist , gave it the name of St. John . Sailing farther west- ward , he entered the Bay of Passamaquoddy , and landed on an island in a river emptying into the ...
... shore , came to a river the 24th June , and it being the festival of the Baptist , gave it the name of St. John . Sailing farther west- ward , he entered the Bay of Passamaquoddy , and landed on an island in a river emptying into the ...
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... shore . " This country , " he says , " was first found and discovered by the Dutch , in 1609 , when a ship , the Half Moon , was fitted out by the East India Com- pany , to seek westward for a passage through to China . Henry Hudson was ...
... shore . " This country , " he says , " was first found and discovered by the Dutch , in 1609 , when a ship , the Half Moon , was fitted out by the East India Com- pany , to seek westward for a passage through to China . Henry Hudson was ...
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... shore of the peninsula of Cape Cod , they gave the name of Cape Mallebarre . The Dutch called it ONGELUKIGE HAVEN , Unlucky Harbour , pro- bably intended as a translation of the Spanish name . The name Mallebarre had ceased to be known ...
... shore of the peninsula of Cape Cod , they gave the name of Cape Mallebarre . The Dutch called it ONGELUKIGE HAVEN , Unlucky Harbour , pro- bably intended as a translation of the Spanish name . The name Mallebarre had ceased to be known ...
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Términos y frases comunes
adjacent afterward Albany appellation BEVERWYCK Cape Cod CHIG church claim coast Colonists Colony Connecticut corrupted creek Curler denoted dian distinguished Donck doubtless Dutch called Dutch language Dutch name Dutchess Counties East River English entitled evil expresses Extract faith father five nations French furnishing gave Governor Graft grant Guilders hence historian HOECK Hudson Indian name instance intended Island KILL known Laet land Latin liberty Long-Island Lord Mallebarre Memoir ment mentioned merit MICHI Mohocks Netherland never New-England New-Jersey New-York NIVERS North River Note party pass passage Pearl-street perhaps person pounds weight pronounced referred RENSSELAERWYCK retaining its Dutch rocks RSITY sailed scarcely Schenectady serve settlement ship shore Sieur Des Monts SITY Skipper street Stuyvesant supposed surname syllable thee thing tion town translated tribe Ulster County UNIV UNIV venatio voyage Wall-street whole wholly word
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Página 94 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...
Página 105 - Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Página 109 - He that for giving a draught of water to a thirsty person, should expect to be paid with a good plantation, would be modest in his demands, compared with those who think they deserve heaven for the little good they do on earth.
Página 109 - For my own part, when I am employed in serving others, I do not look upon myself as conferring favors, but as paying debts.
Página 121 - Know, then, that we consider ourselves, and do insist that we are and ought to be, as free as our fellow-subjects in Britain, and that no power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent.
Página 93 - Union, at such time and place as should be agreed upon by the said commissioners, to take into consideration the trade and commerce of the United States, to consider how far an uniform system in their commercial intercourse and regulations might be necessary to their common interest and permanent harmony, and to report to the several states such an act relative to this great object, as, when unanimously ratified by them, would enable the United States in congress assembled effectually to provide...
Página 110 - The worship of God is a duty ; the hearing and reading of sermons may be useful ; but if men rest in hearing and praying, as too many do, it is as if a tree should value itself on being watered and putting forth leaves, though it never produced any fruit.
Página 109 - For my part, I have not the vanity to think I deserve it, the folly to expect it, nor the ambition to desire it ; but content myself in submitting to the will and disposal of that God who made me, who has hitherto...
Página 72 - Imperfect as this species of coercion may seem, crimes are very rare among them ; insomuch that were it made a question, whether no law, as among the savage Americans, or too much law, as among the civilized Europeans, submits man to the greatest evil ; one who has seen both conditions of existence would pronounce it to be the last: and that the sheep are happier of themselves, than under the care of the wolves.
Página 45 - ... to such young married artificers, under the age of twenty-five years, as have served an apprenticeship in the said town, and faithfully fulfilled the duties required in their indentures, so as to obtain a good moral character from at least two respectable citizens, who are willing to become their sureties, in a bond...