On the Frontier with Colonel Antes: Or, The Struggle for Supremacy of the Red and White Races in PennsylvaniaS. Chew & sons, printers, 1900 - 513 páginas |
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... shillings , Pennsylvania money . There is also this entry in the Land Office , 7 br . , 14 , 1724. Agreed with Frederick Antes for the land called Darby Greens , in Limerick , about 300 and odd acres , at £ 22 p . C't ; £ 30 to be p'd ...
... shillings , Pennsylvania money . There is also this entry in the Land Office , 7 br . , 14 , 1724. Agreed with Frederick Antes for the land called Darby Greens , in Limerick , about 300 and odd acres , at £ 22 p . C't ; £ 30 to be p'd ...
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... shillings a pound . ' ' No , ' says he , ' I cannot give so much . not give more than three shillings sixpence . ' I then spoke to several other dealers , but they all sung the same song , Three and sixpence ! Three and sixpence ...
... shillings a pound . ' ' No , ' says he , ' I cannot give so much . not give more than three shillings sixpence . ' I then spoke to several other dealers , but they all sung the same song , Three and sixpence ! Three and sixpence ...
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... shillings an acre . It is gener- ally reckoned to cost usually five days work of a man , to whom , as it is very hard work , the pay is three shillings a day , finding him in victuals and allowing him a dram of whiskey morning and ...
... shillings an acre . It is gener- ally reckoned to cost usually five days work of a man , to whom , as it is very hard work , the pay is three shillings a day , finding him in victuals and allowing him a dram of whiskey morning and ...
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... shillings per acre . Part of the expense is met by the sale of the potash obtained in burning the wood . The land surveyors have four pounds per thousand acres for surveying a tract of land and making return of it , but as the owner ...
... shillings per acre . Part of the expense is met by the sale of the potash obtained in burning the wood . The land surveyors have four pounds per thousand acres for surveying a tract of land and making return of it , but as the owner ...
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... shillings in harvest time . For mowing an acre there is paid three shillings , finding victuals and a pint of whiskey , or four and sixpence without finding anything else . Women in reaping have as much wages as men , but at hay making ...
... shillings in harvest time . For mowing an acre there is paid three shillings , finding victuals and a pint of whiskey , or four and sixpence without finding anything else . Women in reaping have as much wages as men , but at hay making ...
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Página 91 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat, if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not.
Página 375 - Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled.
Página 375 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever.
Página 315 - They are remarkably stout and hardy men ; many of them exceeding six feet in height. They are dressed in white frocks, or rifle shirts, and round hats. These men are remarkable for the accuracy of their aim ; striking a mark with great certainty at two hundred yards distance.
Página 125 - I hope you have agreed to give more than four shillings a pound.' 'No,' says he, 'I cannot give so much; I cannot give more than three shillings and sixpence.
Página 391 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps ' Dundee's ' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive *• Martyrs...
Página 123 - Satanas into their country, to take part with them, after they had concerted ill designs against us. We have done less than either the English or French that have usurped the lands of so many Indian nations, and chased them from their own country This belt preserves my words.
Página 322 - After dinner the dancing commenced, and generally lasted until the next morning. The figures of the dances were three and four handed reels, or square sets and jigs. The commencement was always a square four, which was followed by what was called jigging it off, that is, two of the four would single out for a jig, and were followed by the remaining couple. The jigs were often accompanied with what was called cutting out...
Página 138 - The subjects of France inhabiting Canada, and others, shall hereafter give no hindrance or molestation to the Five Nations or cantons of Indians, subject to the dominion of Great Britain, nor to the other natives of America, who are friends to the same.