History of the Town of Mason, N. H.: From the First Grant in 1749, to the Year 1858

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L. A. Elliot, 1858 - 324 pagine
 

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Pagina 56 - CHARLES the Second by the Grace of God King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland Defender of the Faith &c.
Pagina 305 - The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Pagina 8 - River and up the same to the farthest head thereof, and from thence northwestward, until sixty miles from the mouth of the harbor were finished ; also, through Merrimack river to the farthest head thereof, and so forward up into the land westward until sixty miles were finished ; and from thence to cross overland to the end of the sixty miles accounted from Pascataqua River; together with all Islands within five leagues of the coast.
Pagina 273 - They have not been sold for slaves to perpetual servitude, but for 6 or 7 or 8...
Pagina 12 - To every Shallop belong four fishermen, a Master or Steersman, a Midship-man, and a Foremast-man, and a shore man who washes it out of the salt, and dries it upon hurdles pitcht upon stakes breast high and tends their Cookery ; these often get in one voyage Eight or Nine pound a man for their shares...
Pagina 11 - They have a custom of taking Tobacco, sleeping at noon, sitting long at meals, sometimes four times in a day, and now and then drinking a dram of the bottle extraordinarily ; the smoaking of Tobacco, if moderately used refresheth the weary very much, and so doth sleep" ! The fisherman of that day he paints to the life.
Pagina 10 - general attorney ;" to whom she committed the whole management of the estate. But the expense so far exceeded the income, and the servants grew so impatient for their arrears, that she was obliged to relinquish the care of the plantation, and tell the servants that they must shift for themselves. Upon which they shared the goods and cattle.
Pagina 56 - And it appearing unto us to be conducive to the General good of our said Province, as well as...
Pagina 273 - The Scots whom God delivered into your hands at Dunbar," says Cotton, " and whereof sundry were sent hither, — we have been desirous, as we could to make their yoke easy. Such as were sick of the scurvy, or other diseases, have not wanted physic and chirurgery.
Pagina 56 - Know ye therefore that we of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion...

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