The Description of the City of New York ...: To which is Prefixed, a Brief Account of Its First Settlement by the Dutch, in the Year 1629; and of the Most Remarkable Events which Have Occurred in Its History, from that to the Present Period |
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... viz . that he should be ap- pointed admiral of all the seas , which he might explore and governor of all the continents and islands , which he might dis- cover ; that these offices should be hereditary in his DISCOVERY OF AMERICA .
... viz . that he should be ap- pointed admiral of all the seas , which he might explore and governor of all the continents and islands , which he might dis- cover ; that these offices should be hereditary in his DISCOVERY OF AMERICA .
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... - ing Columbus , for a long time , in fruitless solicitation , he ap- pointed Nicholas de Ovando governor of Hispaniola in his stead , ever , But though unwilling to restore Columbus to that 12 DISCOVERY OF AMERICA .
... - ing Columbus , for a long time , in fruitless solicitation , he ap- pointed Nicholas de Ovando governor of Hispaniola in his stead , ever , But though unwilling to restore Columbus to that 12 DISCOVERY OF AMERICA .
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... governor of Virginia , to dis- possess the French of the towns of Port Royal and St. Croix lying on each side of the bay of Fundy , in Acadia , ( now No- va Scotia ) which was then claimed as a part of Virginia . In his return he ...
... governor of Virginia , to dis- possess the French of the towns of Port Royal and St. Croix lying on each side of the bay of Fundy , in Acadia , ( now No- va Scotia ) which was then claimed as a part of Virginia . In his return he ...
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... Governor of this country , entered on his administration 27th May , 1647. The inroads and claims upon his government kept him constantly employ- ed . New England as well as Maryland alarmed his fears by their rapid increase , and , at ...
... Governor of this country , entered on his administration 27th May , 1647. The inroads and claims upon his government kept him constantly employ- ed . New England as well as Maryland alarmed his fears by their rapid increase , and , at ...
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... governors who were commissioned by and subject to the controul of the director general at Fort Amster- damı . It ... Governor Stuyvesant was indefatigable in the service of his employers is evident from the whole of his conduct , but ...
... governors who were commissioned by and subject to the controul of the director general at Fort Amster- damı . It ... Governor Stuyvesant was indefatigable in the service of his employers is evident from the whole of his conduct , but ...
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