Brief of a Title in the Seventeen Townships in the County of Luzerne: A Syllabus of the Controversy Between Connecticut and PennsylvaniaL. S. Hart, 1879 - 145 σελίδες |
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... settlement , have en- gaged a considerable share of your attention ; and , in view of this fact , of the intrinsic interest of the subject , and of its now falling somewhat into matter of traditionary recollection , the council of the ...
... settlement , have en- gaged a considerable share of your attention ; and , in view of this fact , of the intrinsic interest of the subject , and of its now falling somewhat into matter of traditionary recollection , the council of the ...
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... settled in the end We can afford now to look at it without bias or bitter feeling . My aim will be to put in evidence such documents , facts , and statutes as I believe would be admissible in a court of law in the trial of the cause ...
... settled in the end We can afford now to look at it without bias or bitter feeling . My aim will be to put in evidence such documents , facts , and statutes as I believe would be admissible in a court of law in the trial of the cause ...
Σελίδα 6
... settled . These grants were to extend " up into the land throughout , from sea to sea , west and northwest . ” The same year King James granted to Thomas Hanham et al . like leave to plant anywhere between 38 ° and 45 ° north latitude ...
... settled . These grants were to extend " up into the land throughout , from sea to sea , west and northwest . ” The same year King James granted to Thomas Hanham et al . like leave to plant anywhere between 38 ° and 45 ° north latitude ...
Σελίδα 8
... settled to be along the 420 2 of latitude . The northern boundary of Pennsylvania is on 420 . 1629 , March 4. LETTERS PATENT . King Charles I to Sir Henry Roswell et al . , for the same lands , with the proviso excepting lands in the ...
... settled to be along the 420 2 of latitude . The northern boundary of Pennsylvania is on 420 . 1629 , March 4. LETTERS PATENT . King Charles I to Sir Henry Roswell et al . , for the same lands , with the proviso excepting lands in the ...
Σελίδα 9
... settled on the Connect- icut river , and finding themselves outside of the Massachusetts patent , formed themselves in a voluntary political association , by the name of " the Colony of Connecticut , ” adopted a plan of government ...
... settled on the Connect- icut river , and finding themselves outside of the Massachusetts patent , formed themselves in a voluntary political association , by the name of " the Colony of Connecticut , ” adopted a plan of government ...
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acres aforesaid April Assembly authority Berks boundary bounds called charter Chester county City of Philadelphia Colonel Colony of Connecticut commissioners compensation Confirming Act Confirming Law Connecticut claim Connecticut claimants Connecticut party Connecticut settlers controversy Council county of Luzerne County of Philadelphia court Crown Cumberland county Dauphin county decree of Trenton Delaware deponent enacted England Esquire execution extend garrison Governor grant honor House hundred Indian deed inhabitants Jacob James John Franklin Joseph Judge jurisdiction justice King Lancaster county Land Office latitude Legislature letter Luzerne county miles necticut Northampton county Northumberland Northumberland county Ogden opinion party passed patent Patterson Penn Pennsyl Pennsylvania claimants Pennsylvania title persons petition Pickering Plymouth possession Proprietaries Province Province of Pennsylvania purchase released repeal right of soil river sachems Samuel says settled settlement seventeen townships South Sea Stewart Susquehanna Company territory Thomas tion tract of land Westmoreland Wilkes-Barre William Wyoming Yankees York county Zebulon Butler
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Σελίδα 121 - We are unanimously of opinion, that the State of Connecticut has no right to the lands in controversy. " ' We are also unanimously of opinion, that the jurisdiction and pre-emption of all the territory lying within the charter boundary of Pennsylvania, and now claimed by the State of Connecticut, do of right belong to the State of Pennsylvania.
Σελίδα 14 - ... distance from New Castle, northward and westward unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of northern latitude, and then by a straight line westward to the limits of longitude above mentioned.
Σελίδα 8 - Massatusetts bay; and also all those lands and hereditaments whatsoever, which lie, and be within the space of three English miles to the northward of the said river called Monomack, alias Merrimack, or to the northward of any and every part thereof, and all lands and hereditaments whatsoever, lying within the limits aforesaid, north and south in latitude and breadth, and in length and longitude, of and within all the breadth aforesaid, throughout the main lands there, from the Atlantic and western...
Σελίδα 10 - Company, and their successors, all that part of our dominions in New-England, in America, bounded on the east by Narragansett river, commonly called Narragansett bay, where the said river falleth into the sea ; and on the north by the line of the Massachusetts...
Σελίδα 7 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Σελίδα 8 - River, the space of forty leagues " upon a straight line near the shore, towards the southwest, " west, and by south or west, as the coast lieth, towards Virginia, "accounting three English miles to the league...
Σελίδα 15 - God has furnisht me with a better resolution, and has given me his grace to keep it. In short, whatever sober and free men can reasonably desire for the security and improvement of their own happiness, I shall heartily comply with — I beseech God to direct you in the way of righteousness, and therein prosper you and your children after you. I am your true Friend, WM. PENN. London, 8th of the Month called April, 1681.
Σελίδα 86 - ... dollars, one half to the use of the county, and the other half to the use of the informer; and shall, also, be subject to such imprisonment, not exceeding twelve months, as the court, before whom such conviction is had, may.
Σελίδα 41 - ... to appoint, by joint consent, commissioners or judges to constitute a court for hearing and determining the matter in question...
Σελίδα 61 - Duty it shall be to enquire whether the Constitution has been preserved inviolate in every Part ; and whether the legislative and executive Branches of Government have performed their Duty as Guardians of the People, or assumed to themselves, or exercised other or greater Powers than they are entitled to by the Constitution...