 | R. H. Howard, Henry E. Crocker - 1879 - 512 páginas
...war, took no possession except by honorable purchase. Gov. Winslow, writing in May, 1676, said : " I think I can clearly say that before these present...out the English did not possess one foot of land in the Colony but what was fairly obtained by honest purchase of the Indian proprietors ; nay, because... | |
 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1879 - 460 páginas
...t07K," BUYS, " I think I can truly say that before these present troubles broke out, the English (lid not possess one foot of land in this colony but what...obtained by honest purchase of the Indian proprietors." Many other authorities to this point might be given. The King of 'England indeed had granted tlie lands... | |
 | Connecticut Valley Historical Society - 1881 - 356 páginas
...former days ought to be regarded as conclusive on this subject. Gov. Winslow, writing in 1676, says, " Before these present troubles broke out, the English did not possess one foot of land in the colony of Plymouth, but what was fairly obtained by honest purchase of the Indian proprietors."... | |
 | Richard Markham - 1883 - 340 páginas
...Fathers hath given us for a rightful possession." Governor Winslow, in one of his letters, says : ' ' I think I can clearly say that before these present...but what was fairly obtained by honest purchase." Whether the white men believed that the land was given them by the Lord or that they had come by it... | |
 | 1883 - 994 páginas
...honest sale; indeed, Governor Josiah Winslow, of Plymouth, declared, in reference to King Philip's War, that "before these present troubles broke out the...obtained by honest purchase of the Indian proprietors." This policy was quite general. Captain West in 1610 bought the site of what is now Richmond, Virginia,... | |
 | 1883 - 1004 páginas
...honest sale; indeed, Governor Josiah Winslow, of Plymouth, declared, in reference to King Philip's War, that "before these present troubles, broke out the...obtained by honest purchase of the Indian proprietors." This policy was quite general. Captain West in 1610 bought the site of what is now Richmond, Virginia,... | |
 | Arthur Gilman - 1883 - 706 páginas
...parted with was worth to the settler." Governor Winslow said, in 1676, that before King Philip's war, "the English did not possess one foot of land in this Colony (Massachusetts) but what was fairly obtained by honest purchase of the Indian proprietors," adding... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1885 - 492 páginas
...honest sale; indeed, Governor Josiah Winslow, of Plymouth, declared, in reference to King Philip's War, that " before these present troubles broke out the...obtained by honest purchase of the Indian proprietors." This policy was quite general. Captain West, in 1610, bought the site of what is now Richmond, Virginia,... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1886 - 504 páginas
...honest sale ; indeed, Governor Josiah Winslow, of Plymouth, declared, in reference to King Philip's War, that " before these present troubles broke out the...obtained by honest purchase of the Indian proprietors." This policy was quite general. Captain West, in 1610, bought the site of what is now Richmond, Virginia,... | |
 | Charles Brooks - 1886 - 738 páginas
...be kept out. Gov. Winslow, in a letter dated May i, 1676, says, — " I think I can clearly say that the English did not possess one foot of land in this...obtained by honest purchase of the Indian proprietors." In 1698 there were more than four thousand Indians in Massachusetts, and there were enough of them... | |
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I think I can clearly say that before these present troubles broke out, the English did not possess one foot of land in this colony but what was fairly obtained by honest purchase of the Indian proprietors. 
