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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… in Georgia. I can procure 10 or 20 servants and wish for 1,000 acres of land. Signed. P.S. If you have plan, map … these attempts of the French to settle on this side of the lakes and on any lands belonging to the Six Nations are no … and in a few years enable us to gain possession of the Lakes. Signed. 3 pp. Endorsed, Recd. 27 November, Read 28 …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… receipt on 29th of last month of HM's warrant for granting letters of marque against the Spaniards, … the colony. I have not yet had any application made to me for commissions, occasioned by the scarcity of seamen and not … of many of them are concerned in carrying on the fishing trade as well as HM's subjects in England. That these …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… and Co., of Macclesfield, applying to Sir Nicholas Bayley for a lease of the mine of Penrhyn d, in the county of … Parys mountain, called Mona mine, and carrying on a level for the purpose of continuing the works which had been … owes its elevation from the rank of an inconsiderable fishing-village, to the discovery and extensive working of …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… An argument for a petition for a new Parliament A 1 Seasonable Argument to perswade all the Grand Juries in England, to petition for a New Parliament: Or a List of the Principal Labourers in …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… using it as a skin preparation on moles, and as a remedy for a wide range of afflictions including duodenal ulcers, … surrounding the seeds of Bixa orellana; used in dyeing and for colouring CHEESE, although the first reference in the OED … them as Anchovies' [Bradley (1756 facs.1996)]. Since the fishing for sprats occurred during the winter months (see RED …
Ancient and Historical Monuments in the City of Salisbury
… Architects, Builders and Surveyors. Hall, Peter, proposals for Poultry Cross, (15) 50a; see also Painters and Engravers. … and Child, (3) 29b; Annunciation, (4) 35a. Indents: liv. For figures: (3) 29a; (4) 34a; (5) 38a. For inscription plates: (3) 29a, b; (4) 34a. For shields: (3) …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… of the builder. With the continual spread of habitations for the workers of commercial London, and the surrounding cultivation of the land for the vegetable supply of so great a host, there is little cause for wonder that the few works which are known to have existed …
A History of the County of Oxford
… age of Hunsbury Camp, in Northamptonshire, by the unlooked-for discoveries during excavations there, as described in the volume for that county in this series. At the same time such … usually on high ground, less dependent on natural slopes for protection. C.Rectangular or other simple enclosures, …
Magna Britannia
… one nedith of the other ys helpe." "The lame wyche lacketh for to goo Is borne upon the blinde is back, So mutually … over it, at one end of which is a niche with a pedestal for an image. Part of the castellated mansion at Trelawny, … Stannary prison, was erected by Edmund Earl of Cornwall, for his exchequer, &c.; and it is doubtful whether there ever …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… last a vast quantity is forwarded from Harewood Forest, for the supply of Portsmouth dockyard. In 1846 an act was passed for the construction of a railway from Basingstoke, by … the fairs are on Mid-Lent Saturday and Old May-day, for horses, cattle, cheese, and leather; on the 16th of …