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Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… seed. As to the tar concern, an house built amidst the pine woods, and tar burners set to work; who made tar, which … tar. Hereupon we considered how greatly the consumption of pine- trees would be encreased by this new method, since we … found plentifully scattered upon the ground throughout the pine woods) and even from whole groups, of some hundreds, of …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… etc., whereby it is enacted for the preservation of white pine trees, for the masting the Royal Navy, that no person shall fell, cut or destroy any white pine trees not growing in any township or the bounds thereof …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… a great many of the people, " but while they can cut the pine trees and steal them away, they think it less labour to …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… of increased lands, part of which is but barren pine land etc. The inhabitants justly claim to be placed on … with heavy taxes. It will also discourage the taking up of pine lands for making pitch and tar etc. Endorsed, Recd., …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… are where he found them etc. Repeats that he has reserved pine trees for the Navy on the west side of Shepscot river. … preceding this did imploy men to cutt 154 large white pine trees to build a logg house or fortification as they … and more snow, wch. is the harvest for logging or cutting pine trees and drawing them to the saw-mills, and two of my …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… earth descends but a few inches, and where the land is pine-barren the soil is much less improvable. I need say no … to the quality of the soil, in many places they occur in pine-barrens which are unimprovable or in swamps where the …
Calendar of State Papers Colonial, America and West Indies
… The last was an Act for preventing ye wast of timber and pine trees, which tho' of noe great consequence had ye same … oposite to one another, on good lands adjacent to ye pine land. I gave your Lordpps. in my last an account of the … cold not follow the work destin'd for, there being noe pine on these lands on ye fronteers which they had a mind to, …