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... acres he tilled . But elsewhere the ultimate title to the soil lay in the hands of the King or of such great pro- prietors as the Baltimores and the Penns , to whom grants had been made by the Crown . The colonist who obtained land from ...
... acres he tilled . But elsewhere the ultimate title to the soil lay in the hands of the King or of such great pro- prietors as the Baltimores and the Penns , to whom grants had been made by the Crown . The colonist who obtained land from ...
Page 25
... acres . Life in the towns was one of incessant activity . The New Englander's house , with its barns , out- buildings , kitchen garden , and back lot , fronted the village street , while near at hand were the meetinghouse and ...
... acres . Life in the towns was one of incessant activity . The New Englander's house , with its barns , out- buildings , kitchen garden , and back lot , fronted the village street , while near at hand were the meetinghouse and ...
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... he would have seen wide acres under cultivation , with ten- ants and rent rolls and other aspects of a pro- prietary and aristocratic order . Had he made further inquiries or extended his observations to the west and 28 COLONIAL FOLKWAYS.
... he would have seen wide acres under cultivation , with ten- ants and rent rolls and other aspects of a pro- prietary and aristocratic order . Had he made further inquiries or extended his observations to the west and 28 COLONIAL FOLKWAYS.
Page 29
... acres lav- ishly allotted by governors to favored individ- uals . He would then have realized that the divi- sion of land in New York , instead of being fairly equal as in New England , was grossly unequal . On the one hand were the ...
... acres lav- ishly allotted by governors to favored individ- uals . He would then have realized that the divi- sion of land in New York , instead of being fairly equal as in New England , was grossly unequal . On the one hand were the ...
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... acres in all . Many of these estates he was accustomed to speak of as manors , though the peculiar rights which distinguished a manor from any other tract of land early disappeared , and the manor in Maryland and Virginia , as elsewhere ...
... acres in all . Many of these estates he was accustomed to speak of as manors , though the peculiar rights which distinguished a manor from any other tract of land early disappeared , and the manor in Maryland and Virginia , as elsewhere ...
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