The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 91919 |
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Page 25
... hand were the meetinghouse and schoolhouse , pillories , stocks , and signpost , all objects of constant interest and frequent concern . Beyond this clustered group of houses stretched the outlying arable land , meadows , pastures TOWN ...
... hand were the meetinghouse and schoolhouse , pillories , stocks , and signpost , all objects of constant interest and frequent concern . Beyond this clustered group of houses stretched the outlying arable land , meadows , pastures TOWN ...
Page 26
... hand , to be reached easily on foot , others two or more miles distant , involving a ride on horseback or by wagon . While most of the New Englanders pre- ferred to live in neighborly fashion near together , some built their houses on a ...
... hand , to be reached easily on foot , others two or more miles distant , involving a ride on horseback or by wagon . While most of the New Englanders pre- ferred to live in neighborly fashion near together , some built their houses on a ...
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... hand were the petty acres of small farms surrounding the towns and villages ; on the other were such great estates as Morrisania and Rensselaerwyck , where the farmers were not free- holders but tenants , and where the proprietors could ...
... hand were the petty acres of small farms surrounding the towns and villages ; on the other were such great estates as Morrisania and Rensselaerwyck , where the farmers were not free- holders but tenants , and where the proprietors could ...
Page 32
... hand , Philadel- phia merchants , mayors , and provincial governors , whose city life was confined to half a dozen streets running parallel to the Delaware , had their coun- try residences often twelve or fifteen miles away , sometimes ...
... hand , Philadel- phia merchants , mayors , and provincial governors , whose city life was confined to half a dozen streets running parallel to the Delaware , had their coun- try residences often twelve or fifteen miles away , sometimes ...
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... hand , who passed observantly northward and viewed with dis- cernment the country from Maryland to that " way down east " land of Maine which was as yet little more than a narrow fringe of rocky coast between the Piscataqua and the ...
... hand , who passed observantly northward and viewed with dis- cernment the country from Maryland to that " way down east " land of Maine which was as yet little more than a narrow fringe of rocky coast between the Piscataqua and the ...
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