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acres Amboy April arrived August bought brother building built Bureau county Charles Chicago claim clerk daughter December Dement died Dixon Dixon township Dixon's Ferry early east elected emigrated engaged in farming enlisted entered erected farmer and stock father February four Franklin Grove George Grand Detour held Henry Illinois Iowa Jacob James January John Joseph July June La Salle county land Lee Center Lee Center township Lee county living located March marriage Mary miles months mother moved mustered Nachusa Nachusa township native November October Ogle county Ohio organized Palmyra township parents Paw Paw Grove Pennsylvania prairie present railroad removed republican resided returned Rock river Samuel Sarah school-house September settled settlers Smith sold spring stock raiser Sublette Thomas town trade village Whitesides county wife William Willow Creek Willow Creek township York
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Page 30 - Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet, on my heart Deeply has sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon depart. He who, from zone to zone, Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight, In the long way that I must tread alone, Will lead my steps aright.
Page 30 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 828 - She According to the Custom of Marriage Assuming the Name of her Husband, as a further Confirmation thereof: Did then and there to these Presents Set their Hands, and we whose Names are here under also subscribed, being present, at the Solemnization of the said Marriage and Subscription, have as Witnesses thereunto set our Hands the Day and Year above Written 1754.
Page 283 - Motion was in their days, rest in their slumbers, And cheerfulness the handmaid of their toil; Nor yet too many nor too few their numbers; Corruption could not make their hearts her soil; The lust which stings, the splendour which encumbers, With the free foresters divide no spoil ; Serene, not sullen, were the solitudes Of this unsighing people of the woods.
Page 279 - T is true he shrank from men, even of his nation ; When they built up unto his darling trees, He moved some hundred miles off, for a station...
Page 30 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast,— The desert and illimitable air,— Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Page 30 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along. Seek'st thou the plashy...
Page 41 - Here, for the first time, I touched the goose quill to the treaty — not knowing, however, that, by that act, I consented to give away my village. Had that been explained to me, I should have opposed it, and never would have signed their treaty, as my recent conduct will clearly prove.
Page 155 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the...
Page 827 - Having Declared their Intentions of Marriage with each other Before Several Monthly Meetings of the People called Quakers, at Buckingham in the County of Bucks at foresaid. according to the Good Order Used Amongst them; and having consent of Parents and Relations concerned.