The Bangor Historical Magazine, Volume 6Joseph W. Porter, 1891 - Bangor (Me.) |
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... land at Cape de La Heue [ Heve ] in Acadia , May 16 , having been two entire months on the voyage . At Cape de La Heve they celebrated mass and erected a cross affixing to it the arms of the Marchioness de Guercheuille [ ville ] , thus ...
... land at Cape de La Heue [ Heve ] in Acadia , May 16 , having been two entire months on the voyage . At Cape de La Heve they celebrated mass and erected a cross affixing to it the arms of the Marchioness de Guercheuille [ ville ] , thus ...
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... land are cleared and in some places covered with grass as high as a man's head . The outlook is to the south and east , almost at the mouth of the Pentagoet and where are the outlets of several pleasant streams abounding in fish . The ...
... land are cleared and in some places covered with grass as high as a man's head . The outlook is to the south and east , almost at the mouth of the Pentagoet and where are the outlets of several pleasant streams abounding in fish . The ...
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... land . As these continued several days the current carried them much farther along the N. E. coast than they suspected , for they were eighty leagues farther up the coast of New France than they supposed , and near our port , but they ...
... land . As these continued several days the current carried them much farther along the N. E. coast than they suspected , for they were eighty leagues farther up the coast of New France than they supposed , and near our port , but they ...
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... land as they feared the arrival of the victors . The Eng- lish were no sooner on our vessel than they started in pursuit , calling to them to return or they should be obliged to fire upon them , by which , being still more frightened ...
... land as they feared the arrival of the victors . The Eng- lish were no sooner on our vessel than they started in pursuit , calling to them to return or they should be obliged to fire upon them , by which , being still more frightened ...
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... land on Moose Island , containing 150 acres , originally Joseph Bridges ; also a lot of land in Passamaquoddy Township No. 7 , 100 acres , originally John Prout , and four oxen and four cows.t John Crane of No. 12 ( Whiting ) was one of ...
... land on Moose Island , containing 150 acres , originally Joseph Bridges ; also a lot of land in Passamaquoddy Township No. 7 , 100 acres , originally John Prout , and four oxen and four cows.t John Crane of No. 12 ( Whiting ) was one of ...
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