A Historical and Biographical Genealogy of the Cushmans: The Descendants of Robert Cushman, the Puritan, from the Year 1617 to 1855 |
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... early history of Robert Cushman and his col- leagues , in the great work of establishing religious liberty and of founding a nation , is so little known . Not a single circumstance of himself or his family or ancestors , is known , up ...
... early history of Robert Cushman and his col- leagues , in the great work of establishing religious liberty and of founding a nation , is so little known . Not a single circumstance of himself or his family or ancestors , is known , up ...
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... early part of this negotiation . But from an examination of Gov. Bradford's Journal and the correspondence between Robinson and Brewster and Sir Edwin Sandys and others in England , it is evident that the agents , Messrs . Cushman and ...
... early part of this negotiation . But from an examination of Gov. Bradford's Journal and the correspondence between Robinson and Brewster and Sir Edwin Sandys and others in England , it is evident that the agents , Messrs . Cushman and ...
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... early part of 1619 , and pursued the great object of their desires with a zeal , perseverance and ability worthy of the cause . To accomplish an object to the Puritans so important , to carry on a negotiation with a weak , dishonest and ...
... early part of 1619 , and pursued the great object of their desires with a zeal , perseverance and ability worthy of the cause . To accomplish an object to the Puritans so important , to carry on a negotiation with a weak , dishonest and ...
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... early in the year 1621 the subject of emigration to America received conside- rable public attention . The hope of great profits from the fur trade and the fisheries excited the ambition of some , while a desire to extend the benefits ...
... early in the year 1621 the subject of emigration to America received conside- rable public attention . The hope of great profits from the fur trade and the fisheries excited the ambition of some , while a desire to extend the benefits ...
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... early arrangements to transport himself and family , and others who had been left behind , the year before , to the New World . - The Fortune , a small vessel of fifty - five tons burthen , — less in size than our small fishing vessels ...
... early arrangements to transport himself and family , and others who had been left behind , the year before , to the New World . - The Fortune , a small vessel of fifty - five tons burthen , — less in size than our small fishing vessels ...
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Page 26 - I charge you before God, and his blessed angels, that you follow me no farther than you have seen me follow the Lord Jesus Christ. If God reveal any thing to you by any other instrument of his, be as ready to receive it, as ever you were to receive any truth by my ministry ; for I am verily persuaded, I am very confident, the Lord has more truth yet to break forth out of his holy word.
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The Poetics of Colonization: From City to Text in Archaic Greece Carol Dougherty Limited preview - 1993 |