The Beginnings of Colonial Maine: 1602-1658 |
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affairs Agamenticus Aldworth American coast Archangel Aulnay Baxter Bristol Cape Captain John Smith Casco bay charter Cleeve's coast of Maine colonists concerning connection council court doubtless England English evidently expedition Farnham Papers Father Biard favorable fishing French George Cleeve George's harbor Gilbert Godfrey governor grant harbor Hist History hither House of Commons Indians inhabitants interests Josselyn Kennebec king Kittery land letter Levett London Lord Machegonne Maine coast Mary and John Massachusetts bay mention Monhegan narrative Parliament patent Pemaquid Penobscot Pilgrims Piscataqua plantation Plymouth Plymouth company Plymouth Plantation Popham colony possession Pring Province of Maine Puritan record reference Relation Richmond's island Rigby river Robert Jordan Robert Trelawny Rosier S. R. Gardiner Saco Sagadahoc sailed says secured settlement ship Sir Ferdinando Gorges Sir John Society's Coll territory Thomas Gorges tion trade Trelawny Papers Trelawny's vessel Vines Virginia voyage Waymouth Winter Winthrop
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Page 271 - Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in Covenant with Thee through grace. And I may, I will, come to Thee, for Thy People. Thou hast made me, though very unworthy, a mean instrument to do them some good, and Thee service...
Page 244 - And also, to make, ordain, and establish all manner of orders, laws, directions, instructions, forms, and ceremonies of government and magistracy, fit and necessary for and concerning the government of the said colony and plantation, so always as the same be not contrary to the laws and statutes of this our realm of England...
Page 271 - Give them consistency of judgment, one heart, and mutual love : and go on to deliver them, and with the work of reformation ; and make the name of Christ glorious in the world.
Page 158 - March a certaine Indian came bouldly amongst them, and spoke to them in broken English, which they could well understand, but marvelled at it.
Page 102 - The potentates of the Old World found no difficulty in convincing themselves that they made ample compensation to the inhabitants of the New, by bestowing on them civilization and Christianity in exchange for unlimited independence.
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