1673-1899: History of the Town of Sunderland, Massachusetts, which Originally Embraced ... the ... Towns of Montague and Leverett ...

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E. A. Hall & Company, 1899 - Sunderland (Mass.) - 412 pages

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Page 212 - God and calling unto mind the mortality of my body and •knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of Almighty God that gave it, and my body I recommend to the earth, to be buried In decent christian burial at the discretion of my executors. Nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God.
Page 212 - God: therefore calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body, and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my last Will and Testament...
Page 213 - Nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give, demise, and dispose of the same in the following manner...
Page 282 - Mississippi, was to ascertain the breadth of that vast continent, which extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, in the broadest part between 43 and 46 degrees northern latitude. Had I been able...
Page 45 - Lunenburg as if this act had not been made. • And be it further enacted, that...
Page 119 - I trust I have long since made my peace with the King of Kings. No personal consideration shall induce me to abandon the righteous cause of my Country. And, TELL GOVERNOR GAGE IT IS THE ADVICE OF SAMUEL ADAMS TO HIM, no longer to insult the feelings of an exasperated people.
Page 72 - Mollard, who was cut down in the prime of life, and in the midst of his usefulness.
Page 238 - In October of the same year he was admitted to the bar, and a month later, upon the death of Mr.
Page 70 - They that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the f1rmament; and they that turn many to righteousness, as the stars for ever and ever.
Page 45 - ... town by the name of Fitchburgh, and that the said town be invested with all the powers, privileges and immunities that other towns in this Province do or may by law enjoy : That of sending a Representative to the General Assembly only excepted, and that the inhabitants of said town shall have full power and right from time to time to join with the said town of Lunenburg in the choice of a Representative or Representatives, and be subject to pay their proportionable part of the charges, who may...

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