Annals of the Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County, Volume 1The Association, 1880 - Cuyahoga County (Ohio) |
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... woods , and the roar of the breakers . The frail skiff , once your only means of crossing the Cuya- hoga , has given place to a bridge of monumental arches which will endure until that river shall cease to flow . And now , stead of ...
... woods , and the roar of the breakers . The frail skiff , once your only means of crossing the Cuya- hoga , has given place to a bridge of monumental arches which will endure until that river shall cease to flow . And now , stead of ...
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... Horace Perry was clerk , and Jas . S. Clarke , sheriff . The lawyers attending court were Alfred Kelley , then acting Prosecuting Attorney for the county , Leonard Case , Sam'l Cowles , Reuben Wood and John W. 44 ANNALS OF THE.
... Horace Perry was clerk , and Jas . S. Clarke , sheriff . The lawyers attending court were Alfred Kelley , then acting Prosecuting Attorney for the county , Leonard Case , Sam'l Cowles , Reuben Wood and John W. 44 ANNALS OF THE.
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Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County. Case , Sam'l Cowles , Reuben Wood and John W. Willey , of Cleveland , Saml . W. Phelps and Sam'l Wheeler of Geauga , Jonathan Sloane of Portage , Elisha Whittlesey , Thos . W. Webb and R. P. ...
Early Settlers Association of Cuyahoga County. Case , Sam'l Cowles , Reuben Wood and John W. Willey , of Cleveland , Saml . W. Phelps and Sam'l Wheeler of Geauga , Jonathan Sloane of Portage , Elisha Whittlesey , Thos . W. Webb and R. P. ...
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... woods , as it does to- day . Judge Spaulding was with me , and I will tell the story for the purpose mainly of illustrating how hard it was to have a little money in one's pocket , in those days . The Judge came along to me and said he ...
... woods , as it does to- day . Judge Spaulding was with me , and I will tell the story for the purpose mainly of illustrating how hard it was to have a little money in one's pocket , in those days . The Judge came along to me and said he ...
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... - story streets , so - called . first lawyer here . known as the Old ganized by him . wooden house occupied by Dr. Long , the first physician here , standing upon Water street where the light - house now 54 ANNALS OF THE.
... - story streets , so - called . first lawyer here . known as the Old ganized by him . wooden house occupied by Dr. Long , the first physician here , standing upon Water street where the light - house now 54 ANNALS OF THE.
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Page 31 - The western state in the said territory shall be bounded by the Mississippi, the Ohio and Wabash rivers ; a direct line drawn from the Wabash and post Vincents due north to the territorial line between the United States and Canada, and by the said territorial line to the lake of the Woods and Mississippi.
Page 33 - Bay, where the said river falleth into the sea ; and on the north by the line of the Massachusetts plantation ; and on the south by the sea; and in longitude as the line of the Massachusetts colony, running from east to west, that is to say, from the said Narraganset Bay on the east, to the south sea on the west part, with the islands thereunto adjoining...
Page 32 - Comfort, all along the sea coast to the southward two hundred miles, and all that space and circuit of land, lying from the sea coast of the precinct aforesaid, up into the land, throughout from sea to sea, west and northwest...
Page 51 - Logan, not sparing even my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 48 - ... no man shall be deprived of his liberty or property, but by the judgment of his peers, or the law of the land...
Page 19 - The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being, for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute. To know him, to serve him, to enjoy him, was with them the great end of existence.
Page 33 - We have given Granted and Confirmed and by these Presents for us our Heirs and Successors do give Grant and Confirm unto...
Page 18 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Page 27 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made ;w But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Page 16 - Hail, Columbia ! happy land ! Hail, ye heroes, heaven-born band! Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause, Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause; And when the storm of war was gone, Enjoyed the peace your valor won. Let independence be our boast, Ever mindful what it cost; Ever grateful for the prize, Let its altar reach the skies. Firm united let us be, Rallying round our liberty! As a band of brothers joined, Peace and safety we shall find.