item: #1 of 9 id: A27071 author: Bayard, Nicholas, 1644-1707. title: A journal of the late actions of the French at Canada with the manner of their being repuls'd by His Excellency, Benjamin Fletcher, Their Majesties governour of New-York / impartially related by Coll. Nicholas Reyard [sic], and Lieutenant Coll. Charles Lodowick, who attended His Excellency during the whole expedition ... date: 1693 words: 8831 flesch: 60 summary: The said Andres Casparus says further , that when he came to the French House , after he had escaped from the Indians , the French tyed him two days , but he being so lean and meager , having no Food all that time , but 11 Eggs he found in a Turkies Nest , and 6 Swan Eggs he found in another place , so that the French did unty him . About eight days after Monsieur Tonty came , ( who is in the manner of a Governour among them ) and he went down with the said Tonty to Ottawawa , which was 200 Leagues from that place ; the said Tonty dispatched about 25 or 30 great Cannows full of Beaver to Canada ; and after they had been two days from Ottawawa , they met one Monsieur de Lille , who had been out a skulking upon the great River , and had taken two Prisoners , who told that 300 of our Indians lay at a carrying place on the great River , waiting for the Ottawawa Company , and 200 were near Mont Royal Island , upon the same design . Colonel Beecknam of Vlster County , gave his Excellency an account of Advice from Albany , of the French and Indians , consisting of 550 , being within twenty Miles of Schenectady on the 8th . keywords: albany; canada; clock; enemy; excellency; fort; french; great; indians; men; mohaques; morning; schuyler cache: A27071.xml plain text: A27071.txt item: #2 of 9 id: A27073 author: Bayard, Nicholas, 1644-1707. title: A narrative of an attempt made by the French of Canada upon the Mohaques country being Indians under the protection of Their Majesties government of New York : to which is added, 1. An account of the present state, and strength of Canada, given by two Dutch-men, who have been prisoner, 3. His Excellency Benjamin Fletcher's speech to the Indians, 4. The answer of the five nations of the Mohaques to His Excellency, 5. Proposals made by the four chief sachims of the five nations, to His Excellency, and His Excellency's reply thereto, 6. An address from the corporation of Albany to His Excellency, returning thanks for His Excellency's early assistance for their relief, &c. / a journal kept by Coll. Nicholas Beyard and Lieut. Coll. Charles Lodwick, who attended His Excellency in this expedition. date: 1693 words: 8702 flesch: 60 summary: Upon which Major Schuyler ordered the Captains to draw out their men to march round the Enemy's Fort to stop them ; but the same time had an account they were fled ; he commanded the Officers to pursue them , and to hinder their Retreat , till Men and Provisions came up ▪ but the Men wanting Provision , refused to march ; the Officers , with 60 Christians and some Indians pursued the Enemy till they had made a small Fortification , but the Officers not having men to engage them , nor to make a Fort , returned back ▪ leaving two Officers with 40 men and 100 Indians to watch their motion , expecting our Provision to come up that night . A narrative of an attempt made by the French of Canada upon the Mohaques country being Indians under the protection of Their Majesties government of New York : to which is added, 1. keywords: canada; clock; come; enemy; excellency; fort; french; great; indians; men; mohaques; morning; schuyler cache: A27073.xml plain text: A27073.txt item: #3 of 9 id: A35692 author: Denton, Daniel. title: A brief description of New-York, formerly called New-Netherlands with the places thereunto adjoyning : together with the manner of its scituation, fertility of the soyle, healthfulness of the climate, and the commodities thence produced : also some directions and advice to such as shall go thither ... : likewise a brief relation of the customs of the Indians there / by Daniel Denton. date: 1670 words: 7347 flesch: 43 summary: Thus have I briefly given you a Relation of New-York , with the places thereunto ad●oyning ; In which , if I have err'd , it is principally in not giving it its due commendation ; for besides those earthly blessings where it is stor'd , Heaven hath not been wanting to open his Treasure , in sending down seasonable showres upon the Earth , blessing it with a sweet and pleasant Air , and a Continuation of such Influences as tend to the Health both of Man and Beast : and the Climate hath such an affinity with that of England , that it breeds ordinarily no alteration to those which remove thither ; that the name of seasoning , which is common to some other Countreys hath never there been known ; That I may say , and say truly , that if there be any terrestrial happiness to be had by people of all ranks , especially of an inferior rank , it must certainly be here : here any one may furnish himself with land , and live rent-free , yea , with such a quantity of land , that he may weary himself with walking over his fields of Corn , and all so●ts of Gr●in and ●et his stock of Cattel amount to some hundreds , he needs not fear their want of pasture in the Summer , or Fodder in the Winter , the Woods affording sufficient supply . Delewerhay the mouth of the River , lyeth about the Mid-way betwixt New-Y●●k and the Capes of Virginia : It is a very pleasant River and Countrey , but very few inhabitants , and them being mostly Swedes , Dutch and Finns : about sixty miles up the River is the principal Town called N●w-Castle , which is about 40 miles from Mary-land , and very good way to travel , either with horse or foot , the people are setled all along the west side sixty miles above New-Castle ; the land is good for all sorts of English grain , and wanteth nothing but a good people to populate it , it being capable of entertaining many hundred fami●ies . keywords: countrey; english; hath; indians; island; land; long; miles; new; people; place; sorts; tcp; york cache: A35692.xml plain text: A35692.txt item: #4 of 9 id: A36497 author: Downing, George, Sir, 1623?-1684. title: A discourse written by Sir George Downing, the King of Great Britain's envoy extraordinary to the states of the United Provinces vindicating his royal master from the insolencies of a scandalous libel, printed under the title of (An extract out of the register of the States General of the United Provinces, upon the memorial of Sir George Downing, envoy, &c.), and delivered by the agent De Hyde for such to several publick ministers : whereas no such resolution was ever communicated to the said envoy, nor any answer returned at all by their lordships to the said memorial : whereunto is added a relation of some former and later proceedings of the Hollanders / by a meaner hand. date: 1672 words: 26695 flesch: 36 summary: We read also in the Reign of the said King , in the preferring a certain Bill in Parliament ( which is the voice of the State of the Realm ) that he was usually accounted King or Soveraign of the Seas by all Nations ; written in French , and thus translated into English : The Nation of the English were ever in the Ages past , renowned for Sea-Affairs in all Countries near the Seas : and they had also so numerous a Navy , that the people of all Countreys esteemed and called the King of Edgland , the King or Soveraign of the Sea. Another Testimony to the same effect we read in the Parliamentary Records of Henry the fifth , where the tenour of the Bill runs after this manner : The Commons do pray , That seeing our Soveraign Lord the King , and his illustrious Progenitors , have ever been Lords of the Sea ; and now seeing through God's grace it is now come to pass , that our Lord the King is Lord of the shores on both sides the Sea , such a Tribute may be imposed on all Strangers passing through the said Sea , for the benefit and advantage of our said Lord the King , as may seem agreeable to Reason for the safeguard of the said Sea. The Hollanders are industrious , and no sooner are discharged of their lading , but presently put forth for more ; whereas our English , after they have been once at Sea , do commonly never return again , till their money taken for their fish be spent , and they in debt . keywords: coasts; day; dominion; dutch; england; english; envoy; extraordinary; fishing; general; hath; hollanders; king; lordships; majesties; majesty; manner; men; parts; people; right; sea; seas; ships; states; subjects; time; trade; treaty; west; world; year cache: A36497.xml plain text: A36497.txt item: #5 of 9 id: A36499 author: Downing, George, Sir, 1623?-1684. title: A reply of Sir George Downing Knight and Baronet, envoy extraordinary from His Majesty of Great-Britain, &c. to the remarks of the deputies of the Estates-General upon his memorial of December 20, 1664, old stile date: 1665 words: 30266 flesch: 41 summary: And whereas they say , That he doth therein back the pretensions of the Danes , and speaks not at all of those of English ; Are not the words of the said Memorial , That his Majesty holds himself obliged to intermeddle therein with the same zeal and fervour , and to the same degree , as for the injuries done to himself and his own Subjects in the same parts , and by the same Company ? This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. keywords: company; concerning; country; deputies; dutch; east; english; envoy; general; great; hath; india; king; majesty; master; memorial; parts; place; ship; state; subjects; time; treaty; west cache: A36499.xml plain text: A36499.txt item: #6 of 9 id: A40108 author: Fowler, Robert, of the town of Burlington in Yorkshire. title: A Quakers sea-journal being a true relation of a voyage to New-England / performed by Robert Fowler of the town of Burlington in Yorkshire, in the year 1658. date: 1659 words: 2433 flesch: 54 summary: This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A40108 of text R37825 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing F1736). (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A40108) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 105847) keywords: day; robert; sea; text; voyage cache: A40108.xml plain text: A40108.txt item: #7 of 9 id: A48006 author: Gentleman of the city of New York. title: A letter from a gentleman of the city of New-York, to another, concerning the troubles which happen'd in that province in the time of the late happy revolution date: 1698 words: 6534 flesch: 55 summary: But th● Lordship● do humbly offer th●ir Intercession to her Maje●●● in behalf of their Familie● , as fit Objects of their Majesti●● Mercy , That the Estates of the said Jacob Leyster and J ●iolences done at ●oll . keywords: city; coll; council; england; fort; governour; leyster; majesties; new; province; subjects; york; ● ● cache: A48006.xml plain text: A48006.txt item: #8 of 9 id: A49375 author: Hearty lover of King William and the Protestant religion. title: Loyalty vindicated being an answer to a late false, seditious & scandalous pamphlet entituled A letter from a gentleman of the City of New York to another concerning the troubles which happen'd in that province in the time of the late happy revolution : published for the sake of truth & justice / by a hearty lover of King William and the Protestant religion. date: 1698 words: 11038 flesch: 46 summary: in March , about a Month or five Weeks after major Ingoldesby's usurpation , Coll. Slaughter Arrived , who Summoned the Fort late at night , and , contrary to the Libellers assertion , it was never den●ed to be delivered : but the delivery suspended till next Morning , it not being prope● ( according to Military Rules ) to deliver a Fort in the night ; and then it was Surrendred by Capt. Leisler , who wa●●ing on the Captain General Coll. And now after all , it being about Eight years since these men d●ed , when the Grave and Time should have so buryed the Persons and Memories of these good , but unfortunate Persons , that no Revenge should have room to desire a farther gratificati●n ; and when the Annim●sities between those of a Dutch extraction ( who are the most numerous , Loyal and Sober Subjects of that P●ovince ) and ●he few Eng●ish ( who were most averse and backward in the Rev●lu●ion , but violent and bloody in the Execution of Capt. Leisler , as well as the most dissolute in their Morals ) in this Province , had time to cool , and might by a good Government have been wholly heal'd . keywords: capt; coll; council; fort; government; governour; king; leisler; libeller; new; people; province; revolution; time; york; ● ● cache: A49375.xml plain text: A49375.txt item: #9 of 9 id: A53026 author: New York (State) title: An act for restraining and punishing privateers and pyrates date: 1693 words: 1970 flesch: 49 summary: Users should bear in mind that in all likelihood such instances will never have been looked at by a TCP editor. At head of title: Province of New-York, Anno regni Gulielmi & Mariae, Regis & Reginae Angliae, Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae quinto. keywords: majesties; persons; province; tcp; text cache: A53026.xml plain text: A53026.txt