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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 17: (search)
great charter of England, alias Magna Charta, is the only rule, privilege, and joint safety of every free-born Englishman. Gordon's New Jersey, 47. The firmness of the legislature preserved the independence of New Jersey; the decision of Sir William Jones protected its people against arbitrary taxation; its prosperity sprung from the miseries of Scotland. The trustees of Sir George Carteret, tired of the burden of colonial property, exposed their province to sale; Chap. XVII.} 1682 Feb. 1 and 2. and the unappropriated domain, with jurisdiction over the five thousand already planted on the soil, was pur- Leaming and Spicer's Grants, &c., of N. Jersey, 73. chased by an association of twelve Quakers, under the auspices of William Penn. A brief account of the 1682 province was immediately published; and settlers were allured by a reasonable eulogy on its healthful climate and safe harbors, its fisheries and abundant game, its forests and fertile soil, and the large liberties e