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Browsing named entities in George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition.. You can also browse the collection for Edward Ployden or search for Edward Ployden in all documents.

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der and shot, shall draw me into a conspiracy against my friends the English. The naval successes of the Dutch inspired milder counsels; and the news 1653. of peace in Europe soon quieted every apprehension. The provisionary compact left Connecticut in possession of a moiety of Long Island; the whole had often, but ineffectually, been claimed by Lord Stirling. Near the southern frontier of New Belgium, on Dela- 1634 June 21. ware Bay, the favor of Strafford had also obtained for Sir Edward Ployden a patent for New Albion. The 1641 to 1648. county never existed, except on parchment. The lord palatine attempted a settlement; but, for want of a pilot, he entered the Chesapeake; and his people were absorbed in the happy province of Virginia. He was never able to dispossess the Swedes. B. Plantagenet's Description of New Albion, 1648, in the library of the Library Company, Philadelphia. Hazard, i. 160, &c. Winthrop, II. 325. With the Swedes, therefore, powerful competitor