... Rotterdam, in the year 1663, whither, they say, it was brought, some said from Italy, others from the Levant, among some goods which were brought hom... ...which were brought home by their T urkey fleet; others said it was brought from Candia; others from Cyprus. It mattered not from whence it came; but a... ... have lived to see practised since. But such things as these were gathered from the letters of merchants and others who corresponded abroad, and from ... ... monarchy, about four years before; but the ministers and preachers of the Presbyterians and Independents, and of all the other sorts of professions, ... ...nsiderable places in England were visited more or less, and the kingdom of Ireland in some places, but not so universally. How it fared with the peopl... ... to the Canaries, to Guinea, and to the West Indies, and par- ticularly to Ireland; but as the plague spread itself every way after it had been in Lon... ... be among them, which made them fare the better. For the security of those northern traders, the coal-ships were ordered by my Lord Mayor not to come ... ... I say, it could not be obtained. The quarrel remained; the Church and the Presbyterians were incompatible. As soon as the plague was removed, the Dis...

...land; for it had been very violent there, and particularly at Amsterdam and Rotterdam, in the year 1663, whither, they say, it was brought, some said from Italy, others from the Levant, among some goods which were brought home by their Turkey fleet; others said it was brought from Candia; others from Cyprus. It mattered not from whence it came; but all agreed it was come i...

...turned to his former trade, and shortly set up a print ing house of his own from which he published “The Pennsyl vania Gazette,” to which he contrib... ...gent for the colony, this time to petition the King to resume the government from the hands of the proprietors. In London he actively opposed the pro ... ...them for you. To which I have besides some other inducements. Having emerged from the poverty and obscurity in which I was born and bred, to a state o... ...nciple was inculcated or enforc’d, their aim seeming to be rather to make us Presbyterians than good citizens. At length he took for his text that ver... ...and enriching of the family. About the year 1734 there arrived among us from Ireland a young Presbyterian preacher, named Hemphill, who deliv ered wi... ...Those, however, of our congregation, who considered themselves as ortho dox Presbyterians, disapprov’d his doctrine, and were join’d by most of the o... ...se in which they began has been half consumed. In 1739 arrived among us from Ireland the Reverend Mr. Whitefield, who had made himself remarkable ther... ... house. It was to he for the use of a congregation he had gathered among the Presbyterians, who were originally disciples of Mr. Whitefield. Unwilling... ...ord and Edinburgh; returns to America. 1763 Makes a five months’ tour of the northern colonies for the Purpose of inspecting the post offices. 1764 De...