...the fortieth and forty-eighth parallels of latitude, from sea to sea, to the " Council established at Plymouth, in the County of Devon, for the Planting,...Ruling, Ordering, and Governing of New England in America.'7 The Council at Plymouth conveyed by a contract, indented March 14, 1628, so much of the...

...Warwick, sir F. Gorges, with thirty-four others, and their successors styling them the Council established at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting,...ruling, ordering and governing of New England in America ;f which is the great and civil basis of all the future patents and plantations that divide this country....

...Warwick, sir F. Gorges, with thirty-four others, and their successors styling them the Council established at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting,...ruling, ordering and governing of New England in America ;f which is the great and civil basis of all the future patents and plantations that divide this country....

...with 34 associates, and their successors, styling them, " The Council established at Plymouth, in die county of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering,...of the American territory, which lies between the 40th and the 48th degree of north latitude in breadth, and " in length by all the breadth aforesaid...

...granted all the lands from the 40th to the 48th degree of north latitude, to the Council established at Plymouth, in the County of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering and governing the affairs of New England. The first exercise of the powers of the Council, aa it respects any lands...

...persons, and no more; which shall be, and shall be called and known by the name of the council established at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting,...ordering, and governing of New England, in Ame'rica, and for that purpose, we have, at and by the nomination and request of the said petitioners, granted,...

...Ferdinando Gorges, with 34 associates and their successors : Styling them " The Council established at Plymouth in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering, and governing of New-England in North America." Q,. What part of the territory was put in their possession by this patent...

...of that whimsical monarch, James I., in 1620, when he issued his patent to the council established at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering and governing New-England in America, '_iat he, of his own mere motion and certain ^knowledge, was pleased to make...

...parallel. The adventurers and their successors 162°were incorporated as " The Council established at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering and governing New-England, in America." The territory, conferred on the patentees in absolute property, with unlimited...

...parallel. The adventurers and their successors 163 °were incorporated as " The Council established at Plymouth, in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling, ordering and governing New-England, in America." The territory, conferred on the patentees in absolute property, with unlimited...