StNicholas [serial] . 64, Englands Duke of York established agigantic claim that practically took in all theland between the St. Lawrence and ChesapeakeBay, Massachusetts, east of the Connecticut,being about the only exception. And thatprincely appropriation settled the question ofPlowdens Patent for good and all. And what became of Sir Edmund Plowden ? asked Christine, sympathizing with misfortuneand pitying failure. He died, about 1660, Uncle Tom replied, at swords point with his wife and his eldestson, still styling himself Earl Palatine, gover-nor and captain-general of New Albion inNorth
StNicholas [serial] . 64, Englands Duke of York established agigantic claim that practically took in all theland between the St. Lawrence and ChesapeakeBay, Massachusetts, east of the Connecticut,being about the only exception. And thatprincely appropriation settled the question ofPlowdens Patent for good and all. And what became of Sir Edmund Plowden ? asked Christine, sympathizing with misfortuneand pitying failure. He died, about 1660, Uncle Tom replied, at swords point with his wife and his eldestson, still styling himself Earl Palatine, gover-nor and captain-general of New Albion inNorth America, leaving all his titles, patents,and claims to his second son, and commandinghim to settle a colony for the occupation andcultivation of New Albion. But the AmericanRevolution came ; the republic was independ-ent. The colonists of New Albion became,at the conclusion of the war, citizens of theUnited States, and Plowdens Patent came toa sudden, final, and untimely end. PIGEONS OF PEKING. By Alfrkd D.
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