 | Nathanael Howe - 1816 - 40 Seiten
...cultivation was very bad, and the fences extremely poor. It then appeared to me, if I should be favoured with prosperity, with the knowledge I thought I had of agriculture, that 1 should be able to support a family. With those views I gave my answer in the affirmative, was ordained,... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1844 - 690 Seiten
...church as a body, and afterward to the town." The following is extracted from this communication : " When you gave me a call to settle with you in the...At this time, every article of provision was low, labnr was cheap, and my income was sufficient for my support. But within two years from my ordination,... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1844 - 688 Seiten
...cultivation was very bad, and the fences extremely poor. It then appeared 10 me, if I should ls• favored with prosperity, with the knowledge I thought...labor was cheap, and my income was sufficient for my supjwrt. Em within two years from my ordination, money began to depreciate. nnd llie price of labor... | |
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... and town, as favorable circumstances, and the proposals that were made with respect to my support, as reasonable, though not large. The ministerial land I was sensible was good, though the state of cultivation was very bad, and the fences extremely... 