The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century, Vol. 2: The Chartered Colonies, Beginnings of Self-Government (Classic Reprint)

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Upon conditions of plantation depended size and variety of estates Estates larger in provinces than in New England Proprietary reserves and manors Maryland The Carolinas The Jerseys. Pennsylvania The patroonships of New Netherland Colonies and small grants in New Netherland Question of mortmain in Maryland Proprietary income from land Alienation fines in Maryland Sales of land in Pennsylvania and Maryland Quitrents in all the provinces Forms in which quitrents were paid Struggles over quitrents in New Jersey Under Berkeley and Carteret Under the twenty-four proprietors Rents in New Netherland Quitrents in New York Policy of the early governors Policy of Governor Dongan Administrative machinery Development of land oflice' In Maryland.

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