Remarks During a Journey Through North America in the Years 1819, 1820, and 1821: In a Series of Letters, with an Appendix Containing an Account of Several of the Indian Tribes and the Principal Missionary Stations, &c. ; Also, a Letter to M. Jean Baptiste Say, on the Comparative Expense of Free and Slave LabourSamuel Whiting, 1823 - 335 páginas |
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... living from hand to mouth in England , than in encountering the difficulties of emigration to Canada . The soil of Upper Canada is generally extreme- ly good , and the climate , with the exception of a long and severe winter ...
... living from hand to mouth in England , than in encountering the difficulties of emigration to Canada . The soil of Upper Canada is generally extreme- ly good , and the climate , with the exception of a long and severe winter ...
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... living almost entirely among very recent emigrants , sleeping with them in their log - huts , erected in many cases the week before , and through the sides and roofs of which the stars twinkled upon us as we lay on the floor , with a ...
... living almost entirely among very recent emigrants , sleeping with them in their log - huts , erected in many cases the week before , and through the sides and roofs of which the stars twinkled upon us as we lay on the floor , with a ...
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... living very comforta- bly on land which they had taken possession of , and had cleared , on the presumption that some peculiarities in the situation would prevent its be- ing brought to sale for many years , and that they should obtain ...
... living very comforta- bly on land which they had taken possession of , and had cleared , on the presumption that some peculiarities in the situation would prevent its be- ing brought to sale for many years , and that they should obtain ...
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... living without it . In Pennsylvania , it is perhaps still more gene- ral ; some of the lower descriptions of East In- dia goods having almost entirely given place to a domestic substitute actually made in the family ; and the ...
... living without it . In Pennsylvania , it is perhaps still more gene- ral ; some of the lower descriptions of East In- dia goods having almost entirely given place to a domestic substitute actually made in the family ; and the ...
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... living with his Indian wife among the Indians when the celebrated Indian warrior , Jecumseh , came more than 1000 miles , from the borders of Canada , to induce the Lower Creeks to promise to take up the hatchet , in behalf of the ...
... living with his Indian wife among the Indians when the celebrated Indian warrior , Jecumseh , came more than 1000 miles , from the borders of Canada , to induce the Lower Creeks to promise to take up the hatchet , in behalf of the ...
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Remarks During a Journey Through North America in the Years 1819, 1820, and ... Adam Hodgson Visualização completa - 1823 |
Remarks During a Journey Through North America in the Years 1819, 1820, and ... Adam Hodgson Visualização completa - 1823 |
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