A History and New Gazetteer: Or Geographical Dictionary, of North America and the West IndiesS.W. Benedict, 1843 - 592 Seiten |
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... Mississippi . For a particular description of the mountains , see the article Alleghany , & c . Lakes and The two largest lakes wholly within the United States are Michigan rivers . and Champlain . Lakes Superior , Huron , Erie , and ...
... Mississippi . For a particular description of the mountains , see the article Alleghany , & c . Lakes and The two largest lakes wholly within the United States are Michigan rivers . and Champlain . Lakes Superior , Huron , Erie , and ...
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... Mississippi . Salt is chiefly obtained from the sea , or imported in the eastern states ; but salt springs abound in various parts of the United States , particularly in the valley of the Mississippi , from the Alleghanies to the Rocky ...
... Mississippi . Salt is chiefly obtained from the sea , or imported in the eastern states ; but salt springs abound in various parts of the United States , particularly in the valley of the Mississippi , from the Alleghanies to the Rocky ...
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... Mississippi , Alabama , Indiana , for three years ; in New - York , Pennsylvania , Delaware , Virginia , South Carolina , Kentucky , Louisiana , Illinois , Missouri , for four years ; and in Maryland for five years . Except in Maryland ...
... Mississippi , Alabama , Indiana , for three years ; in New - York , Pennsylvania , Delaware , Virginia , South Carolina , Kentucky , Louisiana , Illinois , Missouri , for four years ; and in Maryland for five years . Except in Maryland ...
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... Mississippi river , where the undisturbed possession of 7,800,000 acres of land , with the right of self government , as far as is compatible with the well being of the adjoining districts , is guaranteed them for ever . In consi ...
... Mississippi river , where the undisturbed possession of 7,800,000 acres of land , with the right of self government , as far as is compatible with the well being of the adjoining districts , is guaranteed them for ever . In consi ...
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... MISSISSIPPI . THIS state is not far from 300 miles in average length , and 160 in average breadth . Between 30 ° and 34 ° N. lat .; and 11 ° and 14 ° W ... MISSISSIPPI . TABLE OF THE COUNTIES AND COUNTY TOWNS . Counties . MISSISSIPPI . 115.
... MISSISSIPPI . THIS state is not far from 300 miles in average length , and 160 in average breadth . Between 30 ° and 34 ° N. lat .; and 11 ° and 14 ° W ... MISSISSIPPI . TABLE OF THE COUNTIES AND COUNTY TOWNS . Counties . MISSISSIPPI . 115.
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Seite 33 - To borrow money on the credit of the United States ; To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes ; To establish a uniform rule of naturalization, and uniform laws on the subject of bankruptcies, throughout the United States ; To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of...
Seite 30 - STEPHEN HOPKINS, WILLIAM ELLERY. CONNECTICUT. ROGER SHERMAN, SAMUEL HUNTINGTON, WILLIAM WILLIAMS, OLIVER WOLCOTT. NEW YORK. WILLIAM FLOYD, PHILIP LIVINGSTON, FRANCIS LEWIS, LEWIS MORRIS. NEW JERSEY. RICHARD STOCKTON, JOHN WITHERSPOON, FRANCIS HOPKINSON, JOHN HART, ABRAHAM CLARK. PENNSYLVANIA. ROBERT MORRIS, BENJAMIN RUSH, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JOHN MORTON, GEORGE CLYMER, JAMES SMITH, GEORGE TAYLOR, JAMES WILSON, GEORGE ROSS.
Seite 29 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country ; to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
Seite 29 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them from Time to Time of attempts by their Legislature to extend an unwarrantable Jurisdiction over us...
Seite 38 - Provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article ; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. ARTICLE VI. All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this Constitution shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as under the Confederation.
Seite 96 - The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent.
Seite 95 - If the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in an equal extreme. It is impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here; so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven! The rapture of the spectator is really indescribable!
Seite 95 - Its breadth in the middle, is about 60 feet, but more at the ends, and the thickness of the mass at the summit of the arch, about 40 feet. A part of this thickness is constituted by a coat of earth, which gives growth to many large trees. The residue, with the hill on both sides, is one solid rock of limestone.
Seite 96 - The first glance of this scene hurries our senses into the opinion, that this earth has been created in time, , that the mountains were formed first, that the rivers began to flow afterwards, that in this place particularly they have been dammed up by the Blue ridge of mountains, and have formed an ocean which filled the whole valley ; that continuing to rise they have at length broken over at this spot, and have torn the mountain down from its summit to its base.
Seite 152 - Brule in a direct line to the center of the channel between Middle and South Islands, in the Lake of the Desert; thence in a direct line to the head waters of the Montreal river, as marked upon the survey made by Captain Cramm; thence down the main channel of the Montreal river to the middle of Lake Superior; thence through the center of Lake Superior to the mouth of the St.