A Geographical Description of the United States: With the Contiguous Countries, Including Mexico and the West Indies; Intended as an Accompaniment to Melish's Map of These CountriesA. T. Goodrich, 1826 - 491 Seiten |
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... miles . It is now well ascertained that a degree of latitude mea- sures sixty - nine and one - sixteenth statute miles ; therefore the Map measures from north to south 2555 statute miles , and from east to west 3331 ; the whole area ...
... miles . It is now well ascertained that a degree of latitude mea- sures sixty - nine and one - sixteenth statute miles ; therefore the Map measures from north to south 2555 statute miles , and from east to west 3331 ; the whole area ...
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... miles long , and its mean breadth about 100 , so that it contains about 35,000 square miles . The banks of this lake are generally lofty and romantic , and the wa- ter is very deep , so that it is navigable throughout its whole extent ...
... miles long , and its mean breadth about 100 , so that it contains about 35,000 square miles . The banks of this lake are generally lofty and romantic , and the wa- ter is very deep , so that it is navigable throughout its whole extent ...
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... miles , so that its area is about 15,000 square miles . The water is clear and transparent , and the navigation is good through the whole extent . Returning to Lake Huron , the river issues from its southern extremity , through St ...
... miles , so that its area is about 15,000 square miles . The water is clear and transparent , and the navigation is good through the whole extent . Returning to Lake Huron , the river issues from its southern extremity , through St ...
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... miles broad , oppo- site to the village of Chippeway . The river now ap- proaches one of the grandest scenes in the world , THE Below Chippeway , about a mile , the river contracts to the breadth of about a mile , and towards the fall ...
... miles broad , oppo- site to the village of Chippeway . The river now ap- proaches one of the grandest scenes in the world , THE Below Chippeway , about a mile , the river contracts to the breadth of about a mile , and towards the fall ...
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... miles long , half a mile wide , and 25 feet deep , which will contain 1,111,440,000 cubic feet ; being 18,524,000 ... miles long by 40 miles broad , and its square contents about 7,200 miles . Its average depth is estimated at about 80 ...
... miles long , half a mile wide , and 25 feet deep , which will contain 1,111,440,000 cubic feet ; being 18,524,000 ... miles long by 40 miles broad , and its square contents about 7,200 miles . Its average depth is estimated at about 80 ...
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Seite 10 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy to its source; and from its source directly North to the aforesaid Highlands, which divide the Rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence...
Seite 12 - ... the claims of any other Power or State to any part of the said country; the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, being to prevent disputes and differences amongst themselves.
Seite 113 - Court; 10 To define and punish Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offences against the Law of Nations; 11 To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; 12 To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years...
Seite 114 - To exercise exclusive legislation, in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular states, and the acceptance of congress, become the seat of government of the United States...
Seite 118 - No state shall, without the consent of congress, lay any duty on tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Seite 13 - River; then following the course of the Rio Roxo westward, to the degree of longitude 100 west from London, and 23 from Washington; then crossing the said Red River, and running thence by a line due north to the river Arkansas; thence following the course of the southern bank of the Arkansas to its source, in latitude 42 degrees north; and thence by that parallel of latitude to the South Sea...
Seite 113 - States; 5. To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures; 6. To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States; 7.
Seite 13 - But, if the source of the Arkansas river shall be found to fall north or south of latitude 42, then the line shall run from the said source due south or north, as the case may be, till it meets the said parallel of latitude 42, and thence, along the said parallel, to the South Sea...
Seite 12 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbors, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open...
Seite 10 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...