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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... town . 73 LETTER 10. Philadelphia . American character - revolutionary heroes- political characters - ladies - lower classes - coldness of manners - variety -inquisitiveness - spitting - profusion at meals -- kindness and hospitality ...
... town . 73 LETTER 10. Philadelphia . American character - revolutionary heroes- political characters - ladies - lower classes - coldness of manners - variety -inquisitiveness - spitting - profusion at meals -- kindness and hospitality ...
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... town - council - house - Chatahouchy river - Ouchee bridge-- Big Warrior -- Mackintosh - crimes and punishments - green - corn dance-- improvements in civilization - slaves - treatment of females -- Lime Creek . 263 CHOCTAW INDIANS ...
... town - council - house - Chatahouchy river - Ouchee bridge-- Big Warrior -- Mackintosh - crimes and punishments - green - corn dance-- improvements in civilization - slaves - treatment of females -- Lime Creek . 263 CHOCTAW INDIANS ...
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... town to a level with the general distress in which it might other- wise have participated less deeply than some of its neighbours , from having been visited less se- verely with those worse than Egyptian plagues , bank discounts of ...
... town to a level with the general distress in which it might other- wise have participated less deeply than some of its neighbours , from having been visited less se- verely with those worse than Egyptian plagues , bank discounts of ...
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... town not unlike Loughborough at a distance . We were not expected ; and though there were only two passengers who dined , the landlord made many apologies for producing only a beefsteak , veal cutlet , and tart , instead of the turkey ...
... town not unlike Loughborough at a distance . We were not expected ; and though there were only two passengers who dined , the landlord made many apologies for producing only a beefsteak , veal cutlet , and tart , instead of the turkey ...
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... town , ( all things are by com- parison , ) at nine o'clock , having been eighteen hours in completing the seventy miles from Balti- We left Lancaster at four o'clock the next morning , and proceeded in the dark fourteen miles to ...
... town , ( all things are by com- parison , ) at nine o'clock , having been eighteen hours in completing the seventy miles from Balti- We left Lancaster at four o'clock the next morning , and proceeded in the dark fourteen miles to ...
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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 |
Remarks During a Journey Through North America in the Years 1819, 1820, and ... Adam Hodgson Visualização completa - 1823 |
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