The American Geography: Or, a View of the Present Situation of the United States of America: Containing Astronomical Geography.--geographical Definitions, Discovery, and General Description ... with a Particular Description of Kentucky, the Western Territory, and Vermont ... to which is Added, an Abridgement of the Geography of the British, Spanish, French and Dutch Dominions in America and the West Indies.--of Europe, Asia, and AfricaJohn Stockdale, Piccadilly, 1792 - 536 páginas |
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... nearly east of the fouth end of Lake Winnepeek , and is the fource or con- ductor of one branch of the river Bourbon . Its length from east to west is about feventy miles , and in fome places it is 36 THE UNITED STATES .
... nearly east of the fouth end of Lake Winnepeek , and is the fource or con- ductor of one branch of the river Bourbon . Its length from east to west is about feventy miles , and in fome places it is 36 THE UNITED STATES .
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... branches from the eaft ; and of the Miffouri and other rivers from the weft . Thefe mighty ftreams united , are borne down with increafing majesty , through vatt forefts and meadows , and difcharged into the Gulf of Mexico . For an ...
... branches from the eaft ; and of the Miffouri and other rivers from the weft . Thefe mighty ftreams united , are borne down with increafing majesty , through vatt forefts and meadows , and difcharged into the Gulf of Mexico . For an ...
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... branches in a thallow part , is fuffi- cient to obftruct the paffage of thousands more , and to fix them at the fame place . Such collections of trees are daily feen between the Balize and the Miffouri , which fingly would fupply the ...
... branches in a thallow part , is fuffi- cient to obftruct the paffage of thousands more , and to fix them at the fame place . Such collections of trees are daily feen between the Balize and the Miffouri , which fingly would fupply the ...
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... branches of which , able to hear the weight , are , in the proper feafon of the year , loaded with eagles nefts . Their inftinctive wisdom has taught them to choose this place , as it is fecure , on account of the rapids above , from ...
... branches of which , able to hear the weight , are , in the proper feafon of the year , loaded with eagles nefts . Their inftinctive wisdom has taught them to choose this place , as it is fecure , on account of the rapids above , from ...
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... branches , the fouthern of which is about two hundred yards wide , and is dry four months in the year . The bed of the northern branch is worn into channels by the conftant course of the water , and attrition of the pebble ftones ...
... branches , the fouthern of which is about two hundred yards wide , and is dry four months in the year . The bed of the northern branch is worn into channels by the conftant course of the water , and attrition of the pebble ftones ...
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Página 20 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
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Página 86 - ... be capable of holding any office under the United States for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Página 35 - 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, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Página 35 - 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 to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Página 467 - The inhabitants of the said territory, shall always be entitled to the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus, and of the trial by jury; of a proportionate representation of the people in the legislature, and of judicial proceedings according to the course of the common law.
Página 35 - Ocean: 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...
Página 466 - And for extending the fundamental principles of civil and religious liberty, which form the basis whereon these republics, their laws and constitutions, are erected; to fix and establish those principles as the basis of all laws, constitutions, and governments, which forever hereafter' shall be formed in the said territory...
Página 35 - Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario; through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie through the middle of said lake...
Página 366 - ... 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...