An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Volumen 3compiler ; H.D. Symonds and J. Ridgeway, 1791 - 510 páginas |
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... some parts an hundred miles back towards the mountains , the country , generally speaking , is nearly a dead level , and a very large propor- tion of it is covered , in its natural state , with pitch pines . In the neighbourhood of ...
... some parts an hundred miles back towards the mountains , the country , generally speaking , is nearly a dead level , and a very large propor- tion of it is covered , in its natural state , with pitch pines . In the neighbourhood of ...
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... Some hundreds of these settlements were made ; but , in the mean time , Mr. Richard Hen- derfon , of North - Carolina , a man of confiderable abilities , and more enterprife , had obtained a grant from the Cherokee tribe of Indians for ...
... Some hundreds of these settlements were made ; but , in the mean time , Mr. Richard Hen- derfon , of North - Carolina , a man of confiderable abilities , and more enterprife , had obtained a grant from the Cherokee tribe of Indians for ...
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... Some few , however , escaped , and gave the alarm . The mi- litia affembled in arms , and kept watch day and night , until the news of the fad disaster had reached the province of South - Carolina . Governor Craven lost no time in ...
... Some few , however , escaped , and gave the alarm . The mi- litia affembled in arms , and kept watch day and night , until the news of the fad disaster had reached the province of South - Carolina . Governor Craven lost no time in ...
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... Some of the most important events that have fince taken place , have , however , been already mentioned in the general history of the United States . South - Carolina , from the period of its becoming a feparate co- lony , began to ...
... Some of the most important events that have fince taken place , have , however , been already mentioned in the general history of the United States . South - Carolina , from the period of its becoming a feparate co- lony , began to ...
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... some blood was shed , and being oppofed by fome leading characters in the eastern parts , the fcheme was given up , and the inhabitants remained in general peaceable until 1790 , when Congress established their prefent government ...
... some blood was shed , and being oppofed by fome leading characters in the eastern parts , the fcheme was given up , and the inhabitants remained in general peaceable until 1790 , when Congress established their prefent government ...
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