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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... also upon the banks of the river , are immenfe quantities of excellent coal , lime- ftone , and marble , with blue flate of the best quality . The founding of this city in fuch an eligible fituation , and upon fuch a liberal and elegant ...
... also upon the banks of the river , are immenfe quantities of excellent coal , lime- ftone , and marble , with blue flate of the best quality . The founding of this city in fuch an eligible fituation , and upon fuch a liberal and elegant ...
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... also be made to interlock with that of Potomack , and through that to communicate by a fhort portage with the Ohio . It is to be noted , that this river is called in the maps James river , only to its confluence with the Rivanna ...
... also be made to interlock with that of Potomack , and through that to communicate by a fhort portage with the Ohio . It is to be noted , that this river is called in the maps James river , only to its confluence with the Rivanna ...
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... also raised ; and in fome counties they have plenty of cyder , and exquifite brandy , diftilled from peaches , which grow in great abundance upon the nu- merous rivers of the Chesapeak . The planters , before the war , paid their ...
... also raised ; and in fome counties they have plenty of cyder , and exquifite brandy , diftilled from peaches , which grow in great abundance upon the nu- merous rivers of the Chesapeak . The planters , before the war , paid their ...
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... also been found on the bottom of trees blown up . In many places it lies within three or four feet of the furface of the ground . It is conjectured , that five hundred thoufand bufhels might be raised from one pit in twelve months . In ...
... also been found on the bottom of trees blown up . In many places it lies within three or four feet of the furface of the ground . It is conjectured , that five hundred thoufand bufhels might be raised from one pit in twelve months . In ...
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... also as stands the fire , and flate - stone . We are told of flint , fit for gun - flints , on the Me- herrin in Brunswick , on the Miffiffippi , between the Ohio and Kaf- kafkia , and on others of the western waters . Ifinglafs , or ...
... also as stands the fire , and flate - stone . We are told of flint , fit for gun - flints , on the Me- herrin in Brunswick , on the Miffiffippi , between the Ohio and Kaf- kafkia , and on others of the western waters . Ifinglafs , or ...
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