Travels in America Performed in 1806: For the Purpose of Exploring the Rivers Alleghany, Monongahela, Ohio, and Mississippi, and Ascertaining the Produce and Condition of Their Banks and Vicinity, Volume 1R. Phillips, 1994 - Mississippi River Valley |
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... Banks and Vicinity Thomas Ashe. TRAVELS IN extraction they manufacture excellent rifle - guns and other hardware . The town is large , clean , and well built ; but in spite of these attractions , I quitted it the next morning by sun ...
... Banks and Vicinity Thomas Ashe. TRAVELS IN extraction they manufacture excellent rifle - guns and other hardware . The town is large , clean , and well built ; but in spite of these attractions , I quitted it the next morning by sun ...
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... bank , but more on a second and higher one ; both the banks being formed by the gradual sub- sidence of the water . It is a place of much business , and contains about a hundred houses and six hundred souls . The settlement round it is ...
... bank , but more on a second and higher one ; both the banks being formed by the gradual sub- sidence of the water . It is a place of much business , and contains about a hundred houses and six hundred souls . The settlement round it is ...
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... Banks and Vicinity Thomas Ashe. into the middle of the river , first sending the boat on before me , directing her to keep the right bank , and to look well out . I no sooner gained the centre , than I perceived that the part of the ...
... Banks and Vicinity Thomas Ashe. into the middle of the river , first sending the boat on before me , directing her to keep the right bank , and to look well out . I no sooner gained the centre , than I perceived that the part of the ...
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