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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Page 40
... four hundred houses , many of them large and elegantly built with brick ; and above two thousand inhabitants . It abounds with mechanics , who cultivate most of the different manufactures that are to be found in any other part of the ...
... four hundred houses , many of them large and elegantly built with brick ; and above two thousand inhabitants . It abounds with mechanics , who cultivate most of the different manufactures that are to be found in any other part of the ...
Page 107
... four dollars a barrel ; native su- gar , a sixteenth of a dollar a pound ; and so on in proportion , for any other produce of the country . The store- keepers make two annual collections of these commodities ; send them down the rivers ...
... four dollars a barrel ; native su- gar , a sixteenth of a dollar a pound ; and so on in proportion , for any other produce of the country . The store- keepers make two annual collections of these commodities ; send them down the rivers ...
Page 281
... four miles an hour , and dropped down to a house which had a neat appearance , and a something which indicated comfort . - I drew my canoe indicated_comfort . — I up the bank , went to the house , and soon discovered I was not very wide ...
... four miles an hour , and dropped down to a house which had a neat appearance , and a something which indicated comfort . - I drew my canoe indicated_comfort . — I up the bank , went to the house , and soon discovered I was not very wide ...
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