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 58
... along the shore to Boston in Massachusets . During this period , the father was anxiously looking for that prospect of fields and villages , that gene- ral shew of improvement and abund- ance , which his reading had instruct- ed him to 58.
... along the shore to Boston in Massachusets . During this period , the father was anxiously looking for that prospect of fields and villages , that gene- ral shew of improvement and abund- ance , which his reading had instruct- ed him to 58.
Page 151
... period sufficient to carry a first rate man of war , and at another barely capable of floating a canoe ; at onc period running at seven miles an hour , and at another nearly stagnate in an unruffled bed . The first thing to be attended ...
... period sufficient to carry a first rate man of war , and at another barely capable of floating a canoe ; at onc period running at seven miles an hour , and at another nearly stagnate in an unruffled bed . The first thing to be attended ...
Page 249
... period of their arrival , America was but regurgerating her own rebels , and saw with alarm the superfluity of other nations thrown into her bosom . Besides , as these unfortunate Irish generally came in ships crowded with from three to ...
... period of their arrival , America was but regurgerating her own rebels , and saw with alarm the superfluity of other nations thrown into her bosom . Besides , as these unfortunate Irish generally came in ships crowded with from three to ...
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