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 107
... receive an immense profit in Spanish dollars , or bills on Philadelphia at a short date . They then purchase British and West Indian goods of all kinds ; send them by waggons , over the mountains , to their stores in the western country ...
... receive an immense profit in Spanish dollars , or bills on Philadelphia at a short date . They then purchase British and West Indian goods of all kinds ; send them by waggons , over the mountains , to their stores in the western country ...
Page 121
... receive a complete catalogue of trees , plants , fruit , & c . I shall only sketch out those which principally at- tract notice , as being , 1. Medicinal ; 2. Esculent ; 3. Ornamental ; 4. Useful : adding ( from Mr. Jefferson's list ) ...
... receive a complete catalogue of trees , plants , fruit , & c . I shall only sketch out those which principally at- tract notice , as being , 1. Medicinal ; 2. Esculent ; 3. Ornamental ; 4. Useful : adding ( from Mr. Jefferson's list ) ...
Page 201
... receive their annuity in the neighbourhood of Detrail , and along the waters of their far famed Ontario , whose beauties breathe through their lungs , and whose wonders magnify all their tradition . This purchase effected , the Indian ...
... receive their annuity in the neighbourhood of Detrail , and along the waters of their far famed Ontario , whose beauties breathe through their lungs , and whose wonders magnify all their tradition . This purchase effected , the Indian ...
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